I bet HBO are feeling sick right now......

HBO's commentary was ridiculously biased. Even I thought Dawson would handle him but when you're wrong you're wrong and you shouldn't gloss over it with bull**** commentary. It was so bad I felt embarrased watching it.

'Oh Pascal's tired...he's there for the taking' Round after ****ing round.



Dawson could have won but he never showed the desire to win. He let Pascal throw 2 onslaughts a round and win the fight. He could do that because he was stalking too much and not throwing with enough authority or regularity. Diaconu did better than ****ing Dawson and Dawson has a lot more talent, that really highlights where he's lacking mentally.

 

I thought the commentary was quite fair actually - Pascal did looked exhausted from the fourth on and Steward said he didn't understand why Dawson wasn't going for it.

 

An athlete like Pascal was tired after 4 rounds? That was complete and utter bull**** from HBO. Tired my ass, Pascal has proven he can fight at a decent pace against Froch so the idea he was tired after 4 rounds which frankly weren't barnstormers is ludicrous. Sure towards the end he was tired, thats natural.

The reason he didn't do a lot was he didn't have to do a lot in some of those rounds because Dawson was not liberal enough with his punch output. He could afford to land a few onslaughts and then take a minute off at home. Why not if it works...why make life hard. Dawson was **** allowing him that luxury. Dawson when he did something had Pascal in trouble but he stood theere like a plum after landing a few punches.

 

I agree broadly, but... I do think Pascal looked weary very early. I think the pressure got to him a little.