Photos: Chad Dawson, Antonio Tarver Make Weight

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver both made weight for their IBF/IBO light heavyweight title fight May 9 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Tarver was 172; Dawson was 175. [details]

[Lacrimosa]

Tarver is hardly smiling because of his "Huge" payday for this "highly anticipated" fight

Maybe he`s smiling because he is in tip-top shape and can bring the upset?

[*2TOUGH*]

Tarver is hardly smiling because of his "Huge" payday for this "highly anticipated" fight

Maybe he`s smiling because he is in tip-top shape and can bring the upset?

tarver looks like hes in the shape of his life!! he will make it more competitive, but i reckon hes gonna lose a close decision this time.

[Mr. Philadel]

Tarver looks ready.......didnt think he would be THAT in shape........maybe he can pull off the upset ........expect the unexpected!

[STEELHEAD]

i'm figurin that dawson is going to school tarver even better this time around but...an intriging quote from a favorite boxing scribe graham houston

"The one concern I have about Dawson is that he might be a bit complacent, having won so comfortably last time. If Dawson is a little too sure of himself, and takes a slightly casual approach, and if Tarver, meanwhile, comes into the ring in a do-or-die frame of mind, we could be looking at a startling upset."

[Heru]

Tarver is coming in at 172 the lowest weight of his career, you don't do that type of **** at 40 years old. He overtrained, he's gonna look even more lethargic than last time and get knocked out late.

[RightCross94]

i dunno if tarver coming in so light is good for him at this age

[Tobi.G]

Dawson also looks great, looks like hes bigger now, he used to look a bit skinny for a lhw. I expect the same result of the first fight but the fight could be more intense this time.

[Guest]

Tarver is coming in at 172 the lowest weight of his career, you don't do that type of **** at 40 years old. He overtrained, he's gonna look even more lethargic than last time and get knocked out late.

The key for Tarver isn't really that he weighs 172. In Tarver's losses he's always come down from a really high walking around weight so hopefully this time he trained properly and didn't baloon up in between fights.

So if he started training and wasn't heavy, maybe now he's finally in good shape again.

The kind of shape he was in beating Roy Jones, Glen Johnson, Reggie Johnson, etc etc.

I hope it's a good fight this time.

[BOLLOCKS]

Chad looks like a big version of T.I.