Is Chad Dawson a shot fighter?

[JAB5239]

At nearly 31 with 36 fights under his belt do you consider Dawson shot? He was caught by a huge punch in his last fight and stopped in the fight before that after sucking weight to 168 against arguably the number 2 p4p fighter in the world. But have his skills eroded or speed decreased? I think people are to fast to call a fighter shot nowadays after a couple of losses. If anything I think Dawson may have been overhyped.

[A-Wolf]

I'll consider him shot when I see him physically showing signs of overt deterioration.

[ИATAS]

Too early to tell. Could have just been the perfect shot by Stevenson. Gotta see him in the ring again. But methinks he'll never be the same, at least mentally.

[ELHURACAN58]

Hard to believe a guy with so few fights and practically no wars would be shot.

Specially at only 31 years old. Fighters of bigger weights are known to have longer careers than fighters in the lower weights.

[JAB5239]

I'll consider him shot when I see him physically showing signs of overt deterioration.

Id say that's fair.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Overhyped? No sir. Shot? He might as well be. Committed suicide chasing Ward and didn't even get paid enough for it. Threw his career for pennies.


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[JAB5239]

Too early to tell. Could have just been the perfect shot by Stevenson. Gotta see him in the ring again. But methinks he'll never be the same, at least mentally.

Hard to believe a guy with so few fights and practically no wars would be shot.

Specially at only 31 years old. Fighters of bigger weights are known to have longer careers than fighters in the lower weights.

People jump to soon calling fighters shot, its ridiculous. I do agree we'll have to see how his mental state is in the future though.

[New England]

would dawson have gotten stopped by the first punch stevenson threw in '08? of course not.

no way it even hits him, at least not like that.

dawson is done. his chin was never bad. it wasn't great, but it wasn't a joke, the way it was against war @ 168 and again against stevenson @ 175.


we didn't see much, if anything from dawson in his last fight, other than stevenson stopping him with the first punch he landed. to know for sure we'll need another fight. for me, though, a first round stoppage loss to stevenson will seal the deal.


dawson never lived up to his talent, though he had a solid career.

[JAB5239]

Overhyped? No sir. Shot? He might as well be. Committed suicide chasing Ward and didn't even get paid enough for it. Threw his career for pennies.


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Has he looked shot at 175? Have his skills and speed noticably declined at that weight?

[NEETzsche]

i'd say he's been psychologically shot for a while.