Dawson could fight Bute at a 172 pound catchweight after Chad beats Pascal – News

By Boxing News - 08/12/2010 - Comments

Image: Dawson could fight Bute at a 172 pound catchweight after Chad beats Pascal – NewsBy Jim Dower: If and when former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson beats World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal on Saturday night, Dawson will be looking to fight IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute next at a 172 pound catchweight, according to the Canadian Press.

Bute’s IBF super middleweight title wouldn’t be on the line, so if he gets beaten by Dawson, which is likely, then Bute wouldn’t lose anything than some hurt feelings. The fight would take place in Canada and that would be something for Bute to look forward to. Dawson’s promoter, Gary Shaw, thinks that Dawson can win over the Canadian boxing fans if he can beat both Pascal and Bute and become one of the home town darlings.

Shaw says “So we knock out Pascal and then come back and knock out Bute. Then we strip you of your darling.” It’s kind of amusing the way that Shaw has everything planned out already. If he wasn’t the promoter for a fighter as talented as Dawson I would think he was dreaming. However, Dawson is more than good enough to beat both Pascal and Bute. I don’t know about knocking them out, but I think he’s good enough to beat them both by lopsided decisions. The hardest part of beating Bute is just getting the guy to fight Dawson.

I just can’t see Bute doing it. His career opposition has been so unremarkable that I couldn’t see him stepping it up at this point now that he’s 30. I can’t see it. Dawson would be a huge risk for Bute and I think he would likely be better off tending his garden facing guys like Librado Andrade and Edison Miranda, fighters that he can beat.

It will be interesting to see if Dawson can even get a fight with Bute, because if he looks too good in beating Pascal, Bute could be scared of less likely to fight him in the future. Bute has had a good thing the past few years with the weak super middleweight opposition. Now that the division has suddenly improved, Bute is facing a much less certain future with talented fighters like Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell breathing down his neck. Dawson is one more dangerous threat to Bute, and likely too good of a fighter for him to beat.

Dawson has to get by Pascal on Saturday for his dream of fighting Bute to come true. Dawson figures to need little more than his jab to dominate the shorter Pascal. He’s not going to try and brawl with him needlessly. Dawson’s whole focus is to win the fight above anything else.



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