Is Tarver-Dawson a sure thing?

[Mr. Ryan]

I think Diaconu will KO Dawson because he has the style to do it....Dawson is overrated, he was exposed in his last fight with old, past his prime Johnson and given a gift decision....Dawson is very chinny and gets hurt a lot, he also has poor defence...Diaconu is a dangerous fighter with underrated technical skills, hits hard and is a good finisher...Johnson is not a big puncher and he hurt Dawson badly and almost knocked him out, Diaconu hits harder than Johnson and is a better finisher...I GURANTEE you that Diaconu will hurt Dawson badly and unlike old Johnson and weight drained Adamek, Diaconu will actually finish Dawson off and win by knockout.

You can point to power and say that Diaconu has that advantage over Glen Johnson, but there are few others really. Diaconu's jab is a pushing jab, more of a range-finder that would invite counters from a skilled counter puncher like Dawson.

The reason Dawson ate so many punches fro Johnson is because of the pressure that Johnson put on him. Johnson walked in behind an excellent defense and was able to make Dawson work for 3 minutes of every round.

Diaconu's defense is not nearly as good as is Johnson's. Diaconu is also a bleeder. I don't read too much into Diaconu's KO of Rico Hoye as a measuring stick for his power really. Hoye is notorious for being chinny and I don't recognize any of the names of guys Diaconu has knocked out.

I'd say Dawson all day.