Chad Dawson To Fight Epifanio Mendoza

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SACRAMENTO, Calif—World Boxing Council No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu, scheduled to fight for a title against WBC lightweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, suffered a training injury on Thursday forcing him to pull out of the Sept. 29 match. [details]

[warp1432]

Was supposed to fight tarver. Was supposed to fight tarver. WAS SUPPOSED TO FIGHT TARVER.

GODDAMN YOU TARVER.

[shynequasiog22]

Mendoza replacing Diaconu for Dawson fight

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3025687

Looks like Showtime's free preview weekend just took another hit. First Tarver prices himself out now Diaconu gets hurt. Hopefully we can still see an exciting fight.

[flem1]

I'm glad they did not cancel the whole fight card. Mendoza is a tough guy from what I heard...

[neils7147933]

Don't suppose it matters what Dawson's opponent's name is. Result will be the same.

[Mr. Ryan]

Epifanio is a big puncher, but very one-dimensional.

[Derranged_]

Has anyone seen this Mendoza guy and can give a scouting report?

[Froch You]

This will probably be like his last fight against Ruiz. He'll dominate another limited power puncher