What do you fellers think of Chad "Bad" Dawson?

Froch?:huh

Froch's defence is wide open and his footwork is attrocious! Unless Dawson really screws this up, he's winning this.

Bute?:think

Bute's more solid than people give him credit for. It would be a good fight. I'm not saying Bute would beat him, but he wouldn't get embarrassed either, I think.

 

Chad 'Not Bad' Dawson

 

I think Dawson still has a lot of improvement left in him. He has the skills and the heart of a fighter, it really depends upon his will to learn and improve. If he does, he will have a great career.

 

We'll see.

Watch Bute against Thysse to see how he might deal with pressure.:good (Be prepared to see another side of Bute against Andrade. Too many people write him off as timid, but he won't get away with that tactic against Andrade. He'll have to fight. Don't be surprised if he looks quite good doing it.)

 

Damn right he is. Won't be much longer though and people will have to sit up and take notice of Bute.:yep

 

So Chad Dawson is another overhyped American?

He doesn't even get all that much respect stateside and I'm willing to bet that Adamek wouldn't call him overhyped.

 

Chad "To bad" Dawson

 

There's not a single post in this thread that even comes close to calling him great. Some are calling Dawson a B level fighter, that he doesn't stand a chance against any of the major players at light heavy and people left and right are writing him off because of a close fight against Glen Johnson.

If he's overhyped then what does make Bute? What the hell has Bute done that people think he beats Dawson? I'm not down on Bute but if there's any overhyping - saying Bute automatically beats Dawson is close to overhyping.

 

Chad has beaten 2 World Class lt heavies in Adamek and Glen Johnson.

You dont do that by being average.

People can say all they want about Chad "getting the **** kicked out of him" by Johnson, but all in all, it was a close fight that Chad at least won 6 rounds in.

Chad's Breakdown:

Heart: A
Hand Speed: A
Chin: C
Footwork: B

Overall Skillz: A-/B+

I think he can be competitive with Calzaghe, Hopkins, Kessler, Pavlik and would beat Woods and Tarver.

Pressure and more pressure will beat him, not boxing.

 

Heart: B
Speed A-
China: B-
Footwork: B+
Power: B-
Stamina: B
Workrate: B+
Technique: B+
Defence: B-

IMO

Overall skillz...just short of B+, for me.:good

 

Give Dawson some time to improve on his inside game and chin and I say he could probably beat more than half, if not all, the people you just named..