Im thinking Dawson himself may be a little over rated, he has beaten some good names, he beat Tarver and Adamek well but Adamek moved up to cruiser and did a whole lot better, could have been the weight?
As for Tarver, hes just a bag of shit really and I can see him doing much better in a rematch.
Then you have Johnson who Clinton Woods beat and I dont think Calzaghe would have had as much trouble with Johnson as Dawson did
A Calzaghe v Dawson fight could be another Hopkins v Pavlik fight, where the younger fighter is just flumuxed by the style in front of him and cannot get anything off, like Kessler couldnt.
I watched Calzaghe v Kessler on youtube last night and Manny Steward is commentating for HBO, he calls Joe a "fantastic fighting machine" he stands and applauds both boxers and says that Kessler is a very good fighter in his own right and both should be in the top ten fighters in the world, just that Joe is that good.
He also commented on Joes ability to up his pace and change his style, he was gushing about Joe and to hear a highly regarded American trainer say that kind of praise for someone who for a long time got no credit at all was very telling on Joes skill.
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