Those who thought highly of Dawson but no longer do

[_original_]

Very true, most of these dudes are just "what have you done for me lately" fans

[Sweet Jesus]

There's nothing wrong with being disappointing in Dawson's performance.

I hope he realizes that there are fights that he needs to press the action and trap his guy on the ropes a lot earlier in the fight to set a tone. He was a moving target for a large part of the fight. There were too many times that he had Pascal hurting, but decided to conserve energy instead of going for the kill and throwing punches. I need to see a new gameplan from Dawson next time.

[Iceta Lives]

Any fan of boxing who says that has been stuck on Floyd too long!!This loss is the best thing that could have happened to Dawson,we saw what happens when he lets his hands go,next time he does it earlier to avoid anything like this!!Dawson lost to a hungrier fighter last night,now he knows what it feels like to have an empty stomach,he needed it!!

No, he didn't need it. This was his time to rise to the occasion to back up all the praise people have been giving him with the Ring belt on the line. Elite fighters beat Pascal because he's not that good.

[anubis]

My thoughts on his abilities haven't changed. Those on his heart and determination to win have. But I'm not writing him off just yet.

[Gorilla Dogs]

i thought highly of chad dawson but not after his antics after the fight ie making excuses

[paulsinghnl]

i am and always will be a Chad Dawson fan. he had an off night, it happens. the thing that hurt me the most though is how he was complaining at the end. at the post fight presser, Pascal said it best: "You have to know how to win and HOW TO LOSE like a champion. this is boxing.''

You went to somebody else's hometown, u had an off night, u got whooped. Learn from it, come back stronger, but take ur loss like a man, stay classy.. what the hell Chad?

anyway, i can understand him somewhere, and me and him have the same style, even though he's of course much faster and well conditioned than me. i'll be rooting for him, hopefully he learns from it.

[IMDAZED]

Poor Chad - I doubt very much that Pascal doesn't take another fight next. But Dawson has no one but himself to blame for what happened. I suspect he would stop Pascal if they fought again but Cloud has to be licking his chops right now.

[Abaris]

Dawson barely got past a 39 year old Johnson, fought two unimpressive fights against a shot Tarver, rematched Johnson, then lost to a fighter who isn't even top five at Super-Mid.
I understand that people can be a fan of a fighter and like his style but they need to open their eyes, Dawson was never elite and putting him top five P4P was ridiculous.

Right now there are a large number of fighters - Cloud, Pascal, Kessler, Ward, Froch, Dirrel, Abraham ect. fighting at relative parity.
Dawson fans need to realise Dawson is a part of this group, that he isn't and wasn't above it and that if his skills are to be acknowledged as elite he's first going to have to prove it.

[Gino Ros]

Im sorry but Pascal is trash. Dawson with his amount of skills should be embarassed to lose to him.

Terrible night for Dawson......

Vernon Forrest lost to Ricardo Mayorga. Twice.