Haven't seen a lot of discussion about this fight. . . Should be a pretty good style-mesh. . Pascal's newfound foot movement on the outside, and being more of an ambush fighter, rather than the "stand in the pocket" puncher we saw against Froch, and Diaconu. . . Then you got Cloud who is your come forward, aggressive, boxer/puncher (20% boxer 80% puncher) - mid-range hooker type guy. . . Not really an inside fighter, and of course he's not an outside boxer off the back foot (he's pretty useless, and helpless going backwards as we saw). . . Both guys punch like mules. . . Speed edge is Pascal all day, although Cloud, despite being flat footed, doesn't have THAT slow of hand speed. . . Both guys have good chins. . . Stamina edge is favor of Cloud. . . As Pascal has shown he can lose steam, despite fighting in "short bursts". . . While Cloud can keep a steady, 75 punch per round workrate up over 12. . . I think I favor pascal, by KO actually. . I think Cloud will walk into something huge, put him on ***** street, and Pascal will jump in and finish him off. . Sometime around the 8th.
Cloud stalking forward with a high guard, throwing punches when he gets in range, Pascal circling around the ring and exploding with fast unorthodox punches to body and head before backing off again. Kind of easy to see how this one plays out, stylistically. The intangibles are stamina, and how each man responds to the other's power.
Well put. . . Very brief, but spot-on! It's a skill to be able to express yourself with brevity, but clarity! I agree 100%. . .
Have the ingredients to be a street fight inside the ring imo.. Neither guy is trigger shy and both likes to take the fight to their opponent.. Look for Cloud to try and control the pace to build up a lead, while Pascal will look for holes to fire off his deadly flurries..
Pascal gets an early lead while Cloud struggles to find him. Pascal gasses, stops moving as much, and we get some highlight reel exchanges down the stretch. Cloud may get the nod because of work rate.
even in montreal (which is where fight is taking place)? i think if it's that close, Pascal will definitely get the nod. . . I agree there will be some crucial exchanges. . But I think the judges won't be needed here. . . CLoud will walk into a HUGE right hand. . Pascal flurries him out. . . .
good analyses thus far. . . all pretty much can agree on one thing - WAR! WAR will be waged in Montreal on August 11th. . . . I think Cloud will be the initiator/aggressor in the war. . . But Pascal will be the VICTOR!
Pascal UD if he doesn't gas out.. Cloud UD if Pascal gasses out and Cloud wins on workrate.. I'm not really sure which pick I'll be going with as of right now..