chad dawson is a good fighter. the undefeated light heavyweight title holder has fast hands, is a sharp, accurate puncher, and possesses tremendous reflexes. his fights don't turn into wars. but they don't resemble pillow fights either.
well except his bout against glen johnson, where he eked out a 12-round decision. so as boxing fans, we should feel good that dawson has given johnson the rematch. given that he subjected us to a rematch with antonio tarver, he owes us.
but what really makes me happy is that dawson told the IBF to stick their title belt up their ass in the process. apparently, the ibf matchmakers think the appropriate mandatory challenger for dawson is tavoris cloud. they're about the only ones. the ring doesn't have him in their top 10 light heavyweights. dan rafael doesn't either. cloud owns a pretty-looking record, 19-0 with 18 kos, but virtually every adjective starting with the letters 'u' and 'n' apply to him. unknown, unproven, untested, unremarkable, etc.
instead, he let the ibf strip him of the belt and made the match with johnson (ranked #3 by ring and dan rafael) -- for more money incidentally.
now if only more fighters would start doing the same.
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