who wins this fight S.O.G vs Bad Chad poll ?

[New England]

Originally Posted by #1Assassin

ppl are sleeping on dawson so bad its not even funny. the first man to deserve a decision against the great hopkins since the great RJJ in 94'. the only man except vitali friggin klitschko to beat tomasz adamek, or should i say DOMINAtE adamek.

on top of that he beat tarver twice, johnson twice and harding. most fights in dominating fashion. bcuz he had an off night against pascal now ppl acting like they aint messing with a beast. like chad dawson isnt THAT dude. big mistake..

again dawson chose to come down, he wouldnt do that unless he knew what he was doing. im not saying hes gonna win but you cant count him out against anyone.

i've seen dawson box live. best athlete i've ever seen in a boxing ring.

the problem is that fights aren't fought on paper. dawson has never been the sum of his parts. he's always something less. whether it's a lot less (diacanu fight, pascal, etc,) or just a bit less (hopkins 2, johnson 1, adamek,) he can always do more

ward is as good as he can be. if dawson finally lays it all out on the line he could make this into a great fight. i dont think he's ever going to do that. i used to. i used to think there would be a coming out party for dawson, that he would let his hands go, and he'd start kicking everybody's ass the way he should.


if we have not seen it yet (he's going to be 30 in two weeks,) it's not going to come out.


ward via decisión

[techliam]

Ive gone against the grain and voted Ward by KO.

Whilst he isn't the greatest knockout artist, his recent talk has been based around "Proving i'm the p4p best" instead of "proving im the best at 168". It looked pretty close that he was going to knock down Froch at least once or twice during those middle rounds when Froch, and Froch has a granite chin... i'm not sure how good a comparison it would be to compare Froch's chin to Dawsons, but you may also say that Dawson's totally different style wont allow for it.. but I disagree. I think he also said that he has focused more on his KO power now rather than his tactical ability for his fans and for his legacy.

I think Ward feels he has something more to prove to the world, and at 168 he knows he has a great platform to showcase it... so I feel he may go for the KO, even despite Dawson's rival tactical ability.

Just my thinking though

[BigAlexSand]

Ward by a Close Decision. Chad has speed and some power, so will be a great fight!

[Khalid Muhammad]

I'm just so disgusted that this fight is at 168 and in Oakland. ****in pathetic that Ward has to have every advantage in every fight.

[BoxingGenius27]

Originally Posted by Popovich

I'm just so disgusted that this fight is at 168 and in Oakland. ****in pathetic that Ward has to have every advantage in every fight.

I'm just disgusted that you're still allowed to post here.

[GottSein]

NO way in hell this fight ends in a kncokout. This fight reminds me of Alexander/Bradley and I think it will play out in almost the same fashion.

[New England]

Originally Posted by GottSein

NO way in hell this fight ends in a kncokout. This fight reminds me of Alexander/Bradley and I think it will play out in almost the same fashion.

these two are much better fighters than devon alexander and tim bradley.

they're also big men.

[New England]

Originally Posted by BoxingGenius27

I'm just disgusted that you're still allowed to post here.

lol
what did he do?

[_original_]

Logic tells you that Ward should win a UD but I can see Dawson pulling it off. I don't think it should be considered an upset because this is a very close and interesting match up.

The reason why I think Chad has a great chance is because Ward has yet to face an elite fighter with that type of style, which is why I wanted to see him in against Dirrell. Yes he's looked amazing against the European style of boxing, his biggest wins being Froch, Kessler, and Abraham but I'm curious how he does against a slick southpaw with speed and power. If Ward dominates Dawson, I think we're talking top 3 P4P fighter here, maybe only second behind Mayweather.

[Ringlife]

I want Andre to win this fight. But since I am going to this fight I want to watch them go all out. I want to get My money's worth I ll be in the front row.