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By Keith Idec - Chad Dawson didn’t intentionally mislead anyone.
Dawson’s self-assessment during HBO’s brief preview of his fight tonight against Jean Pascal was about as close as this genuinely nice guy comes to talking trash.
“A lot of people ask me,” Dawson states during the trailer, “why is my name ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson? How bad am I? I always say, ‘Really bad. As bad as bad gets.’ ”
Boxing’s best light heavyweight isn’t quite that bad. Not yet, anyway.
Dawson is very good, exceptional enough to appear on any noteworthy pound-for-pound list.
And there’s nothing wrong with very good. Plenty of fighters worse than Chad Dawson have made millions in recent years, thus there’s no reason to begrudge Dawson for regularly receiving seven-figure compensation from HBO.
It’s just that the humble, left-handed craftsman from New Haven, Conn., possesses the skill set to be great. Unfortunately, he has yet to display a matching mindset.
His victories over Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver were impressive, professional performances, yet nothing inspiring.
Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs, 1 NC) clearly out-pointed Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) in their first fight in October 2008, a bout in which a fast, gifted, young fighter exposed an aging ex-champion over 12 rounds. Their rematch, in which Dawson participated only due to a contractual obligation to Tarver, was slightly closer, but not much different from their initial encounter seven months earlier. [Click Here To Read More]
Dawson’s self-assessment during HBO’s brief preview of his fight tonight against Jean Pascal was about as close as this genuinely nice guy comes to talking trash.
“A lot of people ask me,” Dawson states during the trailer, “why is my name ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson? How bad am I? I always say, ‘Really bad. As bad as bad gets.’ ”
Boxing’s best light heavyweight isn’t quite that bad. Not yet, anyway.
Dawson is very good, exceptional enough to appear on any noteworthy pound-for-pound list.
And there’s nothing wrong with very good. Plenty of fighters worse than Chad Dawson have made millions in recent years, thus there’s no reason to begrudge Dawson for regularly receiving seven-figure compensation from HBO.
It’s just that the humble, left-handed craftsman from New Haven, Conn., possesses the skill set to be great. Unfortunately, he has yet to display a matching mindset.
His victories over Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver were impressive, professional performances, yet nothing inspiring.
Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs, 1 NC) clearly out-pointed Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) in their first fight in October 2008, a bout in which a fast, gifted, young fighter exposed an aging ex-champion over 12 rounds. Their rematch, in which Dawson participated only due to a contractual obligation to Tarver, was slightly closer, but not much different from their initial encounter seven months earlier. [Click Here To Read More]
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