The promoter in Romania is screaming bloody murder. Dracula’s ancestors may just be screaming for blood, I don’t know. But the other shoe is about to drop and it may be one which, if you don’t mind mixed metaphors, can light a fire under the light heavyweight division.
Television sources tell ******************.com that Showtime is finally getting what it wants with the 175-pounders and that is a showdown between Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver and the much younger Bad Chad Dawson.
The working date is October 18 and it could be signed and sealed before the day is over.
******************.com tried, without success, to reach promoter Big Gary Shaw. It’s know that Big Gar was working and working on Tarver to get him to face Dawson. It seems that Tarver is finally convinced this the best opportunity on the table right now.
And as for a working trip to Romania, Dawson will have to forego that and his mandatory WBC title bout against local hero Adrian Diuaconu. Dawson-Diaconu was supposed to have happened on Showtime last year in Sacramentu but Diaconu pulled out with an injury.
They need to stop the moaning and groaning in Bucharest. Diaconu gets the WBC title handed to him on a silver platter and now a guy everybody likes, Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson, will fight the Romanian.
As his nickname implies, Johnson is probably checking his passport status and maybe packing his suitcases even now.
Johnson is not afraid of any bloodsucking vampires.
Diaconu will defeat Johnson, Tarver will defeat Dawson.
You are doing wishful thinking. You already said that Dawson would use his better speed and punching power to out box Taver when this was talked about the first time, and now Tarver beats Dawson? lol
I think Dawson and Johnson will win. Dawson pretty easily, Johnson in a tough fight.
Johnson will beat Diaconu and Dawson will beat Tarver IMO. When you seen what Chris Henry was able to do to Diaconu, then you would know that Johnson beating him is a no brainer. I see Dawson using his sepeior hand speed and foot speed to box Tarver to a decision. Dawson and Johnson should have a rematch in the begining of next year and unify the titles.
If Dawson is obviously fighting the winner of Johnson/Diaconu, then why are people still bitching? Chad wants Taver becuase that has been his dream fight for many years. He is going to fight the best. If Diaconu were to get past Johnson, then he would have no problem fighting him and unifying the belts.
I agree, good post.
Nice I wanted to see Dawson fight Tarver and hopefully this comes true. I think he can pull out a victory against Tarver, while Johnson pulls one out against Diaconu and then they can have a rematch. Who knows though Johnson has been known to be on the short end when it comes to decisions. So that might happen to him in Romania.
Johnson will beat Diaconu and Dawson will beat Tarver IMO. When you seen what Chris Henry was able to do to Diaconu, then you would know that Johnson beating him is a no brainer. I see Dawson using his sepeior hand speed and foot speed to box Tarver to a decision. Dawson and Johnson should have a rematch in the begining of next year and unify the titles.
If Dawson is obviously fighting the winner of Johnson/Diaconu, then why are people still bitching? Chad wants Taver becuase that has been his dream fight for many years. He is going to fight the best. If Diaconu were to get past Johnson, then he would have no problem fighting him and unifying the belts.
Diaconu's match will be in Romania, while Dawson's match will be televised on Showtime. The winner of both matches will probably face each other in a unification bout (IBF and WBC title) sometime in February next year. My prediction is Johnson will beat Diaconu and Dawson will beat Tarver.
diacanu is gonna get ko'd. johnson and him have the same type of style but glen does it better and has a better chin. dawson should be able to win a decision against tarver.
The promoter in Romania is screaming bloody murder. Dracula’s ancestors may just be screaming for blood, I don’t know. But the other shoe is about to drop and it may be one which, if you don’t mind mixed metaphors, can light a fire under the light heavyweight division.
Television sources tell ******************.com that Showtime is finally getting what it wants with the 175-pounders and that is a showdown between Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver and the much younger Bad Chad Dawson.
The working date is October 18 and it could be signed and sealed before the day is over.
******************.com tried, without success, to reach promoter Big Gary Shaw. It’s know that Big Gar was working and working on Tarver to get him to face Dawson. It seems that Tarver is finally convinced this the best opportunity on the table right now.
And as for a working trip to Romania, Dawson will have to forego that and his mandatory WBC title bout against local hero Adrian Diuaconu. Dawson-Diaconu was supposed to have happened on Showtime last year in Sacramentu but Diaconu pulled out with an injury.
They need to stop the moaning and groaning in Bucharest. Diaconu gets the WBC title handed to him on a silver platter and now a guy everybody likes, Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson, will fight the Romanian.
As his nickname implies, Johnson is probably checking his passport status and maybe packing his suitcases even now.
Johnson is not afraid of any bloodsucking vampires.
Excellent. Good reporting Bat. I'll be looking for anyone wanting to bet on Tarver straight up.
Not a bad card at all. I think Tarver has a much better shot at beating Dawson now that Floyd Sr. isn't in Dawson's corner. I'm leaning towards Tarvr more now than before. Still am uncertain who to pick though.
yesssssssssssssssss. the fight is more than 1 year over due.
If u'll remember, Tarver-Dawson was supposed to compete with Pavlik-Taylor 1.
the 2nd half of this year is LOADED
Agreed and it's about time. May up until now has been kind of dull, though I'm not saying there haven't been any good fights between, but there hasn't been a solid March like month in a while and September is definitely the 2nd semesters answer to March.
Chad Dawson will win a unanimous decision over Tarver. Dawson had no problem with Tomasz Adamek who is better than Tarver. Tarver is on the way out and is just a name for a resume at this point. That southpaw stance of Dawson is too tough for Tarver to figure out.
if it goes on showtime, diaconu will have to play by the us rules and fight johnson on the undercard of dawson-tarver in the us. That's one purse bid that will be adaquately acounted for to get it on showtime.