The_budweiser Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 - Light Heavyweight kingpin Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KOs) is ready to go on the road once again and defend his WBC title against top contender and dangerous power puncher Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KOs) in Stevenson's backyard of Canada at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The 12-round championship showdown is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 8th on HBO Boxing After Dark as part of a doubleheader featuring Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Darley Perez as the co-main event. The HBO telecast will begin at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT). Dawson is a throwback fighter who is willing to give advantages to his opponents in order to make the best fights possible. This will be his third time going to Canada to meet an opponent on his home turf, the first time was back in August of 2010 against Jean Pascal and then again in May of 2011 against Adrian Diaconu. Now Dawson will fight Stevenson, who's originally from Haiti, and makes no excuses for traveling to hostile territory. http://ringnews24.com/index.php/world-boxing-news/item/4957-chad-dawson-is-confident-that-his-power-is-back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back Haha, it's not that he's "Willing to give advantages to opponents", it's that many of his opponents have several advantages over him anyway and excel above him in many areas. Dawson is solid, but nothing special. And as for being confident that his power is back, he's not had a knockout since 2007, and he's not had one over a top level opponent. Pretty much says it all...6 years without a knockout, in line with the day he moved up a class of opponent and stopped knocking over cannon fodder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back If Dawson has his head screwed on he's one damned talented fighter with all the physical attributes anyone could want...sadly he's a bit of a Zab Judah mentally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I parroted the line about Dawson being talented for a long time, but to be honest I've never been able to see what the fuss is about - I kept waiting to be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back If Dawson has his head screwed on he's one damned talented fighter with all the physical attributes anyone could want...sadly he's a bit of a Zab Judah mentally --- Judah is just a 2 bit thug with no brains to manage his squandered talent, sorta like Kellerman not having the brains to manage his considerable mouth. Dawson has brains and talent, he's just a bit lazy in the ring, and hard to fault him since near everything has gone his way until recently when he got talked into a huge mistake just to make a big purse. There's a huge mental mental gulf between Judah and Dawson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I've never been overly impressed with the guy and he's never stood out as excelling in any particular area, certainly in the fights I've seen him in. He's not a terrible fighter by any stretch of the imagonation, but I'd put him alongside the likes of Tim Bradley - keeps on winning, but often you keep wondering how...doesn't excel in any particular area, but is solid in all of them...he's just a solid all-round fighter from what I've seen. He has looked like he "may" be capable of moving up a gear if pressed, but I've yet to see it, so in that regard, he's like Kell Brook or at the lower echolons; Danny Jacobs. Quite often coming across as lazy fighters, and not putting their full effort into fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I suspect him to abandon this idea of trading with Stevenson and opt to box instead. I'm taking him by decision......and NOT buying this story, which I think is just pre-fight strategy at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back If he trades with 'Superman' it will be a very kamikaze approach that is likely to end in disaster. Dawson just needs to box and stay fully focused though he tends to lose concentration and again that could spell disaster. I'm not convinced that Adonis has the best chin and he isn't hard to find, so this fight could go either way and at any point in the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back If he trades with 'Superman' it will be a very kamikaze approach that is likely to end in disaster. Dawson just needs to box and stay fully focused though he tends to lose concentration and again that could spell disaster. I'm not convinced that Adonis has the best chin and he isn't hard to find, so this fight could go either way and at any point in the fight. Totally agree, Rob. He might indeed fight that kind of fight and could possibly even win it, but why he would decide to do that instead of just boxing and fighting a smart fight, which would appear to be his ticket to beating Superman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemolitionDan Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I don't know if I'd classify Dawson as an old school fighter by traveling. I think it has more to do with the fact that he has no fans and can't sell out a fight in his own backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I don't know if I'd classify Dawson as an old school fighter by traveling. I think it has more to do with the fact that he has no fans and can't sell out a fight in his own backyard. --- Dawson's backyard is a noted Ivy League college town of Princeton, hardly his fault boxing is promoted as a low brow sport not attractive to most intellects. I daresay he could attract as many who watch Ward in Oakland, but Ward is backed by TV money brought on by being able to delay his pro debut for the Olympics for his gold medal. Dawson has fought in locations against the best for the best money available, and guaranteed there would be 50% more in attendance at the Showtime finale in MSG had Dawson been fighting instead of Froch who still matched Dawson fans in numbers. Ward has been sitting on his extend homecoming Showtime coronations like a hen on her eggs, and now wonders why nobody likes him enough to make him the Floydy deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back --- Dawson's backyard is a noted Ivy League college town of Princeton, hardly his fault boxing is promoted as a low brow sport not attractive to most intellects. I daresay he