HBO trying to make Ward vs. Pascal

[therealpugilist]

Pascal's tank is on empty though.

Other than right hand target practice (for which Pascal will be open for all night), this fight, IMO, is pointless and probably not even marketable.

I cant believe someone who was a world champion and naturally gifted like he is/was always leans to the right in line for a str8 right

[$tate of Mind]

Pascal would simply be a stay busy fight for Ward. It's not a compelling match up imo.

[anonymous2.0]

Pascal has lost almost every time he's stepped up in comp, plus he put on a lot of mileage from two Kovalev beatdowns. Ward puts the final nail in Pascal's coffin.

[screwhead1]

Ward just needs to fight.

[ironmike2012]

Pascal needs time to rest and an easy fight if he fights on.

Ward needs to face someone else, this fight would prove nothing. Ward needs to face a test or Kov destroys him.

[kiaba360]

Man if Stevenson ducks his mandatory Alvarez, this guy can go down as the biggest joke alive. That would make Hopkins, Pascal, and Alvarez that Stevenson has ducked and Kovalev has fought instead.

Man, it's not like Alvarez is anything special either. Why is Stevenson running from him?

Ward vs. Pascal? Not interested. Kovalev has beaten everything out of Pascal. Although TBRB, ESPN, and Boxing Scene still have him in the top 10 at LHW. I'd still rather see Ward-Shabranskyy.

Agreed x100. Kovalev left Pascal like a birthday pinata. At this rate, Ward would probably stop Pascal too, and that's probably why HBO would want to make that match-up.

[Superbee]

Being from Montreal, I can tell you that as of yesterday and from Interbox itself Pascal is not looking for a fight before September... Stevenson is scheduled to fight on July 29th against the winner of the Rodiguez / Williams Jr fight on April 30th, then he would take Alvarez in fall... Beterbiev will fight for his comeback on June 4th against a still to be confirmed boxer (talks under way)...

No news whatsoever about Pascal and/or Alvarez as far as possibilities for June 25th...

[Mikhnienko]

Why not Shabranskyy who is with Golden Boy and just beat Yuniesky 8 rounds to 2 and hurt him multiple times something Pascal couldn't do. He also has the most similar style to Kovalev as anyone in the division.

[-Kev-]

Pascal's tank is on empty though.

Other than right hand target practice (for which Pascal will be open for all night), this fight, IMO, is pointless and probably not even marketable.

Ward/HBO can definitely fight someone that would get fans a little bit more excited about a fight, like a top 10 LHW. Alvarez would have been the obvious guy to go after, but it looks like Kovalev is rumored to fight him? Then you look at the other names and you think about HBO and how strict they are now with their budget, they likely want "familiar" names. Remember they gave Arum a hard time about Lomachenko vs Walters, a very good fight. So it doesn't look like HBO cares about actual good fights, just putting familiar names in the ring. They probably just like the sound of Ward vs Pascal cause fans are so familiar with these two.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Not really a measuring stick. Kovalev is a non stop concussive puncher. Ward's more of a technician, he won't KO Pascal like Kovalev did, he'll cruise to a wide points decision as he won't apply the same power or pressure which Sergey did.

It's hard really as the only really interesting fights for Ward are Kova or Stevenson, so everything else seems a bit meh. I think I'd rather see Ward v Cleverly than Pascal, just on the basis that Pascal will be content to lose once he realises he's out of his league, at least someone like Cleverly or Fonfara would keep applying pressure and trying to win. Just for entertainment value I'd rather see one of those two fight Ward than Pascal, but all of them would lose anyway.

Not sure why we're waiting so long for Kova v Ward, they're both willing to fight apparently, the networks want it, so get it done for the summer.

Yeah he will, Pascal's defense has gone from suspect to nonexistent.