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Revision as of 01:06, 6 January 2012
Chad Dawson | |
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| Born | Chad Dawson July 13, 1982 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bad |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 30 |
| Wins by KO | 18 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 2 |
"Bad" Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.
Early life
Dawson was born to Rick Dawson, a former boxer who compiled a 1-4-1 record[1], and Wanda Dawson. Chad Dawson has four brothers and two sisters. In search of work, Rick Dawson moved the family to New Haven, Connecticut in 1988.[2] Dawson attended James Hillhouse High School from 1996 to 2000.
Career
Middleweight
Dawson, a southpaw, made his professional debut after finishing 58-13 as an amateur and winning an under 19 national championship, then finishing for the silver in the world championships on August 18, 2001. He started at middleweight, moving up to super middleweight where he earned victories over notable opponents such as Ian Gardner and Carl Daniels.
Dawson's career was temporarily derailed when he failed a post-fight drug test in 2004 for marijuana. He was suspended from fighting for 6 months. Dawson indicated that this proved to be a motivating factor in his rise as a light heavyweight.[3] Because of this, Dawson's streak of 14 consecutive wins ended when a March 27, 2004 bout against Aundalen Sloan resulted in a no-contest.[4]
Light Heavyweight
On June 2, 2006, in his bout with former title challenger and fellow southpaw Eric Harding (23-3-1), Dawson scored a unanimous decision victory, becoming the new NABF light heavyweight title holder. After suffering a flash knockdown in the opening seconds of the first round, Dawson dominated the fight and came away with judges scores of 117-110, 116-111, and 117-110.[5]
World Title
At age 24, Dawson won the WBC light heavyweight title against undefeated Pole Tomasz Adamek on February 3, 2007. The judges gave Dawson a unanimous decision victory, with scores of 116-110, 117-109, and 118-108.[6]
In June 2007, Dawson defended the WBC belt for the first time, in a fight with Jesus Ruiz (19-5-0), winning by technical knockout in round six. The fight was broadcast on Showtime as part of a card that featured former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver. On September 29, 2007, Dawson defeated Epifanio Mendoza by fourth round TKO in his second title defense. In April 2008 as his third title defense, Dawson retained the belt by a controversial unanimous decision victory against challenger Glen Johnson. The three judges each had the fight scored 116-112 in favor of the champion Dawson.[7] Again aired on Showtime, for Dawson the card marked the second occasion for which he and Tarver fought in separate bouts on the same card, with Tarver winning each featured bout.[8]
Dawson then vacated the WBC title in mid 2008.
Dawson, who is married and has two sons,[9] still lives and trains in New Haven, Connecticut. He was formerly trained by "Iceman" John Scully, Dan Birmingham, Floyd Mayweather Sr., and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.
On October 11, 2008, at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Dawson fought IBF light heavyweight title holder Antonio Tarver. Dawson, who controlled the pace and landed most of the significant punches for a majority of the fight, was more active in methodically wearing out his opponent. Tarver landed the occasional punch, but Dawson was in control for most of the fight. With 2:11 left in the final round, Dawson scored a knockdown against Tarver, the only knockdown in the fight. Dawson won the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 117–110 from two judges and 118–109 from the third judge.[10] Dawson earned $800,000 for the fight and Tarver earned $1 million.[11]
On November 9, the day after Joe Calzaghe's win over Roy Jones Jr, Dawson issued a press release challenging Calzaghe and offering to fight him on his home turf in Wales. Dawson stated "I'm ready to give Joe the opportunity to draw the curtain on his great career in front of his family and friends and 70,000 fans," and "It's the best fight in the light heavyweight division between two undefeated champions." Calzaghe was to retire weeks later, as had been expected prior to the Jones Jr bout. Dawson himself was complimentary about the departing Welsh champion stating "I applaud Joe's decision. It's obvious he and his family gave it a lot of thought. Timing is everything, and to leave center stage at his peak is rare and certainly comparable to the retirements of Rocky Marciano and Jim Brown.".[12]
On May 27, 2009, Dawson vacated the IBF light heavyweight title to negotiate a rematch with Glen Johnson.[13] On 7 November 2009 Dawson once again outpointed Glen Johnson. This time was more convincing but the judges scored it 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 all for Dawson.[14]
First Loss
The next step in Dawson's career was shot at the WBC title against Jean Pascal on August 14, 2010 in Montreal and was for the The Ring light heavyweight title.[15] Pascal won the fight by technical decision in round 11 after an accidental headbutt. All three judges had Pascal winning by a considerably wide margin at the time of the stoppage.
Dawson returned to action on May 21, 2011 against Adrian Diaconu and defeated Diaconu by unanimous decision. His first bout under the guidance of Emanuel Steward.
Bernard Hopkins
Dawson initially won the The Ring and WBC light heavyweight titles due to controversial TKO win after Hopkins was unable to continue after getting thrown from a clinch.[16] However, on October 20, 2011, the TKO ruling was ruled a Technical Draw by the WBC and Hopkins remained the champion.[17] On December 13 the California State Athletic Commission changed the official decision to an NC. Two days later the WBC ordered a rematch between Hopkins and Dawson.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ "Rick Dawson - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Dawson determined to improve on dad's footsteps - boxing - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Interview: Bad Chad Dawson goes back to school". Doghouseboxing.com. 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "BoxRec Boxing Records". Boxrec.com. 2004-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "BoxRec Boxing Records". Boxrec.com. 2006-06-02. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "BoxRec Boxing Records". Boxrec.com. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "BoxRec Boxing Records". Boxrec.com. 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Dawson vacates 175-pound title to gird for possible showdown with Tarver - boxing - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Chad Dawson looks to stand out April 12th | Chris Robinson". Fightbeat.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Dawson beats Tarver to take IBF, IBO titles". Associated Press. 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-10-20.[dead link]
- ^ Rafael, Dan (2008-10-11). "Dawson thrashes Tarver to wrest light heavyweight title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ 7:37. "Chad Dawson, Jermain Taylor not bitter about Calzaghe's retirement - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
{{cite web}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - ^ Rafael, Dan (2009-05-27). "Dawson vacates title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ "Dawson Outpoints Johnson Again". BoxingNews365. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ Vester, Mark (August 14, 2010). "Jean Pascal Upsets Chad Dawson, Unifies WBC/IBO Title". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ "Chad Dawson - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "WBC declares Hopkins vs. Dawson a Technical Draw; Hopkins remains champion". fighthype.com. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Carl Froch - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
External links
- Official website
- Boxing record for Chad Dawson from BoxRec (registration required)