First of all I'd like to say this fight in my opinion is the FOTY thus far.
It was a classic Boxer vs Puncher and I really, really enjoyed it. Watching it the first time I thought Dawson won by 1 or two rounds and I hadn't re watched it until earlier today.
This is what you have to look out for in this fight... While Dawson clearly threw more punches you will notice he was landing on Johnson's gloves most of the time and Johnson pushed the fight to Chad and landed the biggest punches. This fight was one of the hardest fights I've ever scored but I did my best and this is what I come up with.
Chad Dawson vs Glen Johnson
R1: 10-9
R2: 10-9
R3:9-10
R4: 10-9
R5: 9-10
R6: 10-9
R7: 10-9
R8: 10-10
R9: 9-10
R10: 9-10 (8-10 possible for wobble)
R11: 9-10
R12: 10-10
TOTAL: 115 - 115
5 rounds to 5 with 2 rounds even.
It looked as if Chad tired in the championship rounds and never really recovered from that right hand in round 10. The fight over all was a tale of two halves, Dawson dominated the majority of the first half while Johnson came on strong at the end, the wobble in round 10 was not enough for Johnson to get a 10-8 round IMO because it was towards the end of the round which Dawson was doing quite well in.
I believe Chad will go on to have a very successful career and at 25 I think he has a lot of time to do this. It can be noted that Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik is 26 but with Kelly's style he will not be around for much longer while Dawson wont get into many more wars like this one.
BRING ON CHAD DAWSON VS GLEN JOHNSON 2!
It was a classic Boxer vs Puncher and I really, really enjoyed it. Watching it the first time I thought Dawson won by 1 or two rounds and I hadn't re watched it until earlier today.
This is what you have to look out for in this fight... While Dawson clearly threw more punches you will notice he was landing on Johnson's gloves most of the time and Johnson pushed the fight to Chad and landed the biggest punches. This fight was one of the hardest fights I've ever scored but I did my best and this is what I come up with.
Chad Dawson vs Glen Johnson
R1: 10-9
R2: 10-9
R3:9-10
R4: 10-9
R5: 9-10
R6: 10-9
R7: 10-9
R8: 10-10
R9: 9-10
R10: 9-10 (8-10 possible for wobble)
R11: 9-10
R12: 10-10
TOTAL: 115 - 115
5 rounds to 5 with 2 rounds even.
It looked as if Chad tired in the championship rounds and never really recovered from that right hand in round 10. The fight over all was a tale of two halves, Dawson dominated the majority of the first half while Johnson came on strong at the end, the wobble in round 10 was not enough for Johnson to get a 10-8 round IMO because it was towards the end of the round which Dawson was doing quite well in.
I believe Chad will go on to have a very successful career and at 25 I think he has a lot of time to do this. It can be noted that Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik is 26 but with Kelly's style he will not be around for much longer while Dawson wont get into many more wars like this one.
BRING ON CHAD DAWSON VS GLEN JOHNSON 2!

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