Andre Ward vs. Chad Dawson

If the rounds end up being close, they can go to Ward. My biggest concern isn't the weight loss, but his mental capacity to be able to handle Ward. Despite winning he struggled against Hopkins, if Dawson looked better against Hopkins, I think the odds would be in his favor.

Dawson has to be physically and mentally 100% if he wants to win. Dawson may end up looking faster and stronger at 168, who knows.

 

A strong sceanario is chad doing more than enough but getting jobbed by the judges, the oakland "officials" are even worse than the vegas ones, if thats possible, chad needs a stopage to win

 

Wait and see, Ward is all wrong for Dawson.

 

Well keep sleeping on Dawson ..Its will not be easy for Ward .

 

How do you think it will play out? And who are you picking to win?

 

If Dawson comes into this thinking he can fight defensively or with no sense of urgency, ala the Pascal fight, he'll probably lose a wide decision. If he is able to stay active and still keep Ward on the outside, and not allow him inside to rough him up, he has a pretty good shot iMO.

Ward clearly has the mental edge here and always seems to be able to impose his will on fights, so I still think he wins. I think somewheres in the 115-113, 116-112 range, but the official cards will probably come in at 118-110 or so. Seems to be the running trend.

 

I picked a draw ..This is too difficult of a fight to pick a winner ..The only advantage Ward has is that this is at 168 ..

 

So what's your pick yo? :bbb

 

I can agree to that ..I 'd just want to see how Ward's deals with Dawson's reach ..

 

I'm curious to that as well. Ward does always find a way, but between the length, and Chad's left, it's the stiffest challenge of his career up to this point. And despite the weight for Dawson, should Ward win, it will be a real defining moment. I expect some early noggin knocks, and with Chad's glass scalp, it could play a big factor. And I don't think this fight will be without controversy.

 

The obvious pick would be ward by points due to him having more boxing ability but it will be a difficult and dangerous fight for Ward. Chad can take a good punch which ward doesn't have and chad hits hard enough to be able to ko ward if he can land some consective clean shots.