HBO`s calling of dawson-johnson II

[HattonTheHammer]

Ok if like myself the events earlier in the evening were simply not enough for a die hard you would of stayed up to the very early hours of sunday morning to watch a very dull contest between chad dawson and glen johnson.

What was served up was 10 rounds of very tactical exchanges with 9 & 12 briefly producing the odd moment of excitement to the very bored and frustrated fans in attendance.

At the time of the fight the only way possible for me to make it to 5-5.30am is by listening to very loud music and of course a 6pack of brewskis. In real time it was evidently clear that bad chad was throwing the far cleaner punches through 8 rounds and all bar the odd round or 2 had a comfortable enough lead going into the last 4. At the end of the round glen johnson was clearly told in no uncertain terms to go to work and really rough up chad. He did so and took 3 of the last 4 rounds, still not enough......a very close 115-113 chad dawson or somewhere along those lines right?

Not according to the morons at HBO who led by an over zealous lederman scorecard made it seem as if the fight was a non starter.

Let me make this perfectly clear. If you did indeed in the very words of jim lampley had glen johnson "losing 10-12 rounds" you are either....

A-An unknowlegable dick with no sense of how a boxing contest is scored and therefore just chose to go along with the commentators

B-An actual fight fan who is a borderline retard completely unable to comprehend and break down a fight scenario **cough**(elterriblemorales)**cough**cough**(viole nt demise)**cough**cough**(amat)




ps:i really do have a nasty throat infection at the moment and the discretions above i assure you are genuine

[Wayne]

Call me crazy, but I didn't see Johnson winning 3 of the last 4 rounds. Johnson wasn't effective at anything. Chad might have hung back, but Glen didn't do anything. I gave Johnson round 5 and I think 11. It would have been a stretch to give him one more.

Oh and nice, insult before anyone even responded. I'm changing my signature, you bastard!

[HattonTheHammer]

Call me crazy, but I didn't see Johnson winning 3 of the last 4 rounds. Johnson wasn't effective at anything. Chad might have hung back, but Glen didn't do anything. I gave Johnson round 5 and I think 11. It would have been a stretch to give him one more.

Oh and nice, insult before anyone even responded. I'm changing my signature, you bastard!

No way kill we double or nothinged on saturdays fight, you owe me another 2 weeks of that siggy

[Wayne]

Haha, the only thing we would have siggied on would have been Haye-Valuev and you didn't pick Haye. You're lucky I didn't press it.

[HattonTheHammer]

Haha, the only thing we would have siggied on would have been Haye-Valuev and you didn't pick Haye. You're lucky I didn't press it.

Damn AOL suspended my account. I had to ring them up for them to reactivate it and by the time i got home to watch the fight was too pissed to even comprehend the letters on my keyboard.

QWERT - became KASUI very quickly

[The Fightfan]

I did see Johnson winning 3 rounds of the fight. The biggie which I was surprised that everyone just disregarded was round 1. I mean Dawson didn't really throw anyything meaningful and Johnson constanly put pressure and landed the right hand. I then gave him round 5 and I believe it was the twelfth maybe the eleventh one of those two. HBO keeps wanting to build Dawson as a superstar but they forget one thing he is flat out boring. To me in his last couple of fight's he hasn't shown balls. That may seem harsh but where is the fire? He had Tarver stunned a few times and moved away and he did have Glen Johnson hurt in I think the eighth to were it looked he would land a few sharp punches Johnson would have went down. Instead he danced away trying to look good. Dawson has the talent but he doesn't show that animalistic ability to really put someone away. I think this will be his downfall.

[hfahrenheit]

Ok if like myself the events earlier in the evening were simply not enough for a die hard you would of stayed up to the very early hours of sunday morning to watch a very dull contest between chad dawson and glen johnson.

What was served up was 10 rounds of very tactical exchanges with 9 & 12 briefly producing the odd moment of excitement to the very bored and frustrated fans in attendance.

