Quote Originally Posted by RozzySean View Post
I'm one of the few Tarver fans out there, but I'm also a Dawson fan. I can't root for Dawson to get stopped, but I've already said it, I think Tarver is a nightmare matchup for Dawson. Dawson has leaky defense and he is chinny. Tarver is an excellent counterpuncher with power. Dawson's greatest asset his handspeed, but he isn't faster than Roy Jones. Tarver is 2-1 against Roy Jones with the loss being a close one. Yes, that was a younger Tarver, but Tarver still has power and he still has counterpunching skill. Now that he's older, he fights in spots more, but that's all it may take against a chinny fighter. If feather-fisted Eric Harding can put Dawson on his ass, what the heck is going to happen if Tarver catches Dawson flush.

I would like to see a close UD for Dawson where Tarver looks good and goes out honorably to a young lion, but I have a bad feeling "Bad Chad" is going to get himself sparked.

I really want Tarver to win as I feel he simply gets no respect. If you put a post on here and said 'does Tarver deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?' for example most people would laugh and say 'no way, he's a bum' etc overlooking the fact that he has 2 wins (should have been 3) over the great Roy Jones, plus wins over every other major lightweight in his era, Johnson, Woods, Harding, Griffin, etc.

His awful showing against Hopkins can be atributed to weight loss imo, Tarver looked awful in that fight.

But aside from that he's competitive with any fighter in the division, even at almost 40 years of age.

A win over Dawson would seal his resume as truly one of the best light heavies of the past 20 years and probably see him get into the hall of fame.

I know most people on here will likely vomit at the thought, but for me the guy deserves it, or at least would do with a win over Dawson. Right now he's not quite done enough imo, a win over Chad and he gets in.