What would you think of Dawson-Wlad?

[Pirao]

If Dawson regains his title at LHWand then moves to HW to fight Wlad, would you be interested in the fight? How do you think it would go? I've seen this possibility mentioned several times already, but IMO Dawson would have no chance against Wlad unless he waited 5 or 6 years until Wlad is 40 and on the decline.

[bojangles1987]

NO.

Dawson's not the biggest or strongest guy as a light heavy, he would probably lose all his effectiveness at heavyweight. Wlad would decapitate him.

[Davros?]

If Dawson beat, Pascal, Hopkins Cloud, Then won the cruiserweight title it might be intresting then but thats a big if and it would be a few years off.

[Joe2608]

Dawson can't even beat Pascal and his chin sucks at LHW let alone HW, it's not even worth debating.

[New England]

though on paper this might sound absolutely absurd it's probably a much closer match than many of the fights Wlad's been in the last few years (speaking far more to the weakness of the division than dawson's potential at HW.)


chad dawson is about six three
he's got a 76 or 77 inch reach


and he's gigantic for LHW
if he didn't have a gifted athletic body with almost nothing but bone and msucle he would have been a cruiserwieght a long time ago


chad and gary shaw have always entertained the idea of moving eventually up to heavyweight


if chad did make the jump he would need plenty ot time and at elast a few tune up fights at HW


of course i'd still take Wlad via murder
but chad dawson is much bigger than meets the eye
and punches a lot harder than a guy who fights safety first would lead on

[SNVDoublePunch!]

He wouldn't win 1 time out of one-hundred. I don't say that often and usually point out what the underdog brings to the table, but he simply can't do it, imo. Terrible fight until he shows something like the ability to hang with a legit heavy first.

[sunny31]

Well he certainly would bring a bigger threat than any current heavyweight that isn't haye. That says as much about the divsion as it does dawson.

[Pirao]

Well he certainly would bring a bigger threat than any current heavyweight that isn't haye. That says as much about the divsion as it does dawson.

Says who? I doubt Dawson could beat Chambers, Povetkin, or Thompson to name a few. And in a couple of years guys like Pulev, Helenius and Boytsov (if his hand injuries don't ruin him) will be up there too.

[Sparked_1985]

It's sad that we to look down the divisions, really.

But this is still more interesting than some fights that could be made for Wlad.

[frankenfrank]

One of the worst suggestions for a fight ever.
Why won't you suggest Paul Williams vs. Ali Funeka ?