REALISTIC - Dawson vs. Tarver: Calling Silencers, TheManchine, Abadger

[luchador]

take ma advice reed tarver is done he aint beating another undefeated fighter
place your bet on dawson
dont do over/under

[THE REED]

I'm scared for you. You crazy. Those are all likely outcomes, but not certain.

i guess its like,i do like to bet on ****... i usually bet on boxing with m yfriends, i made 400 on the baldomir fight and 600 on the oscar fight, 300 on th ehatton fight

150 on the tito fight

this is the first time im going to vegas, so id like to throw a bet down, after further research its apparently illegal for me to bet online.. .so...

[abadger]

i guess its like,i do like to bet on ****... i usually bet on boxing with m yfriends, i made 400 on the baldomir fight and 600 on the oscar fight, 300 on th ehatton fight

150 on the tito fight

this is the first time im going to vegas, so id like to throw a bet down, after further research its apparently illegal for me to bet online.. .so...

Yeah, don't listen to me, I'm a total *****. And a miser.

[boxasmash]

Dawson UD, put money on it. tarver is too lazy and his power is overrated (see woods fight). he fights so slow you'd think it was a heavyweight fight.

[THE REED]

more votes!

[Allucard]

From last i've seen from both fighters and i know it's not related Pavlik KOs Dawson easily. Still i would love to see this fight!

[Eaner0919]

i might be willing to bet $1000 to win $500 that it goes the distance, what dfo you guys think?

I know you didnt ask for my opinion but I will offer it anyway:blow:

at those odds I like Tarver. My thinking behind this is that while Tarver is up there in age he hasn't had as many fights or wars as someone 37 years normally would have so IMO he is fresher at this point. Tarver has an eraser that has to be reckoned with and we have seen Dawson go down from single shots and hurt at times. Dawson also fades pretty bad late in fights something Tarver can capitalize on.

[Da Hammer]

"realistically" i think Dawson wins by wide UD. Tarver is gettin up there in age and i dont think he can put up the work rate to put any pressure on Dawson. Only way i see Tarver winning is by KO is he lands 1 great punch that really hurts Dawson that either results in a KO or results in then a series of power shots that ends in a TKO because Dawson can be hit and hurt. But i dont see it i got Dawson winning big!

[THE REED]

I think it could go either way. I'm leaning towards Dawson because Tarver is getting on in years and the fight against Woods that restored his reputation was not, in truth, against the highest quality opposition, especially not with the way Woods performed. I view Dawson's victory over Johnson as better, and if Dawson can win a cleaner, harder shots based victory over a punching machine like Johnson then I think he can over a declining Tarver.

That said, Tarver has often been underestimated in his career and could be again. At his best he' a smart and cagey fighter and if Dawson doesn't bring his A game Tarver might have that little bit too much savvy. It will be an awkward fight between two counterpunching lefties and Tarver's superior experience may help him in these circumstances. There are also question marks over Dawson's chin and Tarver has decent power, but if I'm honest I don't see Tarver stopping him.

If I were betting I would put my money on a Dawson decision, but I'm not, because I wouldn't be at all surprised by a Tarver victory either. We've seen both youth triumph over experience and experience triumph over youth before and in this fight I find the call very hard to make.

I know you didnt ask for my opinion but I will offer it anyway:blow:

at those odds I like Tarver. My thinking behind this is that while Tarver is up there in age he hasn't had as many fights or wars as someone 37 years normally would have so IMO he is fresher at this point. Tarver has an eraser that has to be reckoned with and we have seen Dawson go down from single shots and hurt at times. Dawson also fades pretty bad late in fights something Tarver can capitalize on.

tarvers actually 39 1/2

[Eaner0919]

dayum!

still for as old as he is the man really hasnt been in many if any wars for his body to be broken

IDK I like Tarver at +200 more than the under at +160. To me its a value bet because Tarver is skilled enough to win on points yet strong enough to stop Dawson with one shot so he covers the inside and outside spread just by his odds alone

Dawson at -260 has too many things that could go wrong for him to be that big of a favorite. He could tire again like he did against Johnson, he can laspe again like he did with Adamek. he can get dropped on his ass as Tarver has some pop.

hope that helps