could attract as many who watch Ward in Oakland, but Ward is backed by TV money brought on by being able to delay his pro debut for the Olympics for his gold medal. Dawson has fought in locations against the best for the best money available, and guaranteed there would be 50% more in attendance at the Showtime finale in MSG had Dawson been fighting instead of Froch who still matched Dawson fans in numbers. Ward has been sitting on his extend homecoming Showtime coronations like a hen on her eggs, and now wonders why nobody likes him enough to make him the Floydy deal. LRR- Princeton is in Princeton, NJ, Dawson grew up in New Haven,Connecticut which is where Yale is located. HOWEVER, he did most of his amateur boxing in Hartford, which is hardly high brow, it's the exact opposite. It's a tough town, just ask John Scully. They tried putting him in the Hartford Arena after he first won a title from Adamek and attendance was abysmal, I can't remember the opponent but they were literally GIVING AWAY tickets just to have it one-third full in order for the TV broadcast, and then they tried again a few years later against a pretty credible opponent in Glen Johnson and once again ticket sales were anemic. He's one of the few fighters in the game who makes Ward look like a draw, because while Andre doesn't draw anywhere but Oakland, Chad doesn't even have "his Oakland". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back LRR- Princeton is in Princeton, NJ, Dawson grew up in New Haven,Connecticut which is where Yale is located. HOWEVER, he did most of his amateur boxing in Hartford, which is hardly high brow, it's the exact opposite. It's a tough town, just ask John Scully. They tried putting him in the Hartford Arena after he first won a title from Adamek and attendance was abysmal, I can't remember the opponent but they were literally GIVING AWAY tickets just to have it one-third full in order for the TV broadcast, and then they tried again a few years later against a pretty credible opponent in Glen Johnson and once again ticket sales were anemic. He's one of the few fighters in the game who makes Ward look like a draw, because while Andre doesn't draw anywhere but Oakland, Chad doesn't even have "his Oakland". ---- My dyslexic bad about Yale. My old housemate got his PhD and moved there to teach, taking all our monkeys with him! You know, he started off as a regional fighter of some acclaim just before Adamek. Not sure when he jettisoned Scully, but believe it was right around that fight, and since he's been through a half dozen or more trainers, so he doesn't engender loyalties in that regard. Scully was popular there, but never much money in the Northeast for a pure boxer in Dawson's era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back ---- My dyslexic bad about Yale. My old housemate got his PhD and moved there to teach, taking all our monkeys with him! You know, he started off as a regional fighter of some acclaim just before Adamek. Not sure when he jettisoned Scully, but believe it was right around that fight, and since he's been through a half dozen or more trainers, so he doesn't engender loyalties in that regard. Scully was popular there, but never much money in the Northeast for a pure boxer in Dawson's era. Yeah, I think he did jettison Scully about that time, and without any notice. John told me that he just stopped showing up in the gym one day and he had to find out secondhand that Dawson was going with someone else (I believe Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, but don't quote me on that). Of course Scully went back with him this past year..........and after the loss, got the same treatment again :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back Haha, it's not that he's "Willing to give advantages to opponents", it's that many of his opponents have several advantages over him anyway and excel above him in many areas. Dawson is solid, but nothing special. And as for being confident that his power is back, he's not had a knockout since 2007, and he's not had one over a top level opponent. Pretty much says it all...6 years without a knockout, in line with the day he moved up a class of opponent and stopped knocking over cannon fodder... Pretty much so, he better not try to knock out Stevenson or else he may find himself on the canvas. He has shown he can withstand getting knocked down pretty well but Stevenson is a killer-once you give him that chance, he will grab it with both hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I'm hoping the overrating of Dawson comes to an end by Sunday morning after he's knocked out. Never quite understood what people saw in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I'm hoping the overrating of Dawson comes to an end by Sunday morning after he's knocked out. Never quite understood what people saw in him. I can understand that feeling, I was exactly like that with Lucien Bute. Sometimes it just kind of builds on itself because people not only drink the koolaid, but they begin making it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I can understand that feeling, I was exactly like that with Lucien Bute. Sometimes it just kind of builds on itself because people not only drink the koolaid, but they begin making it too. I remember when people accused Calzaghe of ducking Dawson. At the time he never could fill even a 2,000 seater. In fact, he still has trouble doing that. Yeah, Bute is a good example and I agree with that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back Well, one Haitian-Canadian in Pascal beat Dawson and was the one to take his zero, so why not another like Stevenson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) Re: Chad Dawson is confident that his power is back I remember when people accused Calzaghe of ducking Dawson. At the time he never could fill even a 2,000 seater. In fact, he still has trouble doing that. Yeah, Bute is a good example and I agree with that, too. Yeah, I remember that being the case just before his first fight with Glen Johnson when he didn't look all that great, and the cries of Calzaghe ducking him completely disappeared. Then when Dawson got by Hopkins after Calzaghe had been retired for over three years, we're back to JC having ducked him......funny how that works. Edited June 8, 2013 by davemurphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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