Why would he go through with the fight after getting KO'd and having such a shitty camp? Just bad management and decision making from Chad and his team.
I'm pretty sure that's why the odds went up to 4-1. Vegas got wind of Dawson's bad training camp, he set himself up for a loss.
He got 800K for Hopkins. He could have gotten half of what he got for Ward against some lower top 10 opponent to defend his WBC strap against...while waiting on the Pascal/Cloud winner which he could have gotten 600k for. The Ward fight was going to happen. Dre is coming to 175 sooner rather than later. Why sell yourself out for such a low payday?
What a down right disgrace.Hey but to his credit he took the risk ..But his team is horrible ! Shaw needs to be fired !
He should have dropped Gary Shaw years ago. After the Adamek win, he was a big time up and comer, but he has gone nowhere since. Shaw is just not a good promoter for Chad who doesn't have the personality to sell himself. That and Shaw got completely outclassed by Goosen Tutor and Ward's team in negotiations.
It's going to be very hard to come back from that. He got KOed two times in two weeks. Also mentally he got completely dominated by Ward. Another think I don't get is why the **** they hired Miranda as a sparing partner. He fights nothing like Ward and I mean nothing.