Why is Dawson fighting Johnson again?

[BIG H]

He Beat Tarver and then fought him again. He's already beaten Johnson and now he's fihgting him again. 4 fights in a row at a key stage of his career against Tarver and Johnson

[Fenster]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

[BIG H]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

I'll let him off then

[HattonTheHammer]

Nobody else to fight....simple as

HBO dont see anyone capable of giving dawson a fight other than hopkins who`d be far too much for him

[killersheep]

The first fight was very close as well. In a shocking reaction many fans called robbery when Dawson got the nod over Johnson. And when I say shocking I mean it in the most sarcastic way possible without inflection.

[HattonTheHammer]

The first fight was very close as well. In a shocking reaction many fans called robbery when Dawson got the nod over Johnson. And when I say shocking I mean it in the most sarcastic way possible without inflection.

lol

Many including myself scored it dead even

Johnson fighting 3minutes a round really bothered dawson who struggled to get many solid shots off!

[rjj tszyu]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

I'd rather see him against Cloud. I watched him against Gonzalez, a guy with a real iron jaw and he pummelled him very impressively!

In fact I think that might be the most interesting fight at LHW at the minute (outside old men).

[killersheep]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

I'd rather see him against Cloud. I watched him against Gonzalez, a guy with a real iron jaw and he pummelled him very impressively!

In fact I think that might be the most interesting fight at LHW at the minute (outside old men).

Dawson has to fight cloud in 2010, but I have a suspicion that the winner of this fight will end up facing B-Hop first.

[rjj tszyu]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

I'd rather see him against Cloud. I watched him against Gonzalez, a guy with a real iron jaw and he pummelled him very impressively!

In fact I think that might be the most interesting fight at LHW at the minute (outside old men).

Dawson has to fight cloud in 2010, but I have a suspicion that the winner of this fight will end up facing B-Hop first.

I think Dawson will win a bit easier this time as he will probably have improved slightly and Johnson is getting older and older. But it's looking more and more likely that the new super active version of Roy Jones may fight Hopkins next year so Hopkins won't fight again for 12 months minimum win or lose becasue he's got one lined up too I think before he faces Jones and he only likes one a year.

[Fenster]

The reason is he had a fight with his mandatory (at the time) Tavoris Cloud lined up but HBO weren't interested in it and instead wanted Johnson.

They offered Dawson $150,000 for the Cloud fight and $800,000 for the Johnson fight.

Guess what he chose?

I'd rather see him against Cloud. I watched him against Gonzalez, a guy with a real iron jaw and he pummelled him very impressively!

In fact I think that might be the most interesting fight at LHW at the minute (outside old men).

Dawson has to fight cloud in 2010, but I have a suspicion that the winner of this fight will end up facing B-Hop first.

What do you mean by has to?

There's no IBF link for them now.

[J_C]

Well it makes way more sense to fight Johnson again than it does Tarver. Other than the money I think the reason hes fighting him again is because hes looked at the tape and knows that he probably lost to him first time so he wants to exact revenge. I had Johnson winning 8-4 first fight, although there were 5 close rounds and I gave 4 of them to Johnson. Im gona watch it again in preperation for this rematch but I remember thinking that it would be a bit cheeky for Dawson to get anymore than a draw out of it. Johnson deserves another shot and I like the fight.

[OumaFan]

He fought Tarver again solely because the rematch clause was invoked, different situation.

[Kirkland Laing]

HBO are paying almost a third of the cost of staging a Super Six tournament to show Chad Dawson in a rematch that nobody really wants to see. Again. Add the cost of the Tarver and Johnson rematches together and you've got half a SS tournament paid for. And they've signed a long-term exclusive deal with GBP only to see all their prospects' bubbles burst in short order and now are contractually bound to show ancient GDP people like Hopkins till 2011. The entire HBO boxing executive staff need to be fired. Any Saddo regular could do an infinitely superior job in his spare time than the head of HBO boxing does.

[JonnyFolds]

Word to your mom! I came to drop bombs!

[Master]

It was a close fight and was exciting to watch. That was the nearest to seeing Dawson lose.