Most writers keep landing on the same question of whether Pantoja can get Van down and control him there, because that's the one place Van hasn't been fully tested.

A good chunk of opinion leans Van's way off the back of his composed, come-from-behind win over a live grappler in Tatsuro Taira, seen as proof he's rounded out his defence.

People genuinely disagree on whether time out with injury combined with Pantoja getting older has taken the edge off him, some reckon he's past his peak while others say the miles in his legs make up for it.

Some talk has turned personal, with pointed comments from Pantoja about not being beaten "as a man" adding an edge that people think has gotten to Van.