BJ”s Mailbag

I think Bhop should win these fight but you never know. I watched the first fight again, i noticed that Pascal from round 10 threw hooks reply to Bhop going to his body and Bhop was more hesitant to go down stairs because he didn't to take head shots especially at his age [how will these play out for the later & championship rounds because those body shots were pivotal to slowing Pascal down even more]. Also almost throughout the fight, every time Pascal moves out of the pocket along the ropes to his right, Bhop tagged him with him un replied hooks, i am interested to see what adjustments Pascal will make to counter this and Bhop's possible adjusting to potential Pascal changes.

I’m not positive who will win this fight I can see it going similar to the first one.  I have a hard time trusting the judges in this fight since its in Canada.  I think Hopkins jab will be a big key to this fight especially if he throw a uppercut behind it.  Those body shot Hopkins was landing had Pascal gasping for air. I really feel Pascal is believing too much in his power and that can be to his determent  in this fight . With him believing in his power it will be like the 10th round on were Jean was looking for single shots and Bhop will be trying to put combinations together….I expect a tight score when this fight is over

Personally I am even more convinced now that Mayweather whoops Pacman's backside because it was hard to judge Pacman since Marquez since most of his opponents are not moving targets like Floyd. Shane gave him the movement to Pac's right as Nazeem point out in the fight 360 camp [when they were watching him vs. Marquez] and we saw the return of Pacman's lunge, total punches accuracy went southside bcuz Manny couldn’t cut the ring off. Also the tempo that Al Bernstein referred to as being the crucial weapon that Pacman will use to beat Floyd couldn’t be sustained against moving target. Manny is top fighter but very flawed [It's hating, it is what i see], the work rate of Pacman in terms of winning only becomes an issue if Floyd walks him down or isn’t moving well. In my humble opinion, Floyd's timing, intelligence, straight right, movement & punch variety is too much for Pacman

I think Nazeem came up with a great gameplan but he did not have the right fighter to carry it out. I always thought that movement would and not coming straight towards him would give him some trouble. Every fighter has flaws even the top ones, its just they know how to hide them and have not had fighter that was able exploit it. The only problem with Floyd right now is fans have more faith in him than he does himself. Something in Floyd has changed I’m not even positive we will see him back in the ring again

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