Why? Paul Williams is a name fighter. Chad Dawson is a name fighter. When 2 name fighters come to fight, networks will be interested.
Glen Johnson is the best option for him and plus it will clear doubts on who's the better fighter. Kessler, Hopkins, Calzaghe won't fight Dawson. Diaconu still has to fight his mandatory Silvio Branco, and Tavoris Cloud isn't ready for Dawson despite being the IBF mandatory.
They won't be interested because they are currently four divisions and 28 lbs. apart. That will shrink to 3 divisions and 21 lbs. after Paul moves to 154. Margarito is a named fighter and so is Mikkel Kessler. Maybe they should fight eachother as well.
Oh yes he can. The notion that Dawson is a big LHW is completely FALSE. He's been coming into his weigh ins at 172 ish. Some have suggested that the only reason why he's fighting at LHW is to take advantage of the aging legends. He could easily make 168 if he wanted too.
He already said he wont go to CW & I believe him. He's not even the type of guy to gain that much between fights. He said he'll go to 168 before he goes to CW, but I think he stays at LHW