Is this a done deal? If so, we'll learn a bit about Stevenson's toughness and his ability to deal with a rough and tumble character like Bika.
Bika wears you down mentally and physically,just ask calzaghe and ward who gave them their roughest fight,stevenson is a knockout puncher and when he realize that bika has a iron chin he will fold.Cloud is something like bika,but has better skills and punches hard,i think pascal better try to box,because cloud is stronger than anybody pascal has ever faced and more relentless.Pascal thought b-hop was a rough fight,just wait till he get in there with cloud.
I agree about Bika. He has a very real chance at winning this. I think Cloud-Pascal is 50/50 with the obvious hometown advantage going to Pascal. Id be surprised if the fight was reminiscent of Hopkins-Pascal at all. That was a much more tactical affair than this should be.
I mean the roughness,because cloud fights hard 3 minutes of every round and we seen pascal gas out alot and when he does he's in a world of hurt.I see pascal quitting on his stool around the 9th round.
Eh. I can certainly envision a scenario where cloud can stop Pascal. He does tend to gas late in fights and I can see Cloud setting and continuing a pace that Pascal just cannot keep up with forever. I can see where if he hurts him late, a series of unanswered blows could cause the ref to stop it. Not saying it will happen, just how I could see it happening. Not sure which way I'm going yet. If it goes to a decision, and at all close, I'd favor Pascal based on being home, and on the strengh of his eye catching flurries.