Comments Thread For: Photo/Quotes: Ward, Dawson Face To Face in Oakland

[Bushbaby]

I'm pumped for this fight. This is easily top 2 most important fights so far this year.

[bojangles1987]

This won't be an exciting fight, but I am stoked for it anyway. F*** the billy goat, war Dawson!

[bojangles1987]

Is Ward wearing lifts?

Okay, I thought Dawson was taller.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I think a win by either guy SHOULD boost them up on the P4P list. Especially over Donaire.

[bojangles1987]

I think a win by either guy SHOULD boost them up on the P4P list. Especially over Donaire.

Ward already has people that are putting him at the top. If Dawson is okay with the weight and Ward still looks dominant, that case will only get stronger.

[RacSinned]

Looking forward to this fight but will not likely be entertaining.

[Shabba Rank$]

WAR DAWSON!

[La_Vibora]

Can't wait to see Ward try to get on the inside, Dawson then pushes him off & gives him a look like..

''did you see the first Hopkins fight when he tried to hug me motherfukkka"

The Hopkins fight is why I am sort of leaning to Dawson at the moment, I think having the experience of that fight probably gave him a good preparation for Ward. Ward on the other hand hasn't faced anyone like Chad yet so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

[Tmann400]

I am a Ward fan, but I'm not biased. Dawson is a tremendous talent and could make it very difficult, with his hand speed. BUT, Dawson, IMO, is mistaken for a "pure" boxer, when to me that's not the case. I think he's an offensively gifted guy, with good technique, with some bad defensive issues.

Even in Dawson's wins, he seems to be very vulnerable to getting hit with jabs and right hands. I'd say Dawson has a slight advantage in hand speed, but Ward has the advantage in terms of footwork and foot speed, and has a very big advantage on the inside. Dawson, while he has impressive hand speed, strangely enough, he has very slow feet when compared to his hands, and that's why he struggles with guys who have good footwork and foot speed. And I have a feeling Ward's taken notice to that, and will utilize a lot of movement in the fight. It's like he freezes when he has someone moving in front of him.

I think Ward is going to fight a similar fight as he did with Kessler, start out moving quickly, finding the range for his jab, is going to offset Dawson by using angles, movement, and jumping in with combinations. I think Dawson will make it very competitive early on, but I think Ward's overall versatility and inside game will tell the story down the stretch and Ward will pull out a 116-112 kind of victory.

Either way, though. Both of them deserve tremendous credit for risking so much. Dawson, has a lot less to lose though, given the fact his titles aren't on the line, which I think had a lot to do with the reason he was so psyched to come down to '68, whereas Ward's ranking, and all of his titles are on the line. Either way, both should be commended for signing this fight so quickly and putting so much on the line, and you have two elite talents facing each-other at the highest echelons of the sport.

[mushahadeen]

Ward, Dawson Face To Face in Oakland

This is a big fight but nobody seems to care.