Diaconu has to defend against Branco, and if he wins, against Johnson. Dawson's new mandatory challenger is Cloud. He should fight him, not Diaconu.
It will be funny as hell to me if Dawson ends up fighting nobody at all because he doesn't want Tarver and he can't get Kessler. He doesn't want Johnson, Diaconou or Cloud and he can't get Calzaghe. It would be poetic justice if he sat on his ass. Johnson deserved a "W" and outside of that, an immediate rematch.
i reckon kessler will beat him and if so he aint going to get that big fight with jc. so he should avoid kessler and fight someone who he can beat. perhaps garay or erdei for a belt then that would appeal to calzaghe more to take the fight. dawson would have that extra belt and when pac loses to dlh tonight calz would be p4p no1 on beating dawson. that would be great, two champ belts at lhw the ring belt and p4p1 to retire on. he couldn`t want more than that to attract him.