i dont think either guy was really hurt, pascal just has awful balance, and froch backed off a few times, seemingly just surprised or to reset.
my scorecards are often off from the majority, i score landed and meaningful punches over volume, and i accoutn for damage of the blows. imo pascal was never really hurt, he just makes it look that way, so i scored froch's punches less than most ppl did.
i scored jmm over pac twice, hop over calzaghe, and had roy well ahead after 5 agaisnt zag. i am somewhat biased in that in my boxing days i hated amateur points system and i never competed officially. most of the time i never wore headgear, and we didnt score rounds or have a crowd. i'd always throw and land fewer but more hurtful shots, while my opponents would throw painted junk.
there's no doubt froch's punches hurt more, but i think pascal rolled with most of them, and was never hurt. his missed wild haymakers and two left feet did him in. in some rounds nothing happened early except a few jabs by froch, but when there was exchanges the cleaner punchers were landed by pascal. the thing is froch visibly took them better and didnt roll with them, so it looked like nothing happened, and the crowd never reacted to it. it was easy to miss. when anything touched pascal it looked like a ko punch and the crowd roared.