Chad Dawson is making a big mistake...again!

Thanks for posting the article, mate. Dawson seems like a tough person to deal with, which is a shame because he is a terrific fighter at times. He's had his ups and downs but when he retires, he'll go down as one of the best 175lbers of the modern day. I just wish we could see a fully focused, determined Dawson every fight because at his best, there aren't many fighters who'd beat him.

 

Dawson made a lot of bad decisions, starting with going to 168. Maybe you could send him a mirror for his birthday. He doesn't seem to have one that works.

How bad was the Miranda "KD". I've heard the word "twitching" from a reliable source.

 

NO, I have to say, in all fairness to Chad, that is NOT TRUE. He went down, it was a good shot, he caught Chad backing up with his hands down, but Chad kept sparring after. And they sparred again two days later and Chad had a great day of work. There was no KNOCKOUT, no "twitching", that is a lie, trust me..

 

Thanks.

 

Thanks for the honest interview, Iceman.
Good luck to your fighter "El Chino" in his next fight! I hope it does get televised.

 

Great interview.

 

Thanks for posting this Iceman. I thought Chad was a potential future P4P number 1 after the Adamek fight, seems the main thing that's stopped him getting there is his mentality.

 

Appreciate the insight.

I still wonder how the Ward fight would've went down at 175?

 

Thanks for the info scully.

 

Ill definitely come back and answer these later, I just have some things to do here today first...stayed tuned. I will say this for now before I head out for a while...my first initial reaction was to NOT go down to 168 (has ANY top fighter ever done it successfully?) but I was assured that it would be no problem, I was given the reasons why and they seemed to make sense...but, as i said in the article, after 5 weeks in camp with them I KNEW it was being done wrong and I certainly made my concerns known but they fell on deaf ears. Im not saying I'm a genius or anything, either, but after a certain number of years in this game some things are just kind of obvious, u know?

 

A question John,
Do you think it was possible with a competant S&C coach that Chad could have gone down, or do you chalk it up to a S&C coach who was clearly out of his depth and Chad simply outgrowing the division?

 

Never should've went to 168 in the first place.

 

Ice, you are a man. You're always stand up and seemingly always around to answer questions. Appreciate it...

 

I like Scully but I'm not so sure he was a good match with Dawson. They seemed to have no plan B against Andre Ward. Changing trainers is always part of a fighter rebuilding himself after a devastating loss. Chad needs change however he can take it.

Ice is a solid trainer so he'll have plenty of other fighters to keep him busy.