Graham Houston does work for ESPN from time to time. He writes some good articles. I remember he picked Cintron against Margarito in their rematch.
He's usually about as good as they come at breaking down fights though. I don't disagree with him completely. If he can lure Dawson into a brawl, he has a chance of getting the knockout, or maybe even a hometown decision. The only thing that worries me is that Dawson keeps saying he's going to fight more exciting and go for the knockout in this one. If Dawson fights like Dawson, he should cruise to a decision.
**** that, he should establish his jab and work to dominate and stop Pascal down the stretch. He shouldn't be trying to cruise to anything. Dawson needs to make a statement and Pascal has the style to allow him to do that. Dawson is always comparing himself to Mayweather. Well he needs to watch Mayweather vs. Gatti. That's the type of perfomance he should aiming for. That's the fight that lead Mayweather on the road to superstardom. Dawson has a ton of talent. He should be a lot bigger star than he is. Frickin Adamek, a foreigner, is a bigger star in the U.S than Dawson and Dawson kicked the **** out of Adamek. I'm not saying needs to get reckless in there, but he should be looking to dominate and eventually stop Pascal. Those are the type of performances that get you the big dollars.
Dreaming is OK, if I look closer, there is one way for Pascal to win this. KO Even if it happens like that, and he catches Dawson open and drop him, it still, wouldn't be enough for me to drop Dawson from the Top 10 listings, and furthermore, wouldn't be enough to bring Pascal any higher, maybe a bit, in the p4p list.:hi:
Am I missing something? Where has Pascal ever shown that he has elite power? Do people really believe that Dawson has a glass jaw? Really who the hell has Pascal beaten? Diaconu is a midget and has 0 quality wins. Branco the 42 year old has been that hasn't had a quality win in 9 or 10 years? Come on, what am I missing?
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Dawson kind of cruised to a decision against Adamek more than kicked the **** out of him. The same thing you just said he shouldn't do against Pascal.