"Bad" Chad Dawson

[Fox McCloud]

How good is this guy?

I have seen his two most recent wins against Adamek and Ruiz, and he looked great at times, but he also looked like **** at times too. He seems like a really unpolished fighter who gets by because his athleticism is just amazing.

I really wish his fight with Tarver would have come off instead of being cancelled due to a money dispute. It would have been a nice test, because most veterans know how to take away an experienced fighter's athleticism.

Who should Dawson fight next to bump his status up? I think a bout with Zsolt Erdei would probably be a good fight for him. Then he could take on the winner of Woods-Gonzalez. That would put him in line to take on Hopkins (if he is still there), or possibly Tarver or Glen Johnson (because you know his appeal is going to be a lot bigger if he beats Erdei and the Woods-Gonzalez winner)

Regardless of all the, "Who should Chad Dawson fight next?" talk above, what does everyone think of him?

[CottoOverrated1]

bad chad awesome dawson is my dude in the LH division.

[EliteSoldier]

I pick Calzaghe to beat him, if Calzaghe goes to Lhw. I'll bet anyone on the forums if that fight happens. And I bet you Calzaghe makes Chad look like an amateur because the topic creator is right that Dawson is good at times but then at time he looks like crap.

[bishop2006]

I cant remember the last time Dawson has looked crap,he's looked amazing everytime ive seen him,i think hes got all the wrong styles for Calzaghe and could beat him,hes younger,more athletic,a southpaw and a terrific boxer,he reminds me of Roy Jones

[Fox McCloud]

I cant remember the last time Dawson has looked crap,he's looked amazing everytime ive seen him,i think hes got all the wrong styles for Calzaghe and could beat him,hes younger,more athletic,a southpaw and a terrific boxer,he reminds me of Roy Jones

Adamek dropped his ass after he had won the first 9 rounds (with a knockdown). He gets too crazy in my opinion.

[kayjay]

He's going to be very hard to beat, and I'm not sure even Calzaghe could at this point.

he should be getting more support that a lot of other guys, imo, but maybe b/c he's a Showtime fighter his rep is not as strong.

He has gone down in his last two fights, which might be something to worry about

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I trained chad for several figths as a pro (before the conniving Gary Shaw stole him away from his then promoter). Chad has CRAZY talent

[bishop2006]

He's going to be very hard to beat, and I'm not sure even Calzaghe could at this point.

he should be getting more support that a lot of other guys, imo, but maybe b/c he's a Showtime fighter his rep is not as strong.

He has gone down in his last two fights, which might be something to worry about

He didnt get dropped in his last fight lol,it was in the previous fights before that,and both where flash knockdowns,the Adamek knockdown was Chad being too ****y after putting a beating on him

[kayjay]

He didnt get dropped in his last fight lol,it was in the previous fights before that,and both where flash knockdowns,the Adamek knockdown was Chad being too ****y after putting a beating on him

My bad, I forgot he had a more recent fight.

But the real issue is, why does a thread about a real rising star get seven replies? Mother****ers want to talk more about Floyd and Hatton I guess

[Mech.]

My bad, I forgot he had a more recent fight.

But the real issue is, why does a thread about a real rising star get seven replies? Mother****ers want to talk more about Floyd and Hatton I guess

I was on the Dawson bandwagon bigtime, but those two KD made me take a hard look at dawson, and I dont feel the same about him anymore.

It wasnt just the KD's, its that I think he got by more on athleticism than anything else, I dont see the skills there that I thought I saw after his win against Ian Gardner.