ESPN Is Taking A Dump On Chad Dawson

[Heru]

I just saw the ESPN ticker and it said he 'vacated the IBF title rather than face mandatory challenger Tavoris Cloud (19-0 18 KO) to rematch Glen Johnson (43-12 3? KO).' Any casual fan reading that would look at it like this guy is spineless, it looks and sounds horrible to the uninformed.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Damn thats ******ed by ESPN!!!!!!!!!

[street bully]

I hope he fights Cloud after Johnson win or lose, so we can see which of the two is a hype job.

[ßringer]

I don't see how that's ****ting on him ; they're just stating facts.

But I can see how the average fan would view that and think that Dawson was ducking some 19-0 guy for a 43-12 guy for an easy win.

What it should've said was........

Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson vacates IBF title to face Glen Johnson in a rematch of their very close fight last year.

But ESPN's ticker tries to get the news across in as few words possible.

[Heru]

Damn thats ******ed by ESPN!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, especially when you look at their records with Cloud undefeated and knocking out almost everyone and Johnson with 12 losses. Anybody that isn't familiar would be like WTF.

I hope he fights Cloud after Johnson win or lose, so we can see which of the two is a hype job.

Yeah, me too. Cloud looks like class, I have high hopes for both, it looks like a lesser version of Leonard-Hearns where they both go on to do accomplish a lot, but I don't blame Dawson for not taking it. Without HBO or Showtime Dawson would make like 10% against Cloud than he would against Johnson.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Doesn't make sense to me, this is the rematch we've all wanted.

[Mary Jane]

Saw it too, ESPN probably likes Cloud because he's been on FNF before, but I'm probably reaching on that one.

[Ray*]

Doesn't make sense to me, this is the rematch we've all wanted.

lol, Thats what i thought, I swear if i was a pro boxer i wouldnt give a toss what boxing fans think, I seem to remember how Dawson was been critise for rematching Tarver and ducking Johnson.

Now he vacates his belt to fight johnson and his ducking Cloud.

[-Hyperion-]

espn are about as ******ed as larrysmith.....

[gopi11]

Ticker news is just, ticker news. It doesn't give away the who, why, what and where. I'm sure Brian Kenny thru FNF will expound on this, just be happy that we get to see boxing on ESPN news again.

It's no biggie, really...