Now we know why Dawson is not fighting at 168...

Ever heard of judging a fighter on his merits?

Maybe you should try this instead of turning it into a USA vs Europe thing.

Europe consistantly beat the USA in the Ryder Cup golf tournament, but nobody in their right mind would back against Tiger Woods in a one on one situation. You catch my drift?

We will always disagree about Decebal's contribution here but the fact is, he's earned mine and many other posters respect and you, as yet, haven't.

 

I'll put it in terms like this: I box at middleweight, 165, as an amateur. I don't walk around above the 165 limit as I'm still pretty much just filling out to 165. If the weight class still existed, I would drop to 156 pounds to box because then there would be guys there who much like me in the situation I'm in now; walk around at that weight class and not above it. Chad Dawson probably does walk around at 180-185; and in my opinion that's smart-he can do his conditioning and training with a focus on being in shape and working on technique, and not cutting weight. If he were to drop to 168, he could very well be walking at 174/175 on fight night and just dehydrate himself for the weigh in (I don't know how they do it, but I know a few guys who cut that much to make a weight class). Now if he fights guys who are naturally in the high 160's-170's (I'm not talking about ballooning up by pigging out in between fights, I'm talking if you're always in shape how much you weigh) and he's walking around in shape at around 180, he's naturally going to be a bigger, stronger man. That's why most boxers try to get to the lowest weight class they possible can, to maximize their strength advantage. It's why Cotto was 140 for so long.

 

he doesnt have a good skill set?atsch

 

Yeah...or did it occur to you, Decebal, that Dawson is just more comfortable @ 175?

As for his power, you really have no clue if it woiuld be worse @ 168. Don't post like your opinion is a fact....we already get too much of that crap.

 

Of course the black man is overrated to Decebel, big surprise there!!!

Stop confusing Decebel for a good poster, he's not, he just posts a lot.

 

Thats no sh*t. He was trying to tell me that Dawson ducked Diaconu because he only signed to fight him after he couldnt get a fight with Tarver, and he ducked him again because he fought a replacement guy after Diaconu got hurt and pulled out of the fight. He actaully said that was ducking

 

16000 posts and you're saying this dumb****?

In this sport called boxing guys try to be as light as possible so they can fight in weight classes where they are naturally bigger than their opponents, at 168 Chad Dawson will be facing smaller guys than he fights at 175 so his punches will hurt more as he will be bigger and they will be smaller. Haven't you ever wondered why guys lose power and have fewer knockouts as they move up weight divisions? You must have been joking.

 

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Bigger fighters have MORE power when they move down in weight, not Less.

The logic in this post is totally incorrect.

BTW glad to see you didn't leave the boards. Just stick to general if the lounge guys are being dicks.

 

Good post.

 

Great post Decibal :happy

And....

Well said Sir!