Earlier thoughts on Dawson-Tarver??

i just want tarver to loose!!! maybe dawson will look better than he did with johnson... bottom line dawson won the fight and it was hardly a robbery and johnson would knock antonio tarver out

this is dawson's fight easily, wide UD i don't see tarver as having big power, people keep mentioning it but woods walked through clean punches for 12 rounds and dawson will surely take less of them that that slow piece of shit. tarver is lazy and wants to stand around and counter, dawson is a young hungry fighter, anyone who picks taver will look back and think "what was i thinking?" ps. up to 30k on dawson right now

I think Dawson's superior hand speed and punch output will be too much for Tarver to overcome. Dawson UD. I also question how much Antonio has left to give at this point.

I think Dawson's key in this fight is to apply pressure using his speed and combinations because as Roy Jones said, Tarver can't handle speed anymore and Muriqi managed to give Tarver a lot of problems by pressuring him, I don't think Tarver has the legs to move around like he used to. What Dawson has to be careful about is Tarver's counter punches because Tarver still has very good power and Dawson's chin is somewhat fragile but if he doesn't get caught and sticks to his gameplan, Dawson should be able to a win a clear decision.

Interesting match-up. Tarver definitely has the experience and the resume against better opposition, which would favor him. Dawson is young and hungry to be on top, which is his fuel for victory. I think this is a fight that could easily go either way, especially if one executes his fight plan over the other as intended. If I truly had to pick one, then I would probably go with Dawson. With Tarver being slower, Dawson will need to use his speed and be the aggressor, coming at Tarver from all angles. Tarver doesn't really fight well, when someone is attacking him. If you notice, most of Tarver's opponents are always "waiting" to find spots to attack, which is just fine for the older, Tarver. Dawson wins, if he puts pressure on Tarver. Now, Tarver could win just as well against Dawson. For Tarver to win though, he would have to put on what would be a very boring permance to use fight fans. He would have to use his jab to control the pace of the fight and do a lot of holding, when things are not going his way.... similiar to the Johnson-Tarver 2 match. Unfortunately, that plan would make for 48 minutes of boredom. I hope Dawson puts him away, and i think he will.

I still wanna see Dawson rematch Johnson. I hope he beats Tarver, but I got a feelin he's gonna get KO'd.

Tarver's defense is really good, which will limit Dawson's output. I think Tarver's jab will beat Dawson to the punch a lot of the time. Dawson's lack of experience will gave Tarver the edge in a southpaw vs. southpaw fight. Also, Dawson's less than great chin could get blasted into unconsciousness if Tarver lands one of his left hands. It's a good one for sure. All of these reasons are the things that lead me to believe that Tarver is going to beat Dawson.

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Dawson is too young, slick and quick for Tarver. Dawson has this by UD

Dawson's defense is generally pretty good. It's just that he couldn't keep using movement the entire night against a guy like Johnson who puts on great pressure.He would have tired easily, so instead he stood on the inside and went to war. My thoughts are that Dawson will school Tarver. Tarver has avoided him since his return it's no secret. Some unknown names were able to give Tarver a good fight. I imgaine Dawson will be too quick and will skate to an easy decision. My exact thoughts. I think Dawson will beat him to the punch all night and his jab will cause Tarver a ton of problems. Dawson by decision.

i just want tarver to loose!!! maybe dawson will look better than he did with johnson...

Call me crazy but I think they both get put on the canvas but Tarver eeks out a close decision. I think Tarver still has enough in the tank to beat the Dawson that fought Glenn Johnson, but if he comes in prepared he may be able to school Tarver with speed and good movement.

That's the thing, he doesn't need a whole lot of stamina for this if it goes the way I see it. He can just keep Dawson off of him with his jab and pick and choose his spots to attack. Fair enough. I'm concerned about Dawson's defense lapses.

Do you think he has the stamina for it? That's the thing, he doesn't need a whole lot of stamina for this if it goes the way I see it. He can just keep Dawson off of him with his jab and pick and choose his spots to attack.

Dawson's defense is generally pretty good. It's just that he couldn't keep using movement the entire night against a guy like Johnson who puts on great pressure.He would have tired easily, so instead he stood on the inside and went to war. My thoughts are that Dawson will school Tarver. Tarver has avoided him since his return it's no secret. Some unknown names were able to give Tarver a good fight. I imgaine Dawson will be too quick and will skate to an easy decision.

I think Tarver can pop with his jab all night and coast to a dec... Do you think he has the stamina for it?

You really think so? Why? I think Tarver can pop with his jab all night and coast to a dec...

I think it should be a pretty good fight, youth and freshness vs age and experience.

Dawson better tighten up his defense, Tarver needs to busier and lastly, I hope they fight in Tampa so I can go watch it live. from his last fight with Glen I picked up on the SAME thing...

Tarver wiiiiiiiiiiiddddddddddddeeeeeeee UD You really think so? Why?