bernard hopkins vs chad dawson

[Iceta]

Dawson is too athletic for an old Hopkins. Jones athleticism beat Hopkins, Taylors athleticism beat Hopkins, so would Dawsons.

I honestly think that the Jermaine Taylor that fought Hopkins is the best Taylor you'll ever see. I just think he lost his confidence after that fight and didn't fight up to par ever again. One thing like I mentioned earlier in this thread is that Dawson would show too much respect for Hopkins and B-Hop would exploit it big time. Dawson doesn't even show half the aggressiveness that Taylor or Calzaghe showed when they fought Hopkins. That athletic ability aint even gonna be a factor.

[Iceta]

Hhahaha before the pavlik fight u guys woud say dawson all day but 1 fight later u guys got b hop.dawson would destroy b hop thats why he doesnt wanna fight him

Man, some of the posters on here don't know what the hell they're talking about. Just because Hopkins said that he doesn't wanna fight Dawson doesn't mean that he wouldn't win this fight if it became a reality. I don't think Hopkins is wary of Chad at all, it's just the fact that Dawson doesn't go out of his way to try to put a stamp on his victories like a real fighter should do. I thought he lost rounds 9-12 in the Johnson fight and didn't win one round after he got knocked down by Tomasz Adamek. Dawson's lack of power and lack of killer instict is the reason why HBO made a bad investment in him big time. And the lack of those two things are gonna cost him big time when he gets in the ring with someone with A-level ability. Hopkins wouldn't even get credit for the victory afterwards guaranteed.

[IMDAZED]

I've never taken bets on this site but the one upset I'd be willing to do that for is Dawson over Hops.

[Pullcounter]

Dawson is too athletic for an old Hopkins. Jones athleticism beat Hopkins, Taylors athleticism beat Hopkins, so would Dawsons.

i agree that's the reason why hopkins would rather make fights with slow lumbering fighters like adamek and froch instead of fight dawson.

[VatoMulatto]

I'd pick Dawson to win against Hopkins, but this is a fight Hopkins isn't even interested in. I'm sure most fight fans would love to see this fight next but Hopkins only wants the biggest names that will make him the most money and a Dawson fight really don't bring any money to the table.

[Technical_Skill]

Dawson is too athletic for an old Hopkins. Jones athleticism beat Hopkins, Taylors athleticism beat Hopkins, so would Dawsons.

Dawson by UD, possibly another controversial one. Dawson aint so great down the final stretch, luckily for him nor is hopkins. Hopkins will be spending too much time on defence in this fight blocking dawsons combos, and even if they dont land, it doesnt matter, because boxing these days is about whoever throws the most punches.

[Iceta]

Dawson by UD, possibly another controversial one. Dawson aint so great down the final stretch, luckily for him nor is hopkins. Hopkins will be spending too much time on defence in this fight blocking dawsons combos, and even if they dont land, it doesnt matter, because boxing these days is about whoever throws the most punches.

The part of your post of where you mention the fact that Hopkins doesn't finish good going down the stretch I'm a little unsure about that. Other than the Calzaghe fight I don't think I've saw a Hopkins fight of where he didn't look like a million bucks in the championship rounds. That was his strategy against Taylor to preserve energy toward the end. Of course he did the opposite in the fight with Joe and that didn't work out for him either so it works both ways I guess. But I don't see any problems with Dawson that Hopkins would have really because the guy is not aggressive at all, and he is easy to hit. You'd think with the kind of handspeed and decent footwork that Dawson has that he'd try to mix defense with it, but he doesn't. He tries to fight like Winky Wright sometimes and it makes it easy to hit him with an uppercut. I saw him get hit with a lot of those in the Tarver fight.

[Abstraction]

Not going to happen imo.

Hopkins is probably going to retire.

Personally feel the only way Hopkins is going to have one last bout, it's going to be for a payday.

Which is why Dawson is not an option.

Personally feel Hopkins would win a UD anyway