Stevenson Drills Dawson In One, Wins 175 Lb. Crown
Jun 8, 2013 • 11:31 AM ET
By Jake Donovan
Adonis Stevenson scored a monster 1st round knockout to emphatically dethrone Chad Dawson in their light heavyweight championship contest Saturday evening in Montreal, Canada.
A left hook put Dawson down roughly a minute into the fight. The reigning light heavyweight king managed to beat the count, but was on unsteady legs the entire team, prompting referee Michael Griffin to stop the contest without another punch being thrown.
The official time was 1:16 of round one.
Stevenson improves to 21-1 (18KO), coming up huge in his first world title fight.
Dawson suffers his second straight knockout loss, falling to 31-3 (17KO). The fight was his first since a humbling stoppage loss at the hands of super middleweight king Andre Ward last September.
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com, as well as a member of Transnational Boxing Ratings Board, Yahoo Boxing Ratings Panel and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home.
