Calzaghe vs Dawson at 175 lbs

[MRBOOMER]

If Floyd sr was training him then yes. Because Chad never looked better when he was with sr in my opionion that style fit him well.

[slicksouthpaw16]

Love him or hate him but Calslappy would of out boxed Dawson pretty easily ....saying otherwise is obvious haterhate .

Highly doubt it. Dawson owns Calzaghe in the middle of the ring, but Calzaghe's stamina would cause Dawson problems late in the fight. I think Dawson wins the first 9 rounds and gets out worked in the last 3. He brings the kind of talent, youth, speed, angles, and offensive variety that Joe never seen, certainly from a large light heavyweight. Don't let the Pascal fight fool you, Dawson on his A game is one of the best talents I've ever seen.

And to the person who said Joe punched harder than Dawson, wow how ridiculous are you. Dawson staggered Adamek ( the worst Ive seen him hurt other than the Grant fight) with a counter right hook off of the ropes while leaning back in the 11th round. He can hit, and throws sharp counter punches, which i see being effective against Joe's sometimes looping swings and over aggression.

[StarshipTrooper]

**** man..

i find your trolling list so laughable. Considering you may be the biggest troll in this f``cking forum.

Pathetic loser....

Ooooooh! Prinzcessman has a new alt :loser9:

[CiganoBoxer]

NYour ****in slow if you think Hopkins couldn't beat Calzaghe in his prime and how was it with ease? .

When was Hopkins prime tho ??

Good comments. Dawson has the talent to beat anyone, but you would never catch Joe losing to someone like Pascal.

True

[The_Demon]

I expected this too turn into a hate thread,sad times

[New England]

i'll add to the pot that in my experiences watching fights live chad dawson is the most talented fighter i've ever seen. His size stands out, but he has no real flaws in terms of his physical talent. i'm hoping his next fight in CT has more action, but his last fight in hartford put him on the p4p list (when he beat glen johnson for the second time.)

CT/MA aint vegas, you take the big fights when you can get them

he doesnt have bone breaking power but he's a good puncher with both hands (he's a converted southpaw who can actually hit with his left hand,) and certainly hits harder than calzaghe.
he's huge
he's got at solid chin
he's very fast

he could finish his career as a HW
he is that big and tall and strong, and his team has had an ending to his career as a HW in mind from the beginning.

the only man i could compare him to in terms of athletic talents that've seen in person in boxing is sergio martinez

maravilla may be a bit lighter on his feet, but he's a smaller man
he looks like somebody is moving him around on puppetstrings

but he cant cover distance like dawson, who manages to be graceful while covering huge distances with big steps

dawson was a prospect for Uconn to play basketball
he has a boatload of talent, beginning and ending with size



intangibles would win this fight
joe figures out a way to fight that Dawson cant deal with
calzaghe decision.

[Forza]

RJJ and bhop ducked a prime calzaghe. They would NEVER fight him at SMW and waited until he was 36-37 years old to agree to a fight, but on their home turf.

RJJ was a bum blaster, the guy fought nobodies and has beens his entire career besides james toney.

BHOP is a dirty fighter with like 10 loses, he always cries when he loses and has no power in his punches ( even compared to calzaghe ). His fights put me to sleep.

[StarshipTrooper]

RJJ was a bum blaster, the guy fought nobodies

Are you saying Jones fought Euro-frauds exclusively? :thinking9:

[Forza]

"euro frauds" like nigel benn, cris eubank? No, RJJ straight ducked them.

[StarshipTrooper]

"euro frauds" like nigel benn, cris eubank? No, RJJ straight ducked them.

I mean Euro-frauds like all those jokes Calslappy was fighting.....funny how Zags waited until Eubank was washed up to fight him :geek9: