It's going to go down as a top-class performance in a future greats career. It reminded me of a combo of Hopkins/Trinidad (p4p, weight classes, tko) and Hopkins/Tarver (shows exactly how to beat a crafty southpaw). Everyone I had over at my house enjoyed it.
I agree. Ward had zero respect for Dawson and basically did what he wanted. So we got to see a lot of sides of him. Sometimes when he has more respect he will just pin himself to the opponent's chest or he will try to win by being borderline cheating and rough. In the fight yesterday... Ward treated Dawson like he was training with a punching bag.