Comments Thread For: Shaw: Pascal-Dawson Will Happen, Forget The WBC!

[Dave Rado]

Actually, Zsolt Erdei is the lineal light heavyweight champ. However, Pascal does own The Ring magazine belt, which is recognized by most in the hardcore fight community as the legitimate title.

Zsolt Erdei was the lineal title holder until he vacated and moved up to Cruiserweight. While he held the title he fought a long line of nobodies and never showed any interest in fighting anyone ranked in the top 10 of any credible independent rankings, so it was a huge relief to everyone who cares about boxing when he chose to vacate his title.

That said, as someone who vacated his title in order to move up in weight, who didn't lose his title in the ring, and who has now moved back to Light Heavyweight, he does deserve a shot at the title. But he needs to fight a credible top 10 fighter in order to get himself back into the mix. Samson Onyango is about as far from being a credible opponent as you can get - he barely makes boxrec's top 200. And that choice of opponent is typical of Erdei, and is the only reason he has remained unbeaten for so long.

[King Ju-Ju]

**** chad dawson. hopkins deserves rematch more then he does. i hate gary shaw too. i hope all ov his fighters (excluding mares) ****ing lose!!!!

[paulf]

HBO said theyre only buying the best this year.

I know it's really unfair, but HBO should probably pass on the Dawson rematch for now, and offer Chad the winner of Pascal/Hopkins II on HBO.

Again, it's unfair, but it's the only way to resolve the situation without a lot of lawsuits.

[amayseng]

what odlh should have done with his startup of his company was changed this

****** political managing bull****...

start his own sanctioning body, just like the ufc.. u sign with us u fight who we

tell you, we match you up and you are paid well, with bonuses. and you will

fight more than once every 8 months...

these corupt sactioning bodies need to go...

6 fights per card.

that is one thing the ufc got right, 6 fights at least 3 are decent and enjoyable for the most part

mandatory this and that in boxing, bs, dawson dropped his title to avoid cloud

and fight a 40 year old glen johnson

then people complain because bhop wouldnt fight chad for 25% of what he

usually makes for fights....

[Mr. Philadel]

Still mad at Chad for not letting his hands go.

IMO Chad wasn't there bro....MENTALLY speaking....or it could be that Pascal suckered him into coming forward....something Chad hasn't done in years or 48 plus rounds....can't call it...all I know, I kept saying B.Hop must be watching this and lickin' his chops

[Dave Rado]

forget the contract crap

A legally binding contract is a legally binding contract. To pretend you can just forget about it is ******. You can't. Hopkins will be offered a shot against the Pascal-Dawson winner. The WBC are being ridiculous.

[djtmal]

then people complain because bhop wouldnt fight chad for 25% of what he

usually makes for fights....

he wouldn't fight chad because he knew he would lose convincingly

[imisupu]

If I'm Chad Dawson and Pascal attempted to fight B-Hop before me I would sue his ass ASAP you signed a contract be a man and stand behind your word. People HBO will make an offer for Dawson/Pascal because Hopkins/Pascal would be on Showtime. This entire ordeal is exactly the reason the UFC is taking over the fight game I love boxing but there is no reason we as fight fans should be waiting 2 years on fights like Pacquaio/Mayweather and Klitchko/Haye!

[flipbjefrox]

If HBO signs the rematch between pascal and dawson then they're going backward to the ages of Haymon Boxing Organization. The first fight was a dud in rating as well

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

wbc is a joke pascal has to fight chad first to respect the contract wbc needs to learn to follow rules