Rewatched the fight.

[Boxingwizard]

First off that wasn't a foul by Dawson. Hopkins missed with a right hand and was coming to Chad while Dawson was ducking. Dawson of course lifted him up, as he would getting back up, and simply threw him down. It wasn't a hard take down, that happens all the time in boxing (See Mayweather vs Genaro Hernandez, see Cotto vs Clottey).

Hopkins kept Dawson at a proper distance, he stayed away from Dawson's jab and trying to force Dawson to use his left hand more, kind of like what Pascal did. But Hopkins wasn't controlling the pace as some people think, because he didn't land anything at all in the second round, neither did Chad. The first round could have went either way, I gave the first round to Chad because he did more damage with his left hand. IMO if the fight continued I think Chad would have picked up the pace and scored a decision, of course my prediction doesn't matter because it becomes a "what if the fight continued".

[Truth]

Its not a foul to lift somebody up and throw them down? Are you talking about in a boxing match or UFC?

[chavez jr]

What Cotto did to Clottey damn sho was a foul and what Dawson did to Hopkins was a foul,the decision will be reversed,never knew you could TKO someone by slamming them to the canvas in boxing

[SplitSecond]

Its not a foul to lift somebody up and throw them down? Are you talking about in a boxing match or UFC?

it's not a foul to break a clinch, it is a foul to clinch though, what is this ufc?

[Bushbaby]

Big Hopkins fan here, neutral on Bad Chad, but what happened is not Chad's fault in the slightest. If i was fighting & someone leaned on me like that, I'd throw him off too. The problem I had was after the fight Chad scoffed at the rematch. But the decision will be reveresed & the rematch will happen anyway. I simply don't understand why Chad thought he won. He didn't land a punch & that obviously wasn't a tko.

[Boxingwizard]

What Cotto did to Clottey damn sho was a foul and what Dawson did to Hopkins was a foul,the decision will be reversed,never knew you could TKO someone by slamming them to the canvas in boxing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OXv3QUGEAI

skip to 1:19

[chavez jr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OXv3QUGEAI

skip to 1:19

Why so me a replay of a fight i've seen 100 times,it was a foul and if the fight had been stopped it wouldnt have been ruled a TKO,you either go to the cards after the 4th round or its a no decision

[Boxingtech718v2]

I wouldn't mind a rematch so we can see a clear winner as well. If it got moved to a NC then that would also be fair. Even though Dawson was winning the fight who's to say how it could have changed in the upcoming rounds.

[letsgobrady]

schaeffer and shaw both said there will be no rematch.if soimeone quits that is a tko and thats what happened in the fight. some people here seem to have more of a problem with how things played out than goldenboy does

[brains4boxing]

dam boxing

i understand chad was not havin the leaning going on but he literally grab b-hos leggs and tried to scoop him like a fight in the streets...when u scoop somebody then stomp him out....it should of been a no contest or he should of went to the cards...bad tko call on a scoop slam