Chad Dawson: "I'll Fight Joe Calzaghe in Wales"

[letsgobrady]

kessler is an ovverrated ***** who hoed down on the biggest spotlight.
oh and tarver only KOed jones. johnson too.

2003-2004 tarver and johnson > calzaghe

hell 2008johnson >/= calzaghe

tarver lost to jones in his first fight and also looked to be losing the 1st 2 rounds of the 2nd fight until he got knocked jones out and in the 3rd fight tarver and jones both looked very cautious and they barly did anything, in roy's fight with johnson the rounds were very close and in no way was johnson dominating roy

[*2TOUGH*]

Against who but???

Andrade, that Austrialian, and Marcus Buyer.. also kept it toe to toe untill round 6 of the Calzaghe fight.

[Pullcounter]

Dawson is not Lacy or Kessler or Pavlik. He deserves a shot because he's the only one at 175 left.

Tarver/Johnson/Bhop/RJJ all lost. there is no one left to fight. HBO will not pay for any of these accept Johnson and Bhop.

[Flawless 2]

Andrade, that Austrialian, and Marcus Buyer.. also kept it toe to toe untill round 6 of the Calzaghe fight.

Mundine who got stopped by Ottker and lost to Manica???
Andrade who was outboxed by Bute??
You use a lost as something meaningful

Tarver Johnson Adamesk Harding Dawson is resume is a lot better and he is more proven

[Boxingwizard]

For what it's worth...I can assure you that Chad himself did not say those quotes...they werent by a publicist...its funny to me when you read statements an challenges on the internet by fighters who are calling out some guy...and 99 percent of the time you are saying to yourself, "There's no way this particular guy said these things, used these words etc" I know Chad... that's not him talking, no way.

It probably wasn't Dawson, but Dawson has been very vocal about fighting Calzaghe. He said Calzaghe wasn't the best LHW and he wants to fight him after the Tarver match. The problem is Calzaghe has no interest in fighting Dawson at all. Gary Shaw would have to give Calzaghe a lot of money to make this happen and Shaw's record shows that he's very cheap.

[RapidFire_Royce]

calzaghe

I will admit i was not convinced that calzaghe was the real deal but after last night i am a convert. I see why people would call for him to fight dawson but if he doesnt to me he proved himself to be one of the best of his era. By not fighting Dawson it would keep me from saying that he was the best when he retired. But he has made a case for being great.

He took out lacy, who was undefeated and no one gave him a chance against. Same with kessler who is now the best super middle weight in the world. He got a decision over hopkins which whether you thought he won or lost it was close enought to say he belonged in the ring with him. and you saw what bernard just did to pavlik. I am convinced joe would have MURDERED pavlik and i admit i am a pav fan. Now he finishes with a win over roy which whether he was washed up or not only 2 other people can claim legitimate victories over him. so regardless of who he fought before lacy he ends with two previously undefeated fighters and two future hall of famers thats a great career IMO.

[daggum]

tarver lost to jones in his first fight and also looked to be losing the 1st 2 rounds of the 2nd fight until he got knocked jones out and in the 3rd fight tarver and jones both looked very cautious and they barly did anything, in roy's fight with johnson the rounds were very close and in no way was johnson dominating roy

tarver and johnson knocked shot jones out cold and calzaghe wasn't able to hurt him. says a lot about the caliber of fighter he is. plus he got knocked down and hurt badly vs the shot jones. somehow you think this makes him great?

[letsgobrady]

tarver and johnson knocked shot jones out cold and calzaghe wasn't able to hurt him. says a lot about the caliber of fighter he is. plus he got knocked down and hurt badly vs the shot jones. somehow you think this makes him great?

how you know he was badly hurt?
shutting someone out while playin with them is worst than someone just landing a lucky punch.
joe never looked like he was going for the k.o. he wanted to put on a show for all his haters

[RapidFire_Royce]

tarver and johnson knocked shot jones out cold and calzaghe wasn't able to hurt him. says a lot about the caliber of fighter he is. plus he got knocked down and hurt badly vs the shot jones. somehow you think this makes him great?

Thats kind of bias Roy jones has been a lot more causcious and totally changed his defense post johnson. jones adapted a winky like defense which i have never seen him use in my decade plus of watching him fight. same reason why tarver couldnt knock him out again in their last fight much more causcious.

[S1MANC]

My take on this Dawson Calzaghe twist:

Even though I hate to echo Max Kellerman, his point with regards to Lennox Lewis leaving the sport when there was no one left with a legitimate threat rings true.

If Calzaghe hangs up his gloves to today. He will end his career on a high beating two hall of fame fighters (all be it RJJ was Shot, and the Hopkins fight was close). The later half of his career is respectable and he will leave the sport in his prime. BUT although it is arguable he will still have his naysayers.

His career will be a great career.

Now: If Calzaghe added Dawson into the mix and wins... he leaves the sport with all questions answered and confirmed. Dawson is so to speak what kessler was @ SMW to the calzaghe legacy. There is absolutely nobody left to fight @ 175.

Ending your career (an unbeaten decorated career) fighting a young hungry skilled fighter is a very dangerous decision - But its what all time greats are meant to do, its the epitome of TRUE champions.

Joe Calzaghe is a legend today, but he could push the bar that little further and become a true thorough modern day boxing legend that cleared out two divisions of what was on offer.

The arguments of the money and that Dawson doesn't bring enough to the table. In my eyes is not valid. Calzaghe has stated that he is going to continue in the boxing sport in the form of promotion - a fight in cardiff promoted by his company would be the ideal opportunity to enter the promotion game. Calzaghe will sellout the millennium stadium shadow boxing, it might not do record breaking ppv buys but I feel it would perform. Dawson would have to accept that he will have to travel, he will have to accept a considerably smaller purse and have possibly no cut on the TV rights - but what Dawson gets in return is his opportunity to break officially into the big time...

The conclusion is Calzaghe has almost everything to lose and Dawson has everything to gain, in todays boxing game where everything is based on that "0" it makes the chances look very slim that this will happen.

But one thing that I think many true boxing viewers will agree with, calzaghe does not want to retire today, the character of calzaghe wouldn't end his career in a fight so one sided - he claims he thrives of the challenge - today there is no bigger challenge than Dawson.