When i saw video of Dirrell vs Oganov i thought he would beat Froch. Because Oganov is a powerful guy and he landed some clean shots on Dirrell, even though he was outboxed. But then you look at the Pascal performance against Diaconu and that was a 10/10 performance, and to me hes very close to Dawson. And we all know what Froch did to him. So i expect him to do well in this tourney.
Froch vs Pascal rematch would be nice. I think that if Pascal gets home advantage, combined with the experience that he has now, he will pull it off. Diaconu however is not a very good reference point. Pascal is a solid fighter, about on the same level as Froch, but nowhere near Bute. In Montreal, where people have been following both Pascal's and Bute's careers from their 4th or 5th fight, everyone knows this.
i think dirrel will loose his first figth i saw the figth whit oganov and he was getting hit clean froch its prabobly stronger than oganov all the people that was waching the figth scream and complaing for the stopage