Like Bowe, Chad Dawson Won't Be Dictated To

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By T.K. Stewart - In December 1992, then World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Rid**** Bowe, along with his garish manager Rock Newman, unstrapped the green belt of the WBC from around his waist and ceremoniously dumped it into a trash can.

It was either that or face Lennox Lewis, who had knocked Bowe out in the finals of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

It was a symbolic move meant to send a message to the WBC. The message was that Bowe was bigger than any chintzy belt and that he would dictate the terms of who he was going to be fighting and when. In spite of the ravings of an absolutist sanctioning organization, Bowe was the champ, he was not going to fight Lewis, and that was that.

Nearly 17 years later, Chad Dawson, the now former WBC and IBF light heavyweight titlist, has twice done much the same thing as Bowe did.

While Dawson didn't unstrap his belts in front of the worldwide press and fling them into a garbage can of indifference, he has essentially told both the WBC (and now the IBF) that he will decide who and when he fights and that no matter what the alphabet soup racketeers say - he is the champ and that is that. [details]

[NakiFan]

Dawson, like Bowe is a disgrace, imagine if a non american fighter pulled this, lol.

[crold1]

Dawson, like Bowe is a disgrace, imagine if a non american fighter pulled this, lol.

A disgrace? For dumping some piece of tin whose value is literally the relevant sanctioning fee? Good for Chad if he's doing this to face Johnson.

[Guest]

A disgrace? For dumping some piece of tin whose value is literally the relevant sanctioning fee? Good for Chad if he's doing this to face Johnson.

The best writer on Boxing scene hath spoken.

Let there be light...


ha ha ha.

Seriously though. This a fight people want.

[Queen_Leia]

Dawson, like Bowe is a disgrace, imagine if a non american fighter pulled this, lol.

STFU Infern0.....are u paying Dawson bills?

Who has Cloud beaten?

[Silencers]

Dawson, like Bowe is a disgrace, imagine if a non american fighter pulled this, lol.

Calzaghe did the same thing, dumped his alphabet hardware and moved up to fight Hopkins for the Ring title.

[-Swizzy-]

Dawson, like Bowe is a disgrace, imagine if a non american fighter pulled this, lol.

??????

explain your reasoning behind this post.

it doesn't make sense at all.

[Kevin Jesus]

I'm rooting for Dawson 100%, he's got a lot of talent and skills, and no one can question his heart as he showed it in the Johnson and Adamek fights. Now he's giving the fans what they want to see, a rematch with Johnson.

[millcitymauler]

I like Chad's style... If he gets by Johnson, he should go see Tito in P.R. for a nice payday. I bet the Trinidad's would take that fight.

[ugly2000]

Dawson is acting like he is a superstar. What did he draw in his last fight? 300 people and most of them were there to see Tarver. He also says Cloud is unproven its not like he has looked impresive against a murders row. I just hope he aint begging to fight for those titles later on like Bowe.