So what should Dawson do now?

[daggum]

It's different when you can see the punches coming.

green didn't see the punches either and his glass chin held up well against ward. dawson should retire in shame after getting stopped by andre "fists of malignaggi" ward

[Boxingwizard]

green didn't see the punches either and his glass chin held up well against ward. dawson should retire in shame after getting stopped by andre "fists of malignaggi" ward

The way Dawson has been fighting lately, he was asking for a loss, poor foot movement, poor defense, doesn't have a good left hand like he used too, he loads his punches.

As for Ward's power, it's underrated just like Braldey, he was able to hurt Abraham and Froch, so he wouldn't be able to beat those guy's if Ward didn't have power. Dawson will recover.

[Silencers]

Go back to 175, continue his reign and restore some of the credibility he lost tonight. And maybe if he rebuilds well enough, have a rematch with Ward at 175, because not to make excuses or anything, I thought the weight affected him quite a lot.

[Mike Tyson77]

sad chad got turned out...his career is pretty much over.

"Get me the **** outta here"

-chad dawson telling the ref to stop the fight

[Boxingwizard]

Go back to 175, continue his reign and restore some of the credibility he lost tonight. And maybe if he rebuilds well enough, have a rematch with Ward at 175, because not to make excuses or anything, I thought the weight affected him quite a lot.

Yeah the weight obviously effected him, Dawson looked like a zombie, but for a guy that supposedly prepared for Ward, he looked lost. I blame not just Dawson but the trainer. Scully just sucks. He needs to go back to Steward or Floyd Sr, someone that can fix his bad habits.

[deejd]

I was referring to when he got up from the final KD.

I usually don't make a bit thing of these No Mas-es fighters pull,it happens.

But this was a bad one.

So you're okay with a fighter just playing keep away in a losing effort. That makes sense.

[johncods]

Just go back to 175, he'll be fine.

He`ll be fine there because there`s nobody in that division. Well I guess he should rematch pascal.

[deejd]

I agree. I'm surprised people are justifying it. It was massively disappointing. Maybe seeing Ajose fight his ass off spoiled us.

But I expected more from Chad.

Remember how he fought back when Glen had him hurt in their fight? That Dawson has gone. Tonight was closure on that.

Right, because Dawson and Ajose are so similar.

[deejd]

Problem with him taking this fight and the way he lost was it lowered his stock. Going back and winning at 175 would be good but he probably will never be big because of this fight. I think the weight definitely played a roll in his loss,

I see your points. I don't think it hurts his stock at all because 1.) This was a big event... for boxing fans, not the casual fan, and 2.) because it was a boxing fan's fight, everybody knows what Dawson and Ward were up against respectively. It was the best fighting the best, maybe not on the most even of scales [pun intended], but a great event for boxing.

[TP6 U Snitch]

Chad needs to take a loonng break, and assess his career. He has 4 beautiful kids, and his health Is most important. He took a solid beating tonight, and even at 175 he still would have taken a beating. People forget Dre won gold @ 175, and basically will dominate there too when he decides to move up. Not too many more options outside of a Pascal rematch or maybe Cloud.