Comments Thread For: Chad Dawson Eyes Lucian Bute, Cloud, Calzaghe Too

[Mikhnienko]

Everybody is mentioning Bute, and with good reason. He is aurguably the best at 168, but the 1st Andrade fight showed alot of flaws in Bute. And it seems that most are forgetting that Edison Miranda(before he got careless directly infront of Bute) was uncharacteristicly outboxing Bute to some degree. We're talking about Edison Miranda folks!!!!!!!! I mean Edison is not the most technically sound fighter to grace our presence from 160-168, and the only reason he didn't go the distance with Bute is because he stood infront of Bute with his hands all the way down by his knees and dared Bute to hit him, and got his clock cleaned for it. By far the most ******ed thing I've ever seen take place in a Championship fight, and I've been avidly watching Boxing since '81 or so. Bute is one hell of a fighter, but lets save all the "thataboys" for him till he face's grade "A" comp not "B" level comp(which is what he's been up against), unfortunately most of the "A" comp is currently engaged in a Super Six Tourny, so it'll be awhile before we see Bute up against "A" calibre type fighters.

? He schooled Andrade for 11 1/2 rounds. And as for his conditioning: excerpt

What did actually happen?
At the the end of August I interrupted my training for the Andrade fight and left to Romania for my little sister's wedding. This threw my over from the beginning. Fatigue, airplanes, time zone changes and a different nutrition.

But... in maximum one week from reentering your program u should have recovered...
It wasn't only that, When I reached Montreal, I got food poisoning. I was no longer good for anything. I would loose weight without doing anything. I reached 78 kg, during my training I was at 82-83 kg. I felt drained, had no power, was getting hit during sparring. I took three days off, and went to do all my blood work. They found a virus in my stomach that I got infected with during the period I was in Romania.

Was there a risk to postpone the fight?
The doctor that consulted me, suggested exactly that to S.Larouche (the trainer). I refused. I said I will box like that, since there were other factors in play. First of all I didn't want to look untrustworthy in front of the Showtime people. Then, I've already watched Librado fight, and I knew I could beat him despite my condition. Beside all the days I had lost, I also took a week off and had acupuncture treatments.

[Mr. Philadel]

Chad Dawson is the best boxer on the planet not named Floyd Mayweather. He would beat anyone in or around his weight

thats really heavy Skills.....and now that I think about it ....can't argue with that!!....but its a dude name Manny Pacquiao out there who can throw down as well

[Heeb]

if Chad beats Cloud and Pascal, he succesfully cleared out his division.