Dawson vs. Ward

[shza]

WARD - last 5 fights

12-17-11: UD over Carl Froch 12 pt margin
5-14-11: UD over Arthur Abraham 27 pt margin
11-27-10: UD over Sakio Bika 28 pt margin
6-19-10: UD over Allen Green 36 pt margin
11-19-09: TD over Mikkel Kessler 16 pt margin

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Dawson - last 5 fights

4-28-12: MD over Bernard Hopkins 12 pt margin
10-15-11: NC vs. Bernard Hopkins
5-21-11: UD over Adrian Diaconu 18 pt margin
8-14-10: TD Loss to Jean Pascal -13 pt margin
11-7-09: UD over Glen Johnson 10 pt margin

Ward's resume is much better AND his style makes him look the clear victor to judges in these situations, I think BCD is a fantastically skilled pure boxer, but his style is all wrong for this fight.

I really don't get where you guys are coming from with this "much better resume" line. Abraham and Green aren't even legitimate contenders. Even Diaconu is a better win than any of the Ward wins except Kessler and Froch. If you want to hang it on the loss to Pascal, I can respect that but I don't see it any other way.

[killersheep]

WARD - last 5 fights

12-17-11: UD over Carl Froch 12 pt margin
5-14-11: UD over Arthur Abraham 27 pt margin
11-27-10: UD over Sakio Bika 28 pt margin
6-19-10: UD over Allen Green 36 pt margin
11-19-09: TD over Mikkel Kessler 16 pt margin

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Dawson - last 5 fights

4-28-12: MD over Bernard Hopkins 12 pt margin
10-15-11: NC vs. Bernard Hopkins
5-21-11: UD over Adrian Diaconu 18 pt margin
8-14-10: TD Loss to Jean Pascal -13 pt margin
11-7-09: UD over Glen Johnson 10 pt margin

Ward's resume is much better AND his style makes him look the clear victor to judges in these situations, I think BCD is a fantastically skilled pure boxer, but his style is all wrong for this fight.

I really don't get where you guys are coming from with this "much better resume" line. Abraham and Green aren't even legitimate contenders. Even Diaconu is a better win than any of the Ward wins except Kessler and Froch. If you want to hang it on the loss to Pascal, I can respect that but I don't see it any other way.

Ward just won the Super 6 (aside from Bute) it was the best 168 had to offer at the time, he came out on top.

Dawson has been fighting old men, old men with big names, but old men none the less. Diaconu had potential, but Pascal beat him. I'm not saying Dawson hasn't taken risks, because he has and it's not like his resume is bad. Ward has cleared his division except for Bute (which is the fight I want to see). Dawson NEEDS to avenge his loss against Pascal, that win will put him ahead of Ward.