At the time of the fight the only way possible for me to make it to 5-5.30am is by listening to very loud music and of course a 6pack of brewskis. In real time it was evidently clear that bad chad was throwing the far cleaner punches through 8 rounds and all bar the odd round or 2 had a comfortable enough lead going into the last 4. At the end of the round glen johnson was clearly told in no uncertain terms to go to work and really rough up chad. He did so and took 3 of the last 4 rounds, still not enough......a very close 115-113 chad dawson or somewhere along those lines right?

Not according to the morons at HBO who led by an over zealous lederman scorecard made it seem as if the fight was a non starter.

Let me make this perfectly clear. If you did indeed in the very words of jim lampley had glen johnson "losing 10-12 rounds" you are either....

A-An unknowlegable dick with no sense of how a boxing contest is scored and therefore just chose to go along with the commentators

B-An actual fight fan who is a borderline retard completely unable to comprehend and break down a fight scenario **cough**(elterriblemorales)**cough**cough**(viole nt demise)**cough**cough**(amat)




ps:i really do have a nasty throat infection at the moment and the discretions above i assure you are genuine

HBO just held a 12 round love fest for Dawson.

I was just waiting for Lampley to comment on "how handsome Dawson is," and "how much he's likes his shorts and tattoos," and he "wishes he would call him later."

[JonnyFolds]

I am just giving this one the shrug. Dawson came to dance Johnson came to fight. I even think Johnson was willing to get KOed if he had to to get to him. Dawson knew he was winning well.

HBO was not nut hugging Dawson, they couldn't even get his name right. Off the top of my head they called him Chad Johnson about 10 times. Anyone on here familiar with Ocho-Cinco (85 on the Cincinatti Bengals)? He is the exact opposite personality of Chad Dawson.

I think Johnson may not have much more to offer after this humiliating loss. He was coming forward, but couldn't time him to land the big shots.

Anyone catch that bomb Johnson Left Handed in the 5th or 6th? It was immediately followed by a Dawson bomb... but it was the hardest shot of the fight.

[Wayne]

I did see Johnson winning 3 rounds of the fight. The biggie which I was surprised that everyone just disregarded was round 1. I mean Dawson didn't really throw anyything meaningful and Johnson constanly put pressure and landed the right hand. I then gave him round 5 and I believe it was the twelfth maybe the eleventh one of those two. HBO keeps wanting to build Dawson as a superstar but they forget one thing he is flat out boring. To me in his last couple of fight's he hasn't shown balls. That may seem harsh but where is the fire? He had Tarver stunned a few times and moved away and he did have Glen Johnson hurt in I think the eighth to were it looked he would land a few sharp punches Johnson would have went down. Instead he danced away trying to look good. Dawson has the talent but he doesn't show that animalistic ability to really put someone away. I think this will be his downfall.

The commentators had Dawson as the next Pablo Picasso after the 1st round and I barely saw him do anything. I might have given the 1st round to Johnson on aggression alone even though he wasn't effective with anything.

I think in order for Dawson to shine he needs someone who comes at him constantly and forces the issue. Tarver was content to let him smack him around. Johnson mixed it up more in their first fight and Dawson's porous defense let him make it close (despite the score cards). Dawson needs another Adamek fight, where he has to be on his toes on offense and defense to take the win.

[Wayne]

I am just giving this one the shrug. Dawson came to dance Johnson came to fight. I even think Johnson was willing to get KOed if he had to to get to him. Dawson knew he was winning well.

HBO was not nut hugging Dawson, they couldn't even get his name right. Off the top of my head they called him Chad Johnson about 10 times. Anyone on here familiar with Ocho-Cinco (85 on the Cincinatti Bengals)? He is the exact opposite personality of Chad Dawson.

I think Johnson may not have much more to offer after this humiliating loss. He was coming forward, but couldn't time him to land the big shots.

Anyone catch that bomb Johnson Left Handed in the 5th or 6th? It was immediately followed by a Dawson bomb... but it was the hardest shot of the fight.

