Chad Dawson. Thoughts and Score for the Recent Johnson Fight.

I'm not sold on Dawson. Decent skills but far from great.

 

116 - 114 Dawson wins.

 

What are you talking about? The controversial rounds weren't in the middle, Dawson got about 4 rounds clearly on the trot in the middle.

 

I had Chad winning 115-113, I thought it was a close but clear win. He is certainly a talented fighter with a great offensive arsenal, he has flaws but I'm sure they can be corrected in time. He should definately try to stick to his gameplan more, against Johnson he traded punches at times, resulting in him being hurt on a few occasions (which can be put down to inexperience like you said). If he can work on his stamina and stick to using his legs a bit more he'll be a tough fight for anyone from 168-175. He shouldnt fired Mayweather Sr either, he could have sused him to improve his defence.

He isn't a fraud like some make him out to be, just a very talented young fighter that has some flaws. If he can improve on some things he may very well be the champion at 175 for years to come.

As long as Chad sticks to boxing he'll wear Diaconu down and stop him. :yep

 

want to see him vs Kessler!!!!!

 

Dawson is also vulnerable to right hands, Kessler has a better sense of distance and the power thing is not for certain in favour of Dawson.

Dawson is slicker from the outside, but also not a rythym disruptor, so Kessler would be able to be very formidible from the outside and utilise pressure due to his control of distance and his constant jab, which Dawson has not shown to be a master of deflecting, even if slick at slipping other types of offense.

Dawson's faster, but not leagues faster, Kessler can keep up with him and his timing and delivery speed will see him landing his fair share on Dawson, unless Dawson improved his D to mastery level.

Also, if you think Kessler can't draw him into his gameplan via pressure behind the jab when Glen Johnson did, then you are mistaken. Kessler is also working the body more in his most recent bouts and is as accurate as they come with some more varied work. You take the Calzaghe fight as an example where he couldn't figure Joe out, but Joe is a fighter that is a rythym disruptor that switches on the fly, not the same with Dawson, even though Dawson shows plenty of signs of being a multi-dimensional fighter.

It's a very good fight and I would favour Kessler personally, not for any other reason than it's who I think would win. If the fight is at full range, Dawson has the advantage, if the fight is inside or at mid-range, Dawson has no advantages. He'd have to fight a perfect fight just to get a competitive win, it'd never be a domination.

 

I don't know a lot about Dawson. Just throwing it out there, i just watched the Johnson fight, and to be honest he didn't look more powerful than Kessler. He looked like he was capable of power punching, but he didn't sit down on his punches. For the most part he was tap-tapping away without any real power.

 

This is true. I saw some shots where Johnson was like....hmmm, this guy can punch a bit.

I thought Dawson won 7-5. I feel alot of posters here had heard so much about Dawson and went in with certain expectations and when he didn't live up to them, they felt he lost. This is not an unusual phenomenon on ESB.

 

This fight was another example of fans having amnesia and only remembering the last few rounds (which the losing fighter looked good in). 7-5 Dawson (yes close, but clear cut imo)

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl that is hilarious