What happened to Chad Dawson

[Earl-Hickey]

I remember when people was saying this guy was the truth, he scared Calzaghe into retirement!

[soul_survivor]

He got beat by Pascal and then destroyed by Stevenson, those Canadian/Haitians took his heart and soul.

[bojangles1987]

He hasn't been the same since he moved down to challenge Ward. That whole process and the beating he took ruined him.

[MDPopescu]

... "The Sad Chad Mystery"... I think he was a very ****** individual -- I don't have another explanation...

[Uncle Rodge]

Went Hollywood - stopped listening to those who had his interests at heart - Fell the fuck off

[#1Assassin]

... "The Sad Chad Mystery"... I think he was a very ****** individual -- I don't have another explanation...

this is whats wrong with boxing, a big part of it anyways.

people complain about fighters not fighting the best, but when you have a guy who is not only willing but wants to fight the best and is willing to travel and even drop in weight to do so.. he is "a very ****** individual".

chad fought the best and ran out of luck, thats what happened. he started well, beating tomasz adamek in a near shut out before cleaning out the division beating taver and johnson twice each. finishing off with convincingly beating hopkins, something he gets less credit for than kovalev who did it years later to a much older hopkins. calzaghe as well who didnt even beat him convincingly and then ducked a prime chad to fight the corpse of roy jones.

but when you fight everyone things are bound to go against you at times. in his quest for greatness chad conceded too much to get ward in the ring with him, draining himself and losing in a terrible outing. in true chad dawson fashion he picked a deadly puncher as his comeback opponent, a guy nobody wanted to fight at the time. unfortunately he didnt perform in true chad dawson fashion, he got caught cold and stopped. in his next comeback fight he hurt his shoulder and had to fight with one arm, winning the fight in less spectacular fashion than expected. the powers that be capitalized and took the fight from him, making him all but irrelevant.

long story short, chad like most champions had his time and then it passed. you are the one who is ******.

Edit: i left out the pascal loss since its not relevant to his peak or his decline.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

this is whats wrong with boxing, a big part of it anyways.

people complain about fighters not fighting the best, but when you have a guy who is not only willing but wants to fight the best and is willing to travel and even drop in weight to do so.. he is "a very ****** individual".

chad fought the best and ran out of luck, thats what happened. he started well, beating tomasz adamek in a near shut out before cleaning out the division beating taver and johnson twice each. finishing off with convincingly beating hopkins, something he gets less credit for than kovalev who did it years later to a much older hopkins. calzaghe as well who didnt even beat him convincingly and then ducked a prime chad to fight the corpse of roy jones.

but when you fight everyone things are bound to go against you at times. in his quest for greatness chad conceded too much to get ward in the ring with him, draining himself and losing in a terrible outing. in true chad dawson fashion he picked a deadly puncher as his comeback opponent, a guy nobody wanted to fight at the time. unfortunately he didnt perform in true chad dawson fashion, he got caught cold and stopped. in his next comeback fight he hurt his shoulder and had to fight with one arm, winning the fight in less spectacular fashion than expected. the powers that be capitalized and took the fight from him, making him all but irrelevant.

long story short, chad like most champions had his time and then it passed. you are the one who is ******.

Edit: i left out the pascal loss since its not relevant to his peak or his decline.

great post this is exactly what happend along with a few bad decisions and having the wrong people around him

[Dirk Diggler UK]

"Fad" Chad.

Sir Joe was supposed to come out of retirement to fight this guy and his 4 fans

[IronDanHamza]

Pascal exposed him.

Ward/Weight drainruined him

Stevenson killed him.

[Reigning Champ]

this is whats wrong with boxing, a big part of it anyways.

people complain about fighters not fighting the best, but when you have a guy who is not only willing but wants to fight the best and is willing to travel and even drop in weight to do so.. he is "a very ****** individual".

chad fought the best and ran out of luck, thats what happened. he started well, beating tomasz adamek in a near shut out before cleaning out the division beating taver and johnson twice each. finishing off with convincingly beating hopkins, something he gets less credit for than kovalev who did it years later to a much older hopkins. calzaghe as well who didnt even beat him convincingly and then ducked a prime chad to fight the corpse of roy jones.

but when you fight everyone things are bound to go against you at times. in his quest for greatness chad conceded too much to get ward in the ring with him, draining himself and losing in a terrible outing. in true chad dawson fashion he picked a deadly puncher as his comeback opponent, a guy nobody wanted to fight at the time. unfortunately he didnt perform in true chad dawson fashion, he got caught cold and stopped. in his next comeback fight he hurt his shoulder and had to fight with one arm, winning the fight in less spectacular fashion than expected. the powers that be capitalized and took the fight from him, making him all but irrelevant.

long story short, chad like most champions had his time and then it passed. you are the one who is ******.

Edit: i left out the pascal loss since its not relevant to his peak or his decline.

Brilliant post man.