Who currently has the stronger resume, Kessler or Dawson?

Dawson clearly.

 

Dawson easily. Beat at least 3 major champions (Johnson could have went either way). Best fighter Kessler fought was Calzaghe and he got beat pretty easily.

 

Dawson has a 3 1/2 star resume and Kessler has a 3 star resume.

 

Dawson comfortably. While Kessler and Dawson both have a few good names on their resume, Dawson is the one with a W next to them.

 

Definitely Dawson.

 

Dawson

 

Obviously because if he pushes Kessler's resume it will look better for Calzaghe.

 

I think Kessler's resume is deeper. He's beaten a number of good fighters: Siaca, Lucas, Beyer, Mundine, Thoebla, and Andrade, as well as the competitive loss to Calzaghe. If Dawson fought Calzaghe, he would have a close loss on his record too. Even guys like Haussler and Sartison are as good as or better than Ruiz and Mendoza.

 

Dawson comfortably.

 

co-sign

 

Can't disagree that Kessler has more wins over contender level fighters...but Chad's 3 biggest wins against Adamek, Tarver and Johnson put him comfortably ahead.

If Mundine hadnt ****ed around so much and Andrade had pulled it off against Bute we might be talking differently.

 

I think Kessler's got the deeper resume, although Dawson's got more name cred at the top. It all depends on how you measure resume.

Edit: that said, I voted for Kessler.