Comments Thread For: Dawson vs Diacanu Likely For Pascal-Hopkins Undercard

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The likely HBO televised co-feature on May 21, will feature a battle of former light heavyweight champions, with Chad Dawson (29-1, 17KOs) meeting Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15KOs) in a crossroads fight. Dawson is looking to rebound from last August's technical decision loss to Jean Pascal. Both of Diaconu's career defeats were decision losses to Pascal. The televised main event will involve Pascal, who defends his WBC/IBO light heavyweight titles against Bernard Hopkins in a rematch of last December's controversial draw.
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Spray_resistant

I thought it was going to be Andrade?

Similar style opponent kind of easy comeback win for Bad Chad.

the mesiah

Nice lil matchup , get to go at a top 6-10 ranked guy at lhw but more important he gets to get familiar with steward so he can get "comfortable with the situation"..

Sweet Jesus

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Originally Posted by Spray_resistant

I thought it was going to be Andrade?

Similar style opponent kind of easy comeback win for Bad Chad.

Much rather see him fight Diaconu. Diaconu is actually a light heavyweight and he is supposedly one of the guys Dawson "ducked" when he went to fight grandpa Tarver instead of defending his WBC belt vs. Diaconu in Romania.

Freedom2013

Good warmup fight for Dawson, make's for a more interesting fight card.

Dawson will likely win by wide decision, but Diaconu has a punchers' chance.

Check

Good comeback fighter for Chad. Still amazes me how he blew it against Pascal. I blame it on inactivity. Get back in the ring, get your rounds and then beat the winner of the main event. Chad is better than Bernard and Pascal.

Sweet Jesus

Chad needs to make a statement. I hope that Steward wasn't blowing smoke when he was talking about KOs.

jrosales13

Nice, very nice. I prefer this over Andrade. Of course it should have been Cloud. But, this is not bad at all.

Check

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Originally Posted by jrosales13

Nice, very nice. I prefer this over Andrade. Of course it should have been Cloud. But, this is not bad at all.

Cloud/Dawson is a main event in itself. HBO is probably saving that fight after Dawson whips up on grandpa later this year.

BoxerDood

You guys can't say s**t about Dawson's level of opposition now...If Hopkins wins the Pascal rematch, Dawson needs to fight both guys. But I recommend Pascal first, because Hopkins is VERY loseable unless he gets old overnight. Pascal of course is loseable too, but not as much as long as he doesn't get KTFO or play statue for 12 rounds.

Spray_resistant Stieglitard Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: A-town PA(homo thugville) Age: 28 Posts: 24,374 Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 97 Points: 1,156,394,044.71 Bank: 771,259,042.91 Total Points: 1,927,653,087.62 Donate	I thought it was going to be Andrade? Similar style opponent kind of easy comeback win for Bad Chad.

the mesiah Undisputed Champion Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,036 Rep Power: 8 Points: 2,160,517,296,286.85 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 2,160,517,296,286.85 Donate	Nice lil matchup , get to go at a top 6-10 ranked guy at lhw but more important he gets to get familiar with steward so he can get "comfortable with the situation"..

Freedom2013 boxing aficionado Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 39,030 Rep Power: 206 Points: 19,424.50 Bank: 6,189,665,783,076.55 Total Points: 6,189,665,802,501.04 Donate	Good warmup fight for Dawson, make's for a more interesting fight card. Dawson will likely win by wide decision, but Diaconu has a punchers' chance.

Check On a boat, beeeeotch! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18,642 Rep Power: 92 Points: 100,131,154.92 Bank: 1,071,220,513,041.12 Total Points: 1,071,320,644,196.04 Donate	Good comeback fighter for Chad. Still amazes me how he blew it against Pascal. I blame it on inactivity. Get back in the ring, get your rounds and then beat the winner of the main event. Chad is better than Bernard and Pascal.

Sweet Jesus Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 12,894 Rep Power: 0 Points: 67,995.80 Bank: 377,042,332.67 Total Points: 377,110,328.47 Donate	Chad needs to make a statement. I hope that Steward wasn't blowing smoke when he was talking about KOs.

jrosales13 undisputed champion Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Converse TX Age: 29 Posts: 33,039 Rep Power: 76 Points: 383,418,914,340.24 Bank: 2.21 Total Points: 383,418,914,342.45 Donate	Nice, very nice. I prefer this over Andrade. Of course it should have been Cloud. But, this is not bad at all.

BoxerDood Undisputed Champion Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,469 Rep Power: 12 Points: 178,526.08 Bank: 3,636,594.93 Total Points: 3,815,121.01 Donate	You guys can't say s**t about Dawson's level of opposition now...If Hopkins wins the Pascal rematch, Dawson needs to fight both guys. But I recommend Pascal first, because Hopkins is VERY loseable unless he gets old overnight. Pascal of course is loseable too, but not as much as long as he doesn't get KTFO or play statue for 12 rounds.