I like him. I really do but he has to leave that shit weight class.
There is no one there.
Cloud?
Campillo?
Shumenov? lmfao
Pascal?
Time to go to 168 and build a legacy for himself.
It would beat interesting, of course after he beat Pascal. He is in a bad situation, his weight class sucks, he's too inactive and he just don't have a "fan friendly style". He should go to SMW, beat Bute and have some easy fight like Stieglitz while he waits for the Super Six winner. He's just an excellent fighter who deserves better.
Bute is a typical hypejob. The biased media hyped him, what else is new. Dawson would expose him just like Ward exposed Kessler and Dirrell exposed Abraham and Froch.
"Dirrel is good ACTER, not fighter"
Bute is a typical hypejob. The biased media hyped him, what else is new. Dawson would expose him just like Ward exposed Kessler and Dirrell exposed Abraham and Froch.
Pascal's a fine opponent, proved it against Froch and then Diaconu twice. Looking forward to that fight. Fighting Bute and Pascal will do almost identical things for Dawson, money will probably be similar too. He still won't be marketable or known in the United States fighting either opponent.
One other thing to remember Pascal is semi proven at LHW, Bute would be a wild card
Pascal is a good fighter, He could beat Dawson but it would be very difficult. He has shorter arms and does get hit more than Dawson. We will have to wait and see but I think Pascal is a good test for him...
But I agree, If he can drop down to 168 then he should. There is alot more names at the weight and a fight with Bute would be big. Thing is Dawson is still hoping on getting a fight with B-Hop, I think he will proberbly stay at LHW...
Even if he can drop down. LHW is the most comfortable weight for him so don't be suprised if he sticks around. He could move down but when he is the best LHW he might not see much reason to drop the weight. When he is at a division which is there for him to dominate...
you guys are really underating bute... he is a really good fighter... he is smart, and knows how to set up beautiful traps, for his body shots and knockout punches........ he is a serious force to be reckoned with in the future...
I don't think anybody is discrediting Bute. It's just a lot of people think that Dawson has the skills to be superior to Bute.
Yea, Chad stopping Pascal is not out of the question. Pascal gets hit clean too much, he has god-given athleticism to avoid punches but he's not defensive wiz.
I'm not going to lie. Dawson does get hit to, he did have some flash knock downs from Adamek for example.
he only likes face first brawlers
Exactly my point. You have to actually like technical boxing in order to like fighters like Floyd Mayweather, Chad Dawson, Andre Ward.
So we can get comments from his nut huggers saying he "lost too much weight".
Honestly if he could manage to be comfortable at that weight and not look bad I think he beats everyone in the Super Six, Awesome? Yes. Will be boring fights? Absolutely.
I can see him dropping down to 168 and being comfortable.
The only people down there that I can see that can give Dawson problems is Dirrell and Ward.
And maybe you don't really enjoy the technical aspect of boxing.