Shaw: Bernard Hopkins Does Not Want To Fight Dawson
Gary Shaw knows one wish Bernard Hopkins won’t make when he blows out the candles during his 47th birthday celebration Sunday.
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Hopkins Ordered By The WBC To Face Dawson Again
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - At the WBC's 49th annual convention, the sanctioning body issued an order that requires light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins to fight Chad Dawson in a rematch.
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Hopkins-Dawson: No Contest, No Rematch...No Problem
By Jake Donovan - Bernard Hopkins versus Chad Dawson for the lineal light heavyweight championship of the world. It was always a fight that was intriguing on paper from a historical context but threatened to bomb in the ring and at the box office. A verdict reached by the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday suggested the boxing equivalent of a wedding annulment. The original technical knockout verdict was overturned and changed to a no-contest, which is to suggest that the fight never happened at all. Perhaps that’s what is best for all involved. It’s certainly the direction in which Hopkins and his handlers are heading. “I am happy this ordeal is over,” Hopkins (52-5-2-2NC, 32KO) said in a statement shortly after the CSAC voted by a 5-1 margin to return the championship back in his possession. “Now I can focus on continuing to rehab my shoulder and get ready to fight again, hopefully early next year.” Who exactly lands in the opposite corner for his next fight is not immediately known. The only thing for certain is that a rematch with Dawson is not in the cards – not next, and perhaps not ever. “I have zero interest in putting together that fight again,” stated Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. His company co-promoted the October bout along with Dawson’s promoter, Gary Shaw. The show featured a respectable undercard, but most of whom were – along with the main event players – East Coast-based, therefore not at all enticing to the local Los Angeles market. Hopkins himself has never proven to be a draw on his own, but has always managed to help bolster attendance on the road when matched right. Both of his fights with Jean Pascal were box office gold in Canada, given Pascal’s drawing power and the historical angle surrounding both fights. Hopkins entered their first fight in Dec. ’10 one month shy of his 46th birthday in seeking to become the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world title.
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Hopkins on Dawson Ruling: Justice Was Served Today
LOS ANGELES - The holidays came early today for Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins when the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) overturned the decision that dealt the oldest champion in boxing history a controversial technical knockout loss to "Bad" Chad Dawson on October 15 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. The outcome of the hearing, which took place at the CSAC's regularly scheduled meeting, changed the TKO loss to a no decision on Hopkins' record, leaving no doubt that he is still the light heavyweight world champion.
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Dawson-Hopkins Declared A No-Contest By CSAC
By Jake Donovan - The October 15 light heavyweight championship bout between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson has been officially declared a no-contest, as per the results of a Tuesday session held by the California State Athletic Commission.
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Dawson Trainer Scully Thinks Hopkins Faked Injury
John Scully, trainer of light heavyweight contender Chad Dawson, has called into doubt the severity of Bernard Hopkins’ left shoulder injury that was a result of his fighter’s ill-fated matchup with the Philadelphian in October.
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Chad Dawson: Hopkins is a Coward, He Ain't No Legend
During a recent appearance on BoxingScene.com's official audio show - "The Boxing Lab" - light heavyweight Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KOs) discussed his controversial two round stoppage of Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs) on October 15th at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Bernard Hopkins Attacks: Blasts Dawson, Tarver, Toney!
WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins is blasting everyone in sight. Last Saturday night in Los Angeles, Hopkins was stopped in the second round when a left shoulder injury hindered his ability to continue an ongoing fight with Chad Dawson.
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Insider Notebook: Schaefer Blasts Dawson, Roach Talks
By Robert Morales - Who is Chad Dawson to call Bernard Hopkins "a p*ssy," the way he did after his way-out two-round fight with the living legend Saturday in Los Angeles? That's what Richard Schaefer wants to know. Schaefer is the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Hopkins. When reached in Mexico City on Tuesday and queried about Dawson's remarks after his "technical knockout" victory, Schaefer became peeved. "If you look at what Dawson has acheived and what Bernard has achieved, it pretty much speaks for itself," Schaefer said to BoxingScene.com. "And it shows you that Chad Dawson really did not belong in the ring with Bernard Hopkins. Never did and never will and never should." Schaefer was just beginning. He hit hard. He said that typically there are satellite tours the week of these pay-per-view cards, where the PR team sets up the fighters for radio and TV interviews. Schaefer said not one radio or TV station requested Dawson, but they did request guys like Hopkins, undercard fighters Jorge Linares, Antonio DeMarcos and Paulie Malignaggi and promoter Oscar De La Hoya - president of Golden Boy.
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Sulaiman Explains Why WBC Title Returns To Hopkins
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Regarding the light heavweight defense between WBC world champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, held [last Saturday] in Los Angeles, California, in which the referee declared a second round technical knockout against the champion Hopkins, as he could not continue due to an injury after a push by challenger Dawson, the head offices of the WBC sent videos, medical reports, and the WBC's corresponding rules to the Board of Governors, who unanimously declared the fight a technical draw; therefore, Bernard Hopkins is still the WBC light heavyweight champion of the world.
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