Why is Dawson fighting Johnson again?

[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...

Well I want to see it, and it sounds like others do as well. I think Glen deserves it. #1 was close enough to feel unresolved in my mind, and I enjoyed it. For sure if the judges that judged Froch v Dirrell had judged it (assuming there was no bias), Johnson would have gotten the nod. He is good at forcing a fight; which makes him enjoyable to watch.

You're going to see exactly the same fight again. Dawson will scrape it but Johnson will have his moments and will look disgusted when Dawson gets the decision.

[Cleon]

Dawson needs to win convincingly
It could set up a fight with the Hopkins-Jones winner
Hopkins wants to replicate what Foreman did at 45 by winning a championship & the Dawson fight would give him the chance