I think they must have had too many beers before the fight. Manny called Lucian Bute a Cruiser. Max Kellerman started with the whole Chad Johnson thing and I think he infected Jim Lampley with it until Jim corrected himself.

And not that it matters, but Kellerman said it was the first time Chad had all those designs cut into his hair. He's done it at least twice before and one of them was against Tarver.

[The Fightfan]

I did see Johnson winning 3 rounds of the fight. The biggie which I was surprised that everyone just disregarded was round 1. I mean Dawson didn't really throw anyything meaningful and Johnson constanly put pressure and landed the right hand. I then gave him round 5 and I believe it was the twelfth maybe the eleventh one of those two. HBO keeps wanting to build Dawson as a superstar but they forget one thing he is flat out boring. To me in his last couple of fight's he hasn't shown balls. That may seem harsh but where is the fire? He had Tarver stunned a few times and moved away and he did have Glen Johnson hurt in I think the eighth to were it looked he would land a few sharp punches Johnson would have went down. Instead he danced away trying to look good. Dawson has the talent but he doesn't show that animalistic ability to really put someone away. I think this will be his downfall.

The commentators had Dawson as the next Pablo Picasso after the 1st round and I barely saw him do anything. I might have given the 1st round to Johnson on aggression alone even though he wasn't effective with anything.

I think in order for Dawson to shine he needs someone who comes at him constantly and forces the issue. Tarver was content to let him smack him around. Johnson mixed it up more in their first fight and Dawson's porous defense let him make it close (despite the score cards). Dawson needs another Adamek fight, where he has to be on his toes on offense and defense to take the win.

Agreed. I think he needs a fight with Tarvious Cloud. Cloud isn't probably on that same level just yet but he does give constant pressure and can punch. I say let's see it. Two fighters in there prime why not.

[Wayne]

At least Dawson said he's done fighting Johnson and Tarver. The only old guy on his hit list is Hopkins.

[JonnyFolds]

At least Dawson said he's done fighting Johnson and Tarver. The only old guy on his hit list is Hopkins.

You act like Dawson is just going to beat or get beat by Hopkins. I see controversy allllllll over that fight. No way one guy wins it in everyones eyes unless Hopkins got old yesterday.

Dawson should have been born about 2 years later and maybe the division would have made a little more sense.

[sumkalambay]

Ok if like myself the events earlier in the evening were simply not enough for a die hard you would of stayed up to the very early hours of sunday morning to watch a very dull contest between chad dawson and glen johnson.

What was served up was 10 rounds of very tactical exchanges with 9 & 12 briefly producing the odd moment of excitement to the very bored and frustrated fans in attendance.

At the time of the fight the only way possible for me to make it to 5-5.30am is by listening to very loud music and of course a 6pack of brewskis. In real time it was evidently clear that bad chad was throwing the far cleaner punches through 8 rounds and all bar the odd round or 2 had a comfortable enough lead going into the last 4. At the end of the round glen johnson was clearly told in no uncertain terms to go to work and really rough up chad. He did so and took 3 of the last 4 rounds, still not enough......a very close 115-113 chad dawson or somewhere along those lines right?

Not according to the morons at HBO who led by an over zealous lederman scorecard made it seem as if the fight was a non starter.

Let me make this perfectly clear. If you did indeed in the very words of jim lampley had glen johnson "losing 10-12 rounds" you are either....

A-An unknowlegable dick with no sense of how a boxing contest is scored and therefore just chose to go along with the commentators

B-An actual fight fan who is a borderline retard completely unable to comprehend and break down a fight scenario **cough**(elterriblemorales)**cough**cough**(viole nt demise)**cough**cough**(amat)




ps:i really do have a nasty throat infection at the moment and the discretions above i assure you are genuine

i had dawson winning something like 11-1 /10-2. and i had the sound off.

it's fuking blatantly clear u don't know how to score a fight. ask any other fight fan who's scored the fight. 7-5 was a ridiculous score. it was a one-sided clinic.

[OumaFan]

I agree, much closer than they made it out to be. BTW Hatton how did you score Mosley-Collazo?