honestly..who was empressed with dawson lastnight??

[ИATAS]

I wasn't too impressed either but the one thing he has in his advantage is he's very young, only 26. He has plenty of time to work on his craft and improve.

He has all the right tools - he's very athletic, very fast for light heavyweight, good defensive, great combo's. His chin is decent. His weak points imo is that he fights in spurts which allows his opponents to win rounds and it creates the sensation that he's not a very exciting fighter and his stamina probably isn't the best since he tends to fade late in fights (I assume this is the main reason for him fighting in spurts).

If he could add some "killer instinct" that is the will to finish off his opponent and work on his overall conditioning, he could be elite.

Until then I agree that he's a B+ fighter in a weak division.

[Clint650]

tarver surprised me, but i was more surprised at how faded Dawson looked towards the end of the fight.

he does not want Calzaghe to come out of retirement. he would be outclassed for sure.

[Clint650]

just went back and read most of the comments here.

bottom line tarver and dawson get outworked by hopkins or calzaghe.
the thing i didnt see in Dawson was a killer instinct. nothing about his game said i am the best and ill beat anyone out there. he made no statement.

[slicksouthpaw16]

I'm impressed every time i watch Dawson fight, its just his combination of skill, combination's, foot work and crisp sharp counter punches that you don't see in most of the fighters today. Hes definitely a throw back.

just went back and read most of the comments here.

bottom line tarver and dawson get outworked by hopkins or calzaghe.
the thing i didnt see in Dawson was a killer instinct. nothing about his game said i am the best and ill beat anyone out there. he made no statement.

Hopkins out working Dawson, that's a good one. Both IMO is too old for someone with that kind of hand speed.

[2501]

This wasnt the first time he fought Tarver. Why people concentrating on this fight alone and forgetting the first fight? Or the fight against Adamek?

[jose1418]

Camacho vs Campas was much better!!! lol

[shonuff488]

It was a rematch. Tarver has a history of doing better in the rematches, but Dawson still won comftorably. He would pose a serious threat to Hopkins or Calzaghe. Calzaghe has the perfect slap happy style to be countered. Hopkins lost to Jermain Taylor and Dawson is younger, faster, and all around better boxer than Jermain.

[Cadillac Man]

Steady and solid but nothing exciting...Shaky chin,not much power,not much of a personality,division without stars and lacking matchups = what Kellerman said b+ fighter in a c divison.

[KillerGloves]

Fell Asleep!!

Bet HBO is kicking their own ass for broadcasting that boring ass fight!!!!!!!!

[Iceta]

Bet HBO is kicking their own ass for broadcasting that boring ass fight!!!!!!!!

Co-sign homey. If fights were the way they were back in the old days of goin 15 rounds Dawson would be an after thought. Even in the Adamek fight he got clocked with his porous defense and tried to turn the fight into a sissy-boy slap party. If people at HBO would have listened to complaints from knowledgable boxing writhers like Steve Kim and Thomas Hauser about steppin up to the plate and givin boxing fans the fights that they want to see then this sport would be a lot better. Dawson needs to rematch Glen and let my boy get up in that ass again. Dawson is the guy to beat B-Hop and Zag? Whateva.