Is HBO done with Chad Dawson

[Dick Buffman]

busy? explosive combinations? chad dawson?

who you trying to swindle?

dawson is neither. he had 4 fights in a row vs 40 year old men & couldnt put anybody down.

GTFO & take your busy explosive combinations with you.

He's in love with the "idea" of Chad Dawson so much he can't see past it to see lame that dude is.

[Franco2012]

DAWSON should fight from now on,on TELEMUNDO TV!

[savorduhflavor]

I'm not alone in my critique of Dawson.

Plenty of people see him as a Dud (capital D for emphasis)..

I don't wanna see a rematch. I wanna see Dawson go to the back of the line and start fighting some young fighters and work his way back up.

For starters, I got Cloud winning against him by decapitation.

Sig that if you want to.

Whether or not you're alone doesn't mean anything. If you're not alone, that just means that there are more people that are wrong.

busy? explosive combinations? chad dawson?

who you trying to swindle?

dawson is neither. he had 4 fights in a row vs 40 year old men & couldnt put anybody down.

GTFO & take your busy explosive combinations with you.

Umm....apparently you've never seen him fight. So now somebody new....you are just wrong.

This isn't really debatable. Someone is seriously saying Dawson doesn't explode with combos? That's how he fights for gods sake.

Sounds like some of these people only saw the second Johnson fight.

Are you gonna say he holds a lot too? Because it seems like you're just taking out boring fighter criteria and applying it to Dawson because you don't know what you're talking about.

Dawson throws explosive combos and rarely, if ever holds.

[Devils Advocate]

Im not exactly sure if they are or not, but based on the interview he gave and the likely hood of them not being interested in a rematch its not looking good (and I am a dawson fan)

How do you know they aren't happy about a rematch, HBO is excited everytime they go to Montreal. I don't think they anticipated Dawson losing but they will support him in a rematch just like they do all their fighters a la Jermain Taylor lost 2x Pavlik, Pavlik 2x lost to Hopkins then Martinez turned down a rematch. The will make more money in a rematch anyway but if Chad loses again he might be on showtime lol

[Iceta Lives]

They should drop him for one fight unless he grows some balls and stops ducking Tavoris Cloud. Because the rest of the division is a joke and HBO would be throwing good money after bad if they let him fight some ho hum opponent. If he wants to fight a confidence building fight? Fine. But do it outside of HBO and their budget.

People need to realize Pascal doesn't have to give Dawson an immediate rematch according to the contract. I think he can fight one guy before he does, which he'll probably go after Bute.

[Medved]

I dont think you can giveup on a fighter just because he lost once. The Problem with Dawson is that he has more Boxing Ability and Talent in his Division than anyone but he has no Heart, Courage, Mental Strenght. Lets face it, hes a pretty dumb guy and one of his biggest problems is that he cant sellout high school bleachers. This fight was a classic example of where a guy with less skill beats on a guy whos naturally better than him. Boxing is alot about using your head and having courage/heart to become a champion. Dawson hasnt shown an ounce of that. Being inactive and fighting past their prime fighters and not Knocking them out doesnt help you sell seats. Thats why Dawson has to go to everyone elses home turf and it must get inside his head how hes a 4/1 favourite yet he has to go to Canada to fight a guy whos less popular and less talented but had 15,000 people cheering for him to win and he came thru. IMO: Dawson will be that guy whos always a tought opponent but lacks the mental part to become a great champion and will be a stepping stone for younger fighters. Unless he does something dramatic like growing a pair of balls and changes his whole attitude to the way he fights he will be fighting along side of Chris Arreola on Friday Night Fights.

I picked Pascal to win and even at the weigh ins you can see that Dawson was scared of something, maybe he realized a guy with less talent can draw a huge crowd in his home town unlike Chad.

[Gorilla Dogs]

i doubt it. they will continue to showcase him. dawson is a contendor now. hes gotta stop talking as if hes still the champ.

[AddiX]

i doubt it. they will continue to showcase him. dawson is a contendor now. hes gotta stop talking as if hes still the champ.

I don't think so, it's not as if anyone cares if he comes back. He showed up to his last 3 fights like they were sparring sessions and made bank off HBO. They can't be happy with that.

[Owlzfan84]

Dawson more then earned the right for a rematch...but as a promoter you would be ****** not to go ahead and have the Pascal/Bute fight first.

[Gorilla Dogs]

I don't think so, it's not as if anyone cares if he comes back. He showed up to his last 3 fights like they were sparring sessions and made bank off HBO. They can't be happy with that.

hes still a quality fighter. and still top 10 p4p. dont see HBO getting rid of that kind of fighter