Adonis Stevenson produced a chilling first-round knockout to take Chad Dawson's WBC light-heavyweight title in Montreal. The hard-hitting southpaw caught the champion with a swinging left hook with less than 90 seconds of the contest gone and, although Dawson tottered to his feet, referee Michael Griffin spared him further punishment. It was Dawson' second successive defeat - and a third career loss - after he had dropped down to super-middleweight for an unsuccessful shot at Andre Ward's title.
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Photos: Adonis Stevenson Demolishes Dawson in One
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Public_EnemyMon Jun 10, 2013, 1:47 AM UTC
I always like to give the champ a chance to continue but Dawson was done. He couldn't even stand up straight without falling back towards the ropes. He couldn't bring his gloves all the way up. Plus you could see it in his eyes. If the ref lets the fight continue, Dawson probably leaves on a stretcher.
ADozenArrowsMon Jun 10, 2013, 1:32 AM UTC
Bradley didn't go down and he was punching back - and the referee was waiting to stop it, just Provodnikov couldn't quite seal it.
Berto went down but wasn't dropped anywhere near as hard. He got up, spoke clearly to the referee, held his gloves up and looked fine to continue.
Dawson looked like he'd been electrocuted. He was all stiff, unable to speak properly, unable to lift his gloves up. I was impressed he stood up in that state to be honest - but you could see that was an almighty effort.
Exactly. If it would've continued it would've been over 3 seconds later when Stevenson landed his first punch. It was a good stoppage and a hell of a punch.
charliegMon Jun 10, 2013, 12:37 AM UTC
Bradley looked like he could barely stand against Providnikov but he lasted 12 rounds and took way more punishment. Alvarado could barely stand against Rios but he made it the distance. Berto against Guerrero but he made it the distance. There are plenty of instances where dudes are way more hurt than what Dawson was and they made the distance when the fight could have easily been stopped early on.
Bradley didn't go down and he was punching back - and the referee was waiting to stop it, just Provodnikov couldn't quite seal it.
Berto went down but wasn't dropped anywhere near as hard. He got up, spoke clearly to the referee, held his gloves up and looked fine to continue.
Dawson looked like he'd been electrocuted. He was all stiff, unable to speak properly, unable to lift his gloves up. I was impressed he stood up in that state to be honest - but you could see that was an almighty effort.
charliegMon Jun 10, 2013, 12:30 AM UTC
I thought the stoppage was crap. Dawson was back on his feet, he should have been given a chance to continue.
He could barely move. He was listing sidewards and backwards, he was in no shape to continue. He could barely state he was OK (more of a mumble) and didn't lift his gloves up to show he was able to defend himself.
All that would have happened was Stevenson would have stormed forward and knocked his head off.
It was a great stoppage.
MotofanSun Jun 9, 2013, 9:29 PM UTC
Is Dwyer on suicide watch right now? I bet he still finds a way to keep Dawson on his top ten p4p list. :lol1:
