Its Official Hopkins fears Chad Dawson

[La_Vibora]

Lol, if thats what you think then Hopkins should retire. And Pavlik has never even shown any evidence of becoming a big star, even after beating Taylor twice so don't fool yourself.

As a fan I want to see competitive matchs. Hopkins would be passing on the tortch to Dawson but Hopkins isnt' ready to lose again and Dawson could beat Hopkins.

Hindsight is clearly 20/20, rewind back a couple of months, and see that HBO was hyping Pavlik up as possibly the next American star boxer. Whether you thought so or not, that is what he was being hyped up to be.

[Eric Holder]

yeah I saw that Hopkins was talking about how he dosen't want to fight a young guy like Dawson because he's the future of the division. Even though his last fight was against Pavlik who's also a young American fighter who was seen as the future of the m.w division

and then he mentions fighting Taylor(who's still reasonably young) for a third time

[dstew]

No, its not. NOt in this age of boxers who still go on strong into there mid 30s

It's not so much about their age as where Taylor and Dawson are at in their careers. Dawson's star is still rising and Taylor's has peaked and been tarnished, and his future is a bit more uncertain. Taylor has the potential to become a major player again but will never be able to erase his losses and regain the allure of an undefeated world champion, while Dawson still has that ability.

I'm not saying BHOP would beat Dawson (I'd bet against it, actually), but there is the chance he does and it starts to make the future of the sport look bad if a 44 year old continues running around beating up on prime, undefeated fighters under 30 who have been touted as the stars of tomorrow.

[bsrizpac]

He said boxing needs young champions for the future of boxing so he wont fight young fighters like Dawson but he's willing to fight the young Jermaine Taylor and is gunning for him.

Hopkins clearly, picking his fights.

It's official : You scored Tarver Hopkins a DRAW. Therefore anything you say about Hopkins is worthless.

[daggum]

everyone is scared of chad dawson and chad dawson is scared of glen johnson ohhhhhhhhhhh its the circle of life.

[larryx]

"Afraid of no one?!"

Felix Trinidad is still waiting for Hopkins to accept a rematch!

ok..tell me that was a joke..hopkins beat the piss outta tito

[larryx]

It's official : You scored Tarver Hopkins a DRAW. Therefore anything you say about Hopkins is worthless.

???no 1 with half a brain stem couldve done that..r u serious

[AntonTheMeh]

dawson would beat hopkins.dawson is 6-3, a southpaw, quick , wicked combo puncher, and very good defensively.i wanna see this fight happen.
dawson should go after taylor before hopkins does.

[larryx]

dawson would beat hopkins.dawson is 6-3, a southpaw, quick , wicked combo puncher, and very good defensively.i wanna see this fight happen.
dawson should go after taylor before hopkins does.

i agree with everything except that part

[Pugilistic™]

I personally would like to see Hopkins vs dawson.