Last night's fight didn't do much to help Dawson...

[jdonaher1]

Was Johnson ever hurt in the fight? Have you ever seen him even buzzed in a fight? Dude has a chin. Just because he didn't win by KO doesn't take away from the fact that Chad dominated the #3 LH in the world. The only other fight to do that was Hopkins over 10 years ago. I think it was his best win. I hope he gets a fight with Pascal in 2010. Would be a good fast paced boxing match.

[Pugilistic]

I actually surprised people are hating on Dawson because he didn't stop GLEN JOHNSON.

Have people forgot who Johnson is ? The guy has an awesome chin.

Expecting Dawson to stop him is expecting far too much out of him.

[Dizaster]

I think it was just the lack of attempt...

It was like playing with a fish on the end of your line being in full control, and never bothering to pull the thing into the boat...

It just appeared that he didn't want to hurt him or finish the fight with a knockout or anything... Was just content to win on the points..

But I get how people are saying it didn't help him.. For a guy who's reaching his peak where he can make the most money, win legacy building fights, etc etc, his mentality was not of a fighter wanting to take the scene by the nuts (to put it crudely).. And I think that's what people expect of a fighter of his age and position when he's got that opportunity in front of him...

[hfahrenheit]

I think it was just the lack of attempt...

It was like playing with a fish on the end of your line being in full control, and never bothering to pull the thing into the boat...

It just appeared that he didn't want to hurt him or finish the fight with a knockout or anything... Was just content to win on the points..

But I get how people are saying it didn't help him.. For a guy who's reaching his peak where he can make the most money, win legacy building fights, etc etc, his mentality was not of a fighter wanting to take the scene by the nuts (to put it crudely).. And I think that's what people expect of a fighter of his age and position when he's got that opportunity in front of him...

Exactly. Where's the killer instinct? People want to compare him to Floyd, but at least Floyd eventually went after Marquez, and tried to finish him, (and yes, I would directly compare the two fights on the basis of fighters being outclassed); Dawson is too good to be that apprehensive to mix up or at least go on the offensive.

NOBODY wants to see someone just "survive" a fight when they're completely outclassing them.

[hfahrenheit]

I actually surprised people are hating on Dawson because he didn't stop GLEN JOHNSON.

Have people forgot who Johnson is ? The guy has an awesome chin.

Expecting Dawson to stop him is expecting far too much out of him.

That wasn't Glen Johnson--that's was Glen Johnson's shell of his former self.

[hfahrenheit]

Was Johnson ever hurt in the fight? Have you ever seen him even buzzed in a fight? Dude has a chin. Just because he didn't win by KO doesn't take away from the fact that Chad dominated the #3 LH in the world. The only other fight to do that was Hopkins over 10 years ago. I think it was his best win. I hope he gets a fight with Pascal in 2010. Would be a good fast paced boxing match.

No.

Could Dawson have hurt him?

Absolutely. Dawson never tried.

Johnson does have a great chin, but so did Margarito until he met Sugar Shane. Dawson had Johnson beat on that level, and could have beaten him in the same fashion.

OR...

If that was Dawson's best, and simply could not put that version of Glen Johnson away (tired, slow, completely outclassed), then nobody ever--EVER needs to call him an elite fighter ever again.