if dawson was going to vacate the belt anyway...why did he rematch tarver??

[Fox McCloud]

The contract didn't call for an immediate rematch, he could have one fight before the second with Tarver.

Dawson could have fought Cloud before the second Tarver fight, instead of making Tavoris wait all those months for nothing.

To be fair... if he had to fight Tarver again, he would get the most mileage out of the win the sooner he fought him. He is only getting older.

Plus, from what I've read, Dawson was willing to fight Cloud until the television stations said they had no interest in it.

To be honest, I'd tell and ABC belt to **** off if I was on Dawson's level of stardom and their mandatory couldn't get me a spot on television if I fought him.