Dawson Blasts Hopkins "You Can't Run"

[Rantcatrat]

Two times now Hopkins sat and counted the bucks waiting, only to watch rival cash cow Jones get handled badly.Dawson needs him much,much more than Hopkins needs a Dawson.He's where the glory and the history are at...rematch wins over Johnson and Tarver will not put Dawson on the map.Talk loud and hope to draw him in,he may bite.I think Hopkins barring some insta age and depletion can handle Dawson.First things first....Hopkins has to look lively and impressive tonight vs Rugged Ornelus

I agree that Dawson needs Hopkins much more than Hopkins needs Dawson. Dawson fought Tarver and Johnson because they were the biggest names out there other than Hopkins not because they were the best challenges or for legacy reasons.

I don't necessarily agree that Hopkins will handle Dawson. As Taeth mentioned in a post, Hopkins has a problem with athletic, volume punchers, and Dawson is of that breed. Hopkins hits and holds and one way to beat a holder is to win rounds by punching more a la Calzaghe. It didn't work for Pavlik because Hopkins was the bigger man in that fight and wouldn't let Pavlik get off. In Dawson, Hopkins faces a bigger man who he shouldn't be able to manhandle. On first glance, I like Dawson in that fight actually.

Im a fan of Chad Dawson but come on Chad Dawson, leave the old guys alone and focus on the young uns.

Him beating the Young ones isnt gonna get him the exposure he needs. He needs a bunch of names on his resume to have some sort of draw so fighting(and beating if he did) Hopkins would make him a name and he may even get a ppv match out of it. But he has to fight these "old guys" to get his name out because he isnt a naturally hyped ko machine

This is right. He isn't the most exciting fighter to watch because at the top level he hasn't been able to knock out anyone.

My opinion is that assuming Dawson can't fight Hopkins, he should fight the Pascal/Diaconu winner and continue trying to unify, even flying to Germany to beat the Miranda/Stieglitz winner.

[Master]

Dawson is too fresh, hungry and dangerous for Hopkins.