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At their peak these two boxers were highly regarded and skilled but due to set backs and bad loses their names have fallen out of the minds of the casual boxing fans. In the 2000s they accomplished a lot but now they are long forgotten relics.
Who had the bigger fall from grace?
Spinks - is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2013. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed welterweight title from 2003 to 2005, and the IBF junior middleweight title twice between 2006 and 2010. Additionally, he challenged once for the lineal middleweight title in 2007.
Dawson - He has held multiple light heavyweight world championships, and was one of the most highly regarded boxers in that division between 2006 and 2013. Dawson rose to prominence on the world stage in 2007, when he defeated Tomasz Adamek to become the WBC light heavyweight champion. After vacating that title, he defeated Antonio Tarver in 2008 to win the IBF and IBO titles, and defeated him in a rematch in 2009.
Honestly you don’t hear much from either of them now a days. However my vote goes to Dawson. While watching boxing in my tweens and early teens. Chad Dawson was a major force and at one point top 3 or 2 at his peak P4P. He seemed unbeatable. That Andre Ward fight was a huge setback and a fight he should had never taken. I guess he did it for the money ??? . However after that he was leftover food that Adonis just put on a nice plate and threw away that knockout was insane and that was the nail in the coffin to the once great P4P Dawson.
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Also speaking about fall from grace. Is jermain Taylor still in jail ?????
Who had the bigger fall from grace?
Spinks - is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2013. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed welterweight title from 2003 to 2005, and the IBF junior middleweight title twice between 2006 and 2010. Additionally, he challenged once for the lineal middleweight title in 2007.
Dawson - He has held multiple light heavyweight world championships, and was one of the most highly regarded boxers in that division between 2006 and 2013. Dawson rose to prominence on the world stage in 2007, when he defeated Tomasz Adamek to become the WBC light heavyweight champion. After vacating that title, he defeated Antonio Tarver in 2008 to win the IBF and IBO titles, and defeated him in a rematch in 2009.
Honestly you don’t hear much from either of them now a days. However my vote goes to Dawson. While watching boxing in my tweens and early teens. Chad Dawson was a major force and at one point top 3 or 2 at his peak P4P. He seemed unbeatable. That Andre Ward fight was a huge setback and a fight he should had never taken. I guess he did it for the money ??? . However after that he was leftover food that Adonis just put on a nice plate and threw away that knockout was insane and that was the nail in the coffin to the once great P4P Dawson.
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Also speaking about fall from grace. Is jermain Taylor still in jail ?????
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