It's ok for Dawson?

[Migs]

Hopkins and Calzaghe didn't want any part of Dawson. Apart from those guys, who else can he fight?

He beat Adamek, Johnson and Tarver, but has to fight Tarver because of a rematch clause.

His called out everyone. Nobody fancies it. Not Dawson's fault!

Exactly, when you compare Dawson's list of people he could fight against Calzaghe's, it's not apples to apples.

[-Swizzy-]

Why is it ok for Chad Dawson to fight Tarver and Johnson who are old (a lot of people think Johnson won) yet Calzaghe is a wimp for it apparently?

I rate Dawson highly, he's clearly an excellent boxer who may very well have too much for Calzaghe if they fought at this stage of their respective careers but why do people hate on Joe so much yet not criticize Dawson for the same thing?

bad comparison my friend.

chad dawson hasn't hit his prime yet. he is still only 26. sure tarver and johnson are old but so what, its not like Dawson is retiring at the end of this year. After tarver, he is going to start fighting all the present great fighters as well as a lot of the great prospects that are coming up.

Calzaghe at dawson's age was fighting past prime eubanks which is ok but he really didn't add on to that for the next couple of years. He kinda went down hill with his fight selections.

If Dawson doesn't fight better opposition in the next 10 years, then you can **** on him but as of right now, he is fighting the fighters that he is suppose to fight.

[-Swizzy-]

Dawson is 26 years old

Dawson is NOT considered an all time great after beating Tarver & Johnson. He's just begun really making a name for himself.

Also, right now at Light Heavyweight, there aren't any young stars, all the guys are old

co-sign...

[-Swizzy-]

Oh, let's see.

One's supposedly an ATG, who ended his career by fighting two fighters who would almost certainly (IMHO) have beaten him if he had fought them when they were younger, had he bothered venturing over and making a name for himself in America, like other British boxers have done in the past (Lennox, Hatton, Naz), until they had no option but to fight him, rather than verbally potshotting from Wales and demanding p4pers come and fight him at the home of boxing; Cardiff.

The other is a (relatively) young fighter, who is making the transition from prospect to fully fledged star, and, from what I know, isn't retiring having beefed up his thin resume and fat bank account by fighting Tarver and Johnson.

Dawson is just starting.

Calslappy has finished. On the corpse of Roy Jones Jr.

That answer it for you?

another co-sign.

sorry guys, i didn't read your posts before I posted. I basically just repeated your posts.

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Why is it ok for Chad Dawson to fight Tarver and Johnson who are old (a lot of people think Johnson won) yet Calzaghe is a wimp for it apparently?

I rate Dawson highly, he's clearly an excellent boxer who may very well have too much for Calzaghe if they fought at this stage of their respective careers but why do people hate on Joe so much yet not criticize Dawson for the same thing?

because calz won't fight dawson, that's why