Should Dawson drop John Scully?

dawson's problem is his mind frame as a fight progresses. he has all the talent and skill in the world but simply cannot seem to let his hands go. that being said, john scully isn't known as a top shelf trainer, and maybe an elite coach can bring out the animal in chad, because there's a number of fights where chad needed to unleash his arsenal and simply did not choose to do so.

 

I heard that he fired steward because of his desire to train near his family in CT, while steward preferred michigan...

not necessarily a petty reason, more an issue of commitment.

 

Dawson lost to the second most intelligent champion in the sport. You might as well ask John to break into Ward's hotel room and give him a lobotomy the night before the fight.

 

Yeah, I remember doing that fight. A lot of people thought Ray won it but I didnt see that at all...I actually think that was one of the better fights I called. Ray was in it the whole way, tooth and nail, always dangerous, but as I recall Lennox' jab was controlling things

 

Ad for the record, with all due respect, I see many "opinions" on here stated as facts about Chad as to why he fired this guy and that guy, what he was thinking, etc...and the fact is that all you know is what you read from articles and press releases. As in every single case like this, there is a lot of behind the scenes info that you are not having access to. I know why he is not training with Steward and Mayweather Sr. before and it is definitely not for the reasons stated on here by some of you.

 

Ripple, with all due respect, part of making a game plan for a fight and part of changing a game plan in mid stream is based on the fighter and what he is capable of at that moment, what he is feeling at that time. Sometimes you have to read between the lines here, my man. In any event, from reading your post here, I dont think you have any idea what I "wanted" Chad to do. You have to tell your guy what to do based on his mental and physical capabilities at the moment you are telling him. Thats why you spend weeks witht he guy before the fight, thats why you are with him in the days and moments leading up to the fight, so you know where he stands mentally and physically. There's a lot I obviously cannot tell you here but it's clear that you dont realize that there is no obvious cookie cutter plan for each fight, you have to adjust sometimes based on the moment and the person.

 

Pay no mind to the armchair experts John.We're only on here giving opinions although some people seem to blur the line between opinion and facts far too much.
Bottom line is most of us reckon you did as well as anyone could have done in the circumstances and as I said,the way you tried to inspire Chad at the end of the eighth will stay with me for a long time.
But we're only posting on forums and you're training world champions.

 

You know...when I did that (told Chad he had to win by KO, he was losing, no way he could win, etc)...I actually dont understand why more trainers dont do that! I mean, in fights where you guy is probably losing by at least a couple rounds, going into the 12th round of it, and you see guys giving such technical advice...its just so clear to me that the technical advice as the main thing goes out the window. His instincts and his natural affinity for throwing proper punches, keeping his hands up, etc., will remain in tact...but the bottom line is, no matter how well we do here ur not going to WIN unless its by KO. Chad was physically and mentally not in a position to carry out specific instructions, I had to try and tap into his emotions and heart and see if we could come up with something that way. Ward was too sharp for an impaired boxer (weight loss) to outsmart him at that time...

 

It seems so simply logical,yet as you say it almost never happens.That's why it was so refreshing.
Was the way Chad performed in the 2nd round more the gameplan you had in mind Ice? One of the most obvious signs of Chad not being right for me was that he seemed to be falling into the most basic anti-southpaw traps,slow jabbing which allowed Ward to slip and come back with right hooks.
We didn't get the corners during the early rounds over here but I imagined you were fuming although we all have an idea why Chad wasn't responding now.

 

The thing is, over the first two rounds I was happy..they were feeling out rounds, yes, but things were unfolding well enough. What happened was, honestly, after the first knockdown I dont think Chad ever recovered, he was fighting on heart and instincts, because what happens is, when you are losing weight like that the brain doesnt have as much fluid protecting it anymore and when you take punches they affect you much deeper than normal. Its tough to think and process instructions...it really is a crazy thing to experience...

 

It seems like no one's asking but how's he doing at the moment? Is he OK?