I thought it was a BS stoppage at fisrt, but

[jaded]

He was out on his feet...Kovalev pointed to him twice to the referee indicating so. Both those punches were pretty brutal and he was just going to keep teeing off on him. Good stoppage. I expected Pascal not to last longer than 6...I was off by 1.

[Ham Porter]

My feelings were the exact same.

[JaguaresMx]

He was out on his feet...Kovalev pointed to him twice to the referee indicating so. Both those punches were pretty brutal and he was just going to keep teeing off on him. Good stoppage. I expected Pascal not to last longer than 6...I was off by 1.

I wondered what the heck was Kovalev pointing to.

[IronDanHamza]

Precisely.

He ref saved his life.

[-Antonio-]

Pascal was DONE. This was a bad stoppage for the fans and a great one for Pascal. That was still a good performance by Pascal. A fight against Stevenson would still be huge. Kovalev is just a special fighter.

Id actually like to see Pascal fight Stevenson next and Kovalev fight a Froch or Ward. Kovalev is the best Light Heavy I've seen since Jones. A truly great fighter. The way he is able to adjust and measure his opponent is something only greats can do.

[Hougigo]

.......I didn't see Pascal stumble to the corner on his own, good job Pabon.

Props to both guys

I noticed that too, but I thought people were concentrating on him not going down before the stoppage.

[Foreign Soil]

and kovalev was smiling and pointing to pascal when he stumbled going to that corner

That was funny. He's was looking at his corner like "Haha, look at him dance."

[buge]

That was funny. He's was looking at his corner like "Haha, look at him dance."

yep