Pascal strikes me as a fighter whos happy to do just enough to win and has stamina issues so I expect a boring UD for pascal.
Well, yeah, there's always the uppercut to the body, but Bute would have to make Pascal miss as he dives in. Pascal is no Miranda. Dawson has already tried uppercutting Pascal as he dived in and I didn't see Pascal get it. I'm not saying Bute isn't going to find the money shot, but I'm not betting on it happening against Pascal. Secondly, as you say, if Pascal knocks Bute down once or twice, it will be very hard for Bute to win on the cards, even if Pascal gasses late on.
Bute looked like **** against Grachev, but Pascal is the definition of a four-round fighter. If Bute survives the early onslaught, he could definitely stop a winded Pascal late with his trademark body shot. :deal
Bute can win but has to move around for 6-7 rounds while the musclebound Pascal runs out of gas. He would have to fight a PERFECT fight in order to win. Otherwise Pascal by UD.
What would be a big statement (even if the chances are remote) is if Bute could stop Pascal. Imagine the reactions.
Don't you remember the uppercut that stop Pascal in his tracks for a second or two in the last round before Dawson's cut appeared?
Yeah, Bute will try to land that punch, but that doesn't mean he will land it hard enough to hurt Pascal. Bute started getting worse when he fell in love with that punch and when he started to lay it all on the line for that punch. If he does that (again), against Pascal, yeah, small chance of a stoppage win, but more likely to make things worse for him.
Seriously! He did 10 minutes pad-work with Mayweather Sr and now you think Mayweather Sr knows him well enough to give him advices ?! Mayweather Sr thing is as relevant as Roy Jones Jr called late at night for the next day. To teach him about southpaws lol. Wasn't he beat he beat by them ?
Really hope Bute pulls the upset. But his fragile post Froch self is really up against it. Expect Pascal to bomb him out in 3
Bute probably will land hard his uppercut on Pascal's body/chin but Pascal is a totally different animal from Miranda/Andrade or MaGee. I think Pascal will take good Bute's shots but the main question is how Bute's chin will take Pascal's bursting shots in the first 4-5 rounds ?!:think Most probably Pascal will follow Froch's blueprint against Bute and try to end the fight in the early rounds.