Chad Dawson. Is he the most under rated fighter in boxing right now?

Seeing as how he's beaten one good (not great) opponent, and suddenly he's the favorite against hall of famers and drawing comparisons to ATG's, yes, that is the exact definition of overrated. I agree with you PolishPummeler, he's not underrated on this board. He'll get more mainstream boxing attention as he steps his competition up.

 

You mean Thompson???

 

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ok - well Haye hasn't got granit either - no doubt, but he has great power and he is much more proven than Dawson. Dawson is very skilled, but actually not that powerfull. My money will be on a KO-victory for Haye if that fight was to come of.

One little thing about Dawson ... what's with his last few opponents - I mean Jesus Ruiz - that's a "Mundine-defense"

 

Dawson is underrated by many. I mean people who say he's another Lacy or Williams.
I think he's great and his skills are outstanding. I don't see any fighter beating Dawson on points. He can be KO'ed by a lucky punch and it takes quite a big puncher to get it done.
Calzaghe might be able to give him a tough fight but still Chad has got something Calzaghe hasn't - youth and explosiveness.

 

It is not clear if Dawson could beat Calzaghe or Cunningham but the rest should be easy. I suspect Calzaghe or Cunningham don't want to find out. Dawson is going to have to sell more tickets before the big names will face him in the ring. In his next fight beating Glenn Johnson isn't enough, Dawson has to get a spectacular knockout if he wants to excite the interest by the fans. Jonhnson is coming to the end of his career and is long past his prime. Dawson can't expect to have any fights easier than Johnson.

 

Let me get this strait ... you think he would beat a prime RJJ with ease???

 

Dawson has very good power, he made Adamek respect his punches, and you know Adamek has an iron chin. I'll agree with you Haye will beat Dawson at this point, but I see Dawson fighting in the LHW division for a long time, if Tarver can make LHW for years, than so can Dawson. Besides their is no money to be made in the cruiserweight division.

 

I don't think Dawson is overrated at all, unlike Williams he actually has skills, great skills I might add. People make comparisons to Pavlik against ATG's and people still don't think he's overrated. And Pavlik has beaten only two big names (Taylor and Miranda) while Dawson has also beaten two names as well. (Harding and Adamek) Besides Dawson isn't talked about that much in this forum, some people don't even recgonize him as a top LHW. I think he's under the radar when talking about the top boxers today.

 

Anyone putting their money on Dawson vs. Prime Rjj is simply a moron.

 

I like Dawson alot, but that is a TOUGH list to choose wins from. I mean tough.

 

Not at all, how did Jones go against Harding? He had some problems and Harding isn't half the fighter Dawson is, If Dawson fought Jones there is no way he could lose if he utilised his reach, you saw Tarver do the same thing in their first fight then he would trap Jones on the ropes and throw flurries, something that Jones has ALWAYS been susceptible to, and Dawson throws great combinations to the body and head on the inside.

People need to stop acting like Jones was unbeatable at light heavy, he looked really average in a few fights at that weight and didn't have the same power or footwork he had at the lower weights.

Anyone putting their money on Jones v Dawson is simply a moron who hasn't been following boxing long enough. That was one of the easiest choices on that poll, the only ones i had trouble with were the cruiserweight fights and to a lesser extent Calzaghe.

 

This guys a good fighter, even Tarver wants nothing to do with him.

 

"Even" Tarver?

Tarver was one of the easiest choices on that list. Prime Tarver, current Johnson, Kessler, Diaconu, and yes, even ol' Popkins are all safe UD type of wins for Dawson at this stage.

Calzaghe (due to his style) and Bell (due to his explosive power) are the less predictable questionmarks, whereas prime RJJ, Haye, and Cunningham are just outside of Dawson's reach, imo.