Who beats Chad Dawson?

[Kev]

Dawson is definitely a talent but to be fair there is nobody at lightheavyeight these days.

He's come in as and taken control of what biologically was probably the oldest division in boxing, Tarver and Johnson are both 40, Jones Jr is almost 40, Hopkins is 43, Calzaghe is 36 and the 'young threat'.

I think Dawson definitely has potential but he certainly got into the division at the right time.

Whether Pavlik could carry his punch that far I don't know.

Pavlik and Joe are obviously the fights he would want but I highly doubt Calzaghe would pit his perfect record against a young, talented, naturally bigger kid like Dawson, let's face it that fight will never ever happen.

Pavlik though if he gets past Hopkins will likely step up and try and chase the big fights.

This isn't a criticism of Calzaghe, he's just 10 years further on than Pavlik and wants to mega fights against the established names rather than a young lion on the up for less money and more risk. For Pavlik though its all about the glory right now so if he beats Hopkins then I guess Dawson might be on his radar for the future.

[CutMeMick]

Dawson is definitely a talent but to be fair there is nobody at lightheavyeight these days.

He's come in as and taken control of what biologically was probably the oldest division in boxing, Tarver and Johnson are both 40, Jones Jr is almost 40, Hopkins is 43, Calzaghe is 36 and the 'young threat'.

I think Dawson definitely has potential but he certainly got into the division at the right time.

Whether Pavlik could carry his punch that far I don't know.

Pavlik and Joe are obviously the fights he would want but I highly doubt Calzaghe would pit his perfect record against a young, talented, naturally bigger kid like Dawson, let's face it that fight will never ever happen.

Pavlik though if he gets past Hopkins will likely step up and try and chase the big fights.

This isn't a criticism of Calzaghe, he's just 10 years further on than Pavlik and wants to mega fights against the established names rather than a young lion on the up for less money and more risk. For Pavlik though its all about the glory right now so if he beats Hopkins then I guess Dawson might be on his radar for the future.

Your assesment is true but to be fair to the kid these "older" fighters still got some fight in them. As we've seen in Hop vs. Joe and Hop vs. Tarver and RJJ vs. Tito.
BCD wont win a fight vs. them just by showing up. He still has to fight.

Also there's a lot of talent coming up; Erdeis been around for sometime but it's become apparent he wont leave his country anytime soon.
Diaconu, Cloud, Garay, Brahamer and Francis have been established as top LHW for sometime now.

But the Div. is def. in transission right now. But things don't get handed to you, you still have to fight...

[Kev]

Dawson is definitely a talent but to be fair there is nobody at lightheavyeight these days.

He's come in as and taken control of what biologically was probably the oldest division in boxing, Tarver and Johnson are both 40, Jones Jr is almost 40, Hopkins is 43, Calzaghe is 36 and the 'young threat'.

I think Dawson definitely has potential but he certainly got into the division at the right time.

Whether Pavlik could carry his punch that far I don't know.

Pavlik and Joe are obviously the fights he would want but I highly doubt Calzaghe would pit his perfect record against a young, talented, naturally bigger kid like Dawson, let's face it that fight will never ever happen.

Pavlik though if he gets past Hopkins will likely step up and try and chase the big fights.

This isn't a criticism of Calzaghe, he's just 10 years further on than Pavlik and wants to mega fights against the established names rather than a young lion on the up for less money and more risk. For Pavlik though its all about the glory right now so if he beats Hopkins then I guess Dawson might be on his radar for the future.

Your assesment is true but to be fair to the kid these "older" fighters still got some fight in them. As we've seen in Hop vs. Joe and Hop vs. Tarver and RJJ vs. Tito.
BCD wont win a fight vs. them just by showing up. He still has to fight.

Also there's a lot of talent coming up; Erdeis been around for sometime but it's become apparent he wont leave his country anytime soon.
Diaconu, Cloud, Garay, Brahamer and Francis have been established as top LHW for sometime now.

But the Div. is def. in transission right now. But things don't get handed to you, you still have to fight...

Yeah I definitely agree with you, you have to be talented to rise to the top of any division and in winning fights over Adamek, Johnson and Tarver Dawson has proven he is the best lightheavyweight in the world right now.

The old guys he has beaten however arn't the best old guys though. I'd certainly love to see how he handled B Hop, I think he would make things a lot harder for Chad than Dawson.

He also lost the war with Johnson imo even though I agree on a round by round basis he probably deserved to win the fight.

I think he's capable of beating every challenger and fellow champ out there, but I also think Calzaghe, Hopkins, and maybe Pavlik could beat him as well.

It's certainly not like when Jones Jr was in his prime at light heavy, or Pavlik at middleweight now where you would be really suprised if they got beat in their respective divisions. He has shown vulnurabilities, against Dawson and Adamek in particular but there's no doubting the kid can really box.

I'd have him pretty close to the p4p now, probably top 15 at least. Consecutive wins over Adamek, Johnson and Tarver are impressive.

He still hasn't had what I'd call a defining fight yet though. Hopefully the winner of Pavlik Hopkins will give it to him.