LAS VEGAS (AP)Light heavyweight champion Chad Dawsons rematch with Antonio Tarver has been postponed after Dawson injured his hand during training this week. Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) was scheduled to fight Tarver (27-5, 19 KOs) on March 14 at the Palms casino in Las Vegas. The fight was a contractually obligated rematch of their bout on Oct. 11, which Dawson won in a one-sided unanimous decision to claim the IBFs 175-pound belt. Dawson, who apparently was injured during a sparring session, attempted to secure a bout with fellow undefeated champion Joe Calzaghe last year before agreeing to fight Tarver again. The rematch wasnt immediately rescheduled.
I hope dawson do fight johnson or hopkins instead of tarver. He already beat tarver before there's no point of a rematch.
Because Tarver can't earn as much money anywhere else and Dawson's decision to vacate the WBC title left him no option but to agree to a rematch clause in the contract to fight Tarver.
