If Dawson goes to Ward's hometown Oakland, California as well in front of a raucous 12-15,000(since he cant draw anything where he is from on the US East Coast) it may be another Pascal type situation with Ward simply outboxing Dawson...with Dawson doing his usual on the road freezing up.
Ward has drawn crowds near 10k at least a couple times at the Oracle Arena, which holds 18k for Golden State.
Bika crowd was smaller than the Kessler, Allan Green & Miranda bouts. 1 of them did around 10k, another just under which is why promoter Dan Goossen keeps claiming he can get a near sellout (18k) if Bute is willing to come to Oakland. Either way alot compared to Dawson who can barely get 1,000.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...awson-wbc-title-bout-approved-for-september-8 Looks like a done deal. Interesting match up. Wonder how Dawson will handle 168? Ward UD.
Defo keen on this fight! Andre is no doubt going to have to win it on the inside... both are pretty muc hsame height but Chad hads huge reach advantage!
Excellent...I really thought both were going to take soft first up defences. I think this will be a dire fight but an excellent match that will bring more positive attention to 168. Ward wide UD. I like Ward, he is unimpressively impressive...I reckon he will beat Bootay.