[VIDEO] S.O.G. Training @ Mayweather Boxing Club

[djtmal]

chad dawson, you gotta give this fighter, a lot of credit...he soundly beat hof bound hopkins, and he calls out andre ward, who has been constantly ballwashed here, in boxing mags, etc., and gets the fight, is willing to move down to 168, and all of a sudden, he's not mentally tough...after beating bernard hopkins, chad dawson, could have cherrypicked his next 2 or three fights before taking on another tough assignment, and folks here still say he's not mentally tough?...

[Shabba Rank$]

LEGGO Dawson!

[Boxingwizard]

Well, Judah is Judah. One of those guys who starts looking for a way out quite early on in a fight when he realises he's in some difficulty. I'd put him in the category of someone like Cintron. Just severely lacking in mental toughness. You know he's gonna pull a stunt at some point.

I wouldn't say Dawson is that bad. But ever since the first Johnson fight, he hasn't looked the same. The run of geriatric LHWs hasn't helped. He fights within himself. And honestly, Ward is an animal, both physically and mentally.

Re Kirkland - I actually think he's very mentally tough. His downfall is his chin and lack of overall skills.

Yeah I also question Dawson's mental strength, and in the ring he will sometimes just zone out. Another weakness that Hopkins exposed is his left hand. Dawson does not have a good left hand, he's like Miguel Cotto, their lead punch is their best punch (Dawson being a right-handed southpaw).

Hopkins neutralized Dawson's jab by forcing Dawson to use his left hand more. Hopkins was open to the left-cross the whole night, and Dawson rarely threw the left-cross for some reason. It's not to say Dawson doesn't have a good left-cross because he's shown in the past he does, it really depends on the trainer. It's something he needs to work on with Scully.

If Dawson is going to beat Ward, he has to be 100% mentally focused and mentally determined.

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Lol this quickly turned into a Ward-Dawson fight...

If Pascal doesn't fight Cloud I'd rather see that rematch...I think Chad has a better chance of beating Pascal than Ward...

I think Ward will smother Chad and never let him get off...and I don't think Chad is mentally equipped enough to make adjustments during the fight...

[MikeRo1972]

Goosen better be watchful. Mess around and lose a fighter to Mayweather promotions.

[djtmal]

lol...i've seen, who andre ward, has been fighting up this this point...chad dawson is none of those cats...this will be andre ward's toughest test, even if chad dawson, drains down to 168...

[Larry the boss]

S.o.g.....................

[-DSG-]

S.o.g.....................

bad chad!!!!!!!!!!

[PrettyBoyRoy 88]

Ward-Dawson will be a close fight, it will be ugly. I don't think it'll be as boring as people expect, just ugly. A lot of close rounds. I think both will be aggressive in their own standards, and we'll get an okay fight.

[*Boss*]

Hard work ,dedication.