Hopkins: Dawson just wanted to rough me up; it should have been a no contest
October 16th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins was complaining long and hard after being stopped in the 2nd round on Saturday night by Chad Dawson after Hopkins hit the deck in the 2nd and injured his shoulder when Dawson lifted Hopkins up off the canvas to dumped on the deck.
After the fight Dawson said according to Philly.com “He’s [Hopkins] been talking about Philly and how he’s a gangster, but gangsters don’t quit.”
Hopkins said “They set me up. Dawson was just in there to rough me up. This was a blatant foul. It should be a no contest, not a disqualification.”
It looked to some boxing fans like Hopkins flopped and took the easy way out instead of sticking it out and trying to find a way to beat the faster, taller, slicker and younger Dawson. Hopkins really had his work cut out for him at the time he fell down, and it sure did save him from what could have been an embarrassing fight.
Hopkins usual tactics – punch & grab, smother, hold and throwing lead rights – wasn’t proving to be effective. It was as if Dawson had seen that old act and it wasn’t going to work on him. Hopkins badly needed a Plan B at the time he fell down and hurt his shoulder, and it’s unclear what more Hopkins could have done. His bag of tricks – holding, wrestling, clinching after every punch, wasn’t working and it didn’t look like any of those would have worked for Hopkins no matter how often he had tried them.
California Athletic Commission executive George Dowd wasn’t seeing it Hopkins’ way, saying “There was no foul and the decision will stand for now.”
Either the CAC or the World Boxing Council could overturn the results upon review and change the fight to a “no contest,” which is what Hopkins wants. A no contest would likely allow Hopkins to keep his WBC title and then fight someone else for a nice payday before having to fight a rematch with Dawson if that’s what Hopkins wants.
Personally, I don’t think the fight should be ruled a non contest. Hopkins was the one all over Dawson, and he I don’t think Hopkins should be able to keep his belt after that poor showing.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. Dawson was okay, until he grabbed around B-Hop’s leg. Then, to me, it became a foul. Though I think Dawson was thinking B-Hop would bounce on the robes instead of the canvas, it was wrong. B-Hop deserves a rematch.
Dawson must be a Harvard Grad. so smart looking and bright speaks so well and the ink stained tatooed body screams out how smart dawson is.
Dawson should of been DQ’d.
chad did right.stand up to a bully and he will lose his heart.
dawson isn’t getting any belt and will be a boxing pariah and scorned forever. best guess career over for the dumb boy.
This should have been a no contest and possibly a disqualification. It was clearly a non boxing move that caused the injury and you should always give the benefit of the doubt to the champion not the challenger.
I bet on Hopkins. I MADE A LOT OF MONEY. O ya my bet was on Hopkins to lose.
just shows BHop has truly aged and is now a weakling who can be thrown around … it’s time, BHop, it’s time
It’s a tough call; I personally didn’t think Dawson fouled. Hopkins “jumped” on his back and Dawson stood up with a forward lunge. I definitely wouldn’t say Dawson “slammed” or “threw” Hopkins to the canvas!
I felt Hopkins took the brunt of the fall with his butt, it did not look like his shoulder hit anything hard. I do feel Hopkins was faking, and it wouldn’t be the first time for him. If I remember correctly against Calzaghe, he faked being affected by a belt shot and acted like it was to his genitals; the replay clearly showed that the punch was nowhere near that area.
As far as the decision, I don’t know. It was not a knockdown, but like I said before I don’t feel it was a foul either.
slick black-american boxer, do they really exist???????????
this was a foul, and it should have bin a no contest what a redicules referee, i mean everyone is just focusing on b-hop and dawson, but what about fucusing on the real villian hier, that is the referee
TKO from a push not a punch???funny !!!bizzarre!!
WHAT AN UNPLEASANT BOXING NIGHT!!!WHAT A GARBAGE!!!!BOXING IS REALLY DEAD!!!!