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This time in Florida, the story was the ****ing Chad.
On his grandest stage yet, Chad Dawson voted himself into power by punching hole after hole through the defense of Tomasz Adamek. It was a two-party boxing match, but the outcome was a unanimous landslide.
With the final returns reading 116-110, 117-109 and 118-108, Dawson has immediately vaulted into the upper echelons of the light heavyweight division. Against a man perceived as not only a formidable titlist but also a major step up in competition, Dawson was too strong, too fast and too good so soon.
After a nondescript first round in which the pugilists patty-caked with pawing jabs, Dawson’s stiff southpaw lead punctured Adamek’s guard and opened up the floodgates. Next came the quick left crosses, an occasional uppercut and a constant ****ing body attack. For a fighter who was still a prospect two fights ago and a middleweight two years ago, Dawson had grown quickly and surprisingly in status, size and esteem.
Within minutes, the enthusiasm of the nationalistic partisans in the audience had been curbed. Faster than an Andrew Golota fan could say “Lamon Brewster,” the “Poland” chants in support of Adamek were quieted, soon to be overwhelmed by that formerly jingoistic mainstay, “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
With Dawson in his breakout performance, it was glove, American style.
For all of the xenophobic uproar about the Soviet heavyweight takeover, few in the States objected about the 175-pound weight class having titlists from Hungary, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. And with Roy Jones and non-lineal champion Bernard Hopkins in semi-retirement, there was no one for fans to rally behind in this long-storied division. [details]
On his grandest stage yet, Chad Dawson voted himself into power by punching hole after hole through the defense of Tomasz Adamek. It was a two-party boxing match, but the outcome was a unanimous landslide.
With the final returns reading 116-110, 117-109 and 118-108, Dawson has immediately vaulted into the upper echelons of the light heavyweight division. Against a man perceived as not only a formidable titlist but also a major step up in competition, Dawson was too strong, too fast and too good so soon.
After a nondescript first round in which the pugilists patty-caked with pawing jabs, Dawson’s stiff southpaw lead punctured Adamek’s guard and opened up the floodgates. Next came the quick left crosses, an occasional uppercut and a constant ****ing body attack. For a fighter who was still a prospect two fights ago and a middleweight two years ago, Dawson had grown quickly and surprisingly in status, size and esteem.
Within minutes, the enthusiasm of the nationalistic partisans in the audience had been curbed. Faster than an Andrew Golota fan could say “Lamon Brewster,” the “Poland” chants in support of Adamek were quieted, soon to be overwhelmed by that formerly jingoistic mainstay, “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
With Dawson in his breakout performance, it was glove, American style.
For all of the xenophobic uproar about the Soviet heavyweight takeover, few in the States objected about the 175-pound weight class having titlists from Hungary, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. And with Roy Jones and non-lineal champion Bernard Hopkins in semi-retirement, there was no one for fans to rally behind in this long-storied division. [details]