HBO was super critical of "Bad" Chad Dawson

at the beginning they were excited about it. It sounded like they were looking for a chance to give Dawson some props. But Tarver is the wrong fighter for that. Dawson put in a predictably sloppy performance against a cagey veteran. There was not much to be hyped about in that performance. They were just commentating on what they saw.

btw Hopkins put in a real first class performance against Tarver, much better than Dawson.

 

I just don't get it. A unmotivated Dawson wins by wide UD and they bash him.:-( As if he was suppose to stop a guy who is known for wining rematches has good power with a great chin and never been koed and rarely hurt possibly fighting in his last big fight.atsch The Tarver that showed up on Saturday would beat almost every fighter at 175 Nowadays it seems as if you don't KO your opponent that you're looked at as inferior. Is this boxing or tough man? You can still be great and not be a KO artist. HBO should be ashamed of themselves for that broadcast.

 

people are just critical of him because everyone expects big things..

 

Wha? There are tons of great fighters at 140 especially when Marquez decides to settle into that division. Not to mention boxing's next golden goose resides at 140 (Victor Ortiz).

They've pretty much went above and beyond the call of duty to steal Dawson from Showtime. I think they like him. I just think they saw what most of us saw, a meaningless fight that turned out to be a replay of the last fight we saw a while ago. They even said this wasn't the fight they wanted...just the only one they could get due to a rematch clause.

Hopkins wants five million, Dawson will probably want a hefty amount to seeing as how he's the undefeated champion. Neither fighter is much of a draw. HBO probably loses money if it's NOT PPV. As much as I want to see Dawson vs Hopkins, I get the feeling it'll never happen.

 

Yea, I got mixed messages from the announcers.

On one hand they were trying to stress that it was a better fight than the first one. HBO paid Chad big bucks for this. They think he can be a star and they want in on the party. So, I think that was part of it.

On the other hand, HBO has really stressed competitive matchups this year. And this fight was more back to "old HBO". Paying for stars and not competitive fights. So, I think the announcers were downplaying this fight and Chad's performance because it wasn't living up to the higher level of fights HBO has shown this year.

That being said, I don't like Dawson. HBO should cut their losses with this one fight. They owe him a fight and it better be against Glen Johnson if it is going to be against a 175 pound opponent. He is boring in the ring. And he is boring in his interviews. I don't see him as a next big star...

 

Bad Chad is a B+ fighter in a class of C- fighters

 

Tavoris Cloud and Glen Johnson are not C- fighters. That's a little unfair to both of them.

 

Right you could kind of tell they were upset that it wasn't Glen Johnson in there against Dawson.

 

you're smoking crack..the jr. welterweight/welterweight catchweight of 142-145 is the hottest thing in boxing.

 

Well, Dawson should rematch Johnson now. Glencoff!!!

 

You're the idiot who said Tarver is one of the best LHWs ever so who gives a **** what you say.

 

With good reason.

'Not So Bad' Chad better keep fighting these 40 year old B level fighters, because the moment he steps in with an old A level fighter, namely Hopkins or Calzaghe, his '0' will go decisively.

 

He's been over-hyped and his performance against Tarver was fairly static, thats gonna lead to criticism. If fans accept that he's not really all that, and just take him for what he is rather than making him out to be the next Holyfield or something then fans and commentators won't be disappointed.

He's a decent fighter in a fairly weak division, that's all.