Dawson Prepared To Stun Johnson, Grab WBC Gold

Undefeated Bad Chad Dawson who's clinched the acceptance of the WBC to again fight Glen Johnson, and this time for the Interim WBC title, says he's going to fight a smarter fight.

Accompanied by his Promoter Gary Shaw and his Manager Mike Criscio, Chad met with Don Jose and Mauricio Sulaiman in the WBC Zona Rosa offices, and it was announced that he'll be fighting for the green and gold belt in Connecticut on November 7th.

Chad who was a WBC Youth Middleweight Champion and the WBC's Light Heavyweight Champion, relinquished the crown to fight Antonio Tarver for the IBF title. But now he wants to return to the WBC fold.

He said to BoxingScene.com: "Last time against Glen I fought more of his type of fight, but this time I'm going to use my boxing skills and keep him on the outside, use my speed and my youth. I'm a better fighter and I'm younger. He's got a lot of will but in this fight I'll have more. He's tough, but one dimension. Look at all his fights. He fought Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver and me, the same way. He just keeps coming forward. I'm going to execute my gameplan and I'm going to be victorious. This is the fight which'll open eyes up to the Light Heavyweight Division.

"It'll mean everything to me to win the WBC belt again. When I was young, and saw Mike Tyson holding up the green and gold belt I wanted it, and the opportunity to get it back again after winning it myself, is just great."

Gary Shaw explained to BoxingScene: "We had to give it (The WBC Belt) up. There was a lot at stake to give it. But it was money, and it was my decison and did what I told him he had to do. But coming back is very big.

"In the first fight, to the fans it looked as though Glen was making the fight, but if you break it down, Chad was winning every round and punishing Glen with some real good body and head shots. This time Chad will fight a smarter fight. Chad is still growing. I signed him at 160, but he never fought there, going to 168 and then 175. I believe he could be a heavyweight one day if he wanted. He's got a huge career ahead of him. 

"After this fight, I'd like Chad to fight either Roy Jones or Bernard Hopkins. Either one would be a great."

Chad's already got a mini WBC belt to go home with. Don Jose presented him which neatly fits around the wrist, for his six year old son Prince.

Also sitting around the famous glass table supported by the concrete WBC letters, was Sergey Gulyakevitch of Belarus (26-1-0 12 KO's) who's the WBC's number one contender in the Super Featherweight Division plus European Champion, and third ranked Humberto Mauro Gutierrez of Mexico (51-1-1 19 KO's). They're going to fight a final eliminator bout in Los Cabos on August 22nd.

Sergey's Co Manager Philippe Fondu said: "Sergey only lost once in his career due to a cut. He's won against a German in Germany, and an Italian in Italy. So we're very sorry, but he's going to defeat this Mexican opponent in Mexico."

But Gutierrez  who's from Sinaloa, which is the home State of Julio Cesar Chavez and Jorge Travieso Arce has an appreciably higher rate of KO notches than the man from the East.