Why not stay at lightheavyweight and build a legacy? Unify titles, clean out the division, fight hard, fight often and dominate. Isn't that how legands are made?
Moving up to face the super-sized heavyweights of today would negate his tremendous skills. He'd be mid-level at best. If others could do it so easily, then it would have been done more often.
If he's as good as everyone is saying, he may be the next dominant fighter. But, at 175.
I can see him moving up to Crusierweight towards the end of his career, but why now? What's the rush? Unless he's having trouble making 175, I think he should build from where he's sitting right now.
I agree with you and there's no rush. I'm just asking to see if you guys think he can go up in weight and be competitive at the new weight? He should probably stay at LHW and try and rule and dominate the division like Bernard Hopkins did at MW!
Chad will probably fight at HW about 4 years from now, he's got the lenght, skills, lenght, but probably not the power and chin to be a force there. He could make some noise though, the division is not loaded with unbeatable talent.
Chad Dawson has a similar height and reach as Muhammed Ali. Did he seem weaker in the Johnson fight because he was fighting below his best fighting weight? Would he be stronger at cruiserweight?
He is tall at 6'3 (although Showtime listed him at 6'1) but his reach is a mere 76 inches, Ali's reach was 81 inches.
Here's how Dawson looked like against Tarver:
Anything else would be excess weight, in my opinion.
I agree with you and there's no rush. I'm just asking to see if you guys think he can go up in weight and be competitive at the new weight? He should probably stay at LHW and try and rule and dominate the division like Bernard Hopkins did at MW!
I know that PB1, you was just asking opinions. It's a good and interesting thread you got going here!
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