What are Dawson's options now?

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  1. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dawson is WBC mandatory and he is suppose to fight Jean Pascal. Problem is Pascal is having surgery on a dislocated shoulder and broken collar bone. The fight is expected to be in June but I don't think Pascal will recover by June.

    Then there is Tavoris Cloud. Dawson doesn't want anything to do with Cloud because he's IBF champion. IBF has some extremely ****ed up rules, and Dawson isn't touching the IBF belt anytime soon.

    Dawson could fight the other belt holders such as Gambriel Campillo (WBA champion) or Juergen Braehmer (WBO champion), but I highly doubt that will happen.

    I think Dawson should fight Hopkins and then Cloud once he beats his mandatory (winner of Johnson/Mack fight).
     
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  2. esconore

    esconore Active Member Full Member

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    Very limited division...best fight right for him is Pascal or Hopkins...that is IF Hopkins would fight Dawson
     
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  3. 3rdIslander

    3rdIslander GURU R.I.P. Full Member

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    Any1 else think Chad sounds like an android voiced by Mike Tyson?
     
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  4. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I seriously doubt Pascal will recover by June, I think Pascal won't be fighting again until maybe September. I even heard from Canadian sources that he will be out for the whole year.

    Hopkins just backed out of his fight with Green. Dawson vs Hopkins is the fight the fans want to see, and Dawson has a HBO date in April.

    I would rather see Dawson fight someone younger such as Tavoris Cloud, but the IBF is preventing that from happening.
     
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  5. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member

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    Pascal will likely unify with Cloud (IBF) around June and the WBC will accept to postpone the mandatory (Dawson) for this unification.

    bookmark it
     
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  6. cubex

    cubex Boxing Addict banned

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    Wait till Pascal is ready.
     
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  7. bazza12

    bazza12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins, if B-Hop wants it, is the obvious choice. After that a fight with Cloud, provided he defends his belt, or Pascal, would be very appetising.
     
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  8. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    'The fans' have never shown any signs of wanting to see any Dawson fight....
     
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  9. Vysotsky

    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    Dawson will call out Matthew Saad Muhammad or maybe Battling Levinsky. Something like that.
     
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  10. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed! Dawson has next to no charisma and struggles to fill the stadiums he fights in (even though the tickets are very cheap).

    Very good fighter with suspect chin that lacks star quality to become a big name in the sport.
     
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  11. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Campillio would be a good test for Dawson
     
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  12. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  13. Williams27

    Williams27 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I hope he gets either Hopkins or Cloud.
     
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  14. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    every division needs to set about making unifications the way the light welters seem to be doing so fight either cloud, campillo or hopkins.

    failing that, go back to 168- Pavlik, Bute, super 6 winner/guy that comes out best
     
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  15. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion

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    He should fight a stay busy fight against a top 10 guy and wait for the winner of Pascal-Cloud.
     
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