Chad Dawson-Jean Pascal good to go for August 14
by Scott Christ on Mar 4, 2010 2:12 AM EST
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The Ring reports that Jean Pascal will get his shot at Chad Dawson and have home field advantage in Montreal, with HBO televising the fight on August 14. Previous dates in discussion were June 19, July 17 and July 24. The August date was confirmed by Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw.
Pascal and Dawson, both 27, come in riding different waves. Both are hot right now, but Dawson's domination of Glen Johnson looked even better once Johnson got back into the ring in early February and took Yusaf Mack apart. Pascal, meanwhile, will be coming off of shoulder surgery, one of the reasons the fight kept getting pushed back. He battled through the injury to defeat Adrian Diaconu for the second time in December.
Shaw putting Dawson into the fire against one of the division's best in Montreal shows some real guts as a promoter. Dawson simply has not drawn anywhere, even in his own backyard in Connecticut, where he drew a soft house against Glen Johnson in their November rematch. Dawson's safe performance was also booed by his home-state fans.
Pascal, born in Haiti, is based out of Montreal and has become one of the city's most popular fighters, along with Romanian-born Lucian Bute.
Pascal's WBC belt will be on the line. Dawson won the body's interim title in the Johnson rematch, but has shown zero attachment to title belts in the past, giving up the WBC and IBF titles out of the ring to chase bigger fights. HBO will televise.
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I am so excited for this one.
Pascal really won me over fighting Froch, and his wins over Diaconu and Branco really consolidated his position, in my opinion, as one of the most exciting fighters out there. If anyone is going to draw Dawson into a firefight, Pascal’s the man to do it.
"The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic"
This is probably going to be a very entertaining fight
I reckon Dawson will be dominant though, using his speed and defensive skills to beat up a very spirited, but out-matched, Pascal.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
I wonder if Dawson will take a stay busy fight in the middle
He probably should. August would be a long time to wait. A fight against nobody special (a Byron Mitchell type) where he can look spectacular might actually help him rehabilitate his image some.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
should be an excellent fight.
Pascal TKO 11
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Mar 4, 2010 10:39 AM EST reply actions
What's your reasoning?
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Mar 4, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
He always picks The Other Guy via some form of beheading or gutting
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
hey i like bad chad, but pascal aint no slow ass 41 year old. pascal will bring the action, an chad will respond valiantly but eventually submit to the Canadian Crusher
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Mar 4, 2010 5:50 PM EST up reply actions
Dawson will own Pascal
Pascal’s not in the same class.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Pascal's game enough
But I think Dawson’s just got the skills to not get drawn into a firefight, like say Froch did. Early pick is Dawson cruises to a near shutout, maybe a late stoppage.
Actually maybe not cruise, he’l have to work hard, but he’s got the ability to win handily
by Sweet science on Mar 4, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
He's game
But I’m pretty confident that Pascal can’t deal with a tall fighter who throws straight punches. Pascal relies on his quickness, but throws wide, looping shots. He was able to beat Diaconu by mostly staying out of range. 43 year old Silvio Branco had no problems beating him to the punch because he threw straight shots, but Pascal was able to just overwhelm him by going all out the last 30 seconds of each round (knocking him down three times at the end of rounds he was otherwise losing). Froch is a slow puncher and doesn’t throw the straightest punches in the world either, but was able to beat Pascal to the punch. Someone like Dawson or even Campillo would school Pascal.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
good points
you could also reason that Pascal may try and raise his game, because he must know that Dawson is the best fighter he’s gotten in the ring with, but hell, im just throwing that out there just for the sake of it
by Sweet science on Mar 5, 2010 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
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