Hopkins loses to Dawson in strange ending
October 16th, 2011
By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s) was beaten tonight by the younger 29-year-old Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) in a second round stoppage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The fight was then halted after Hopkins made it clear he was too hurt to continue fighting. However, the referee ruled that it was a technical knockout instead of a no decision. The fight could end up being changed to a no contest upon review by the World Boxing Council. In that case, Hopkins will keep his WBC title and the WBC will likely order a rematch between the two. If this happens, Hopkins will get a second chance to prove himself.
Hopkins wasn’t doing all that well against the faster Dawson and his usual smothering/clinching attack wasn’t working against Dawson like it had against recent opponents Jean Pascal, Roy Jones Jr., Enrique Ornelas and Kelly Pavlik. Dawson was too quick and too athletic for Hopkins in the brief two rounds of the fight.
If I were to make a guess, I’d say this fight will be changed to a no contest. Hopkins is popular and is backed by Golden Boy Promotions, and he was injured from a fall and not a punch.
It might not be in Hopkins best interest to take the rematch. He would be better off moving onto someone better suited for his smothering style. It clearly wasn’t working against Dawson and I can’t see Hopkins having any luck in a rematch.
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i laughed at dawson’s reaction when hopkins went down.
Once again boxing turns into a circus. What next a Floyd cheap shot….
Keep up the good work Golden Boy Promotions! Was there random Olympic style blood testing all the way up to the fight, for this fight?
they were two nice colored boys having a go at it.
African American boxer will suffer a lot on PPV lets see who buys next time around
watch the fight and you will see hopkins rushing in to try and open dawson old cut over his eye with head buts.he was zooming lead right hands and his head on dawson old cut to open it up so the fight can be stopped.dawson had hopkins number and he new it.
Dawson career just ended with the throwing of hopkins. career over dumb one.
It seems that all these Black stars from the us always have fony endings Jr/ortiz direll/aa and now this joke
U S boxing once again turned into a circus act. get a grip.
Whether you think Bhop was faking or not , what Dawson did was clearly not a legal boxing move and there should have been at the very least a warning by the ref and there was not.
@the bad younare right
people seem to forget this was supposed to be a “boxing” match, not “UFC”! It can’t be that Chad Dawson will be proud to wear Hopkins bealt!
there are champions who makes cheap shots to win. there are champions who takes advantage of a situation to make an easy way out, not to get bitten to death. there are champions who makes a body throw to get the decision. there are referees who do not control the fight. there are referees who do not know what is a foul shot. there are champions who accuses with no evidence at all. This is boxing today.
@Freddy Rios well said man, well said. Wish more people would realize the truth instead of sticking up for their idol hopkins
stop this bum fights
Bernard Hopkins once again try to trick Chad Dawson, is not the first time Hopkins cries in the ring to have second wind ..this time knowing he cant beat Dawson try it again to force Dawson down into the canvas..Dawson push with his shoulder a weak Hopkins to the canvas..giving time to Hopkins to fake an injury to his shoulder to win effortless the fight. the referee saw it all and make a fast call TKO, punishing Hopkins for been playing dirty …that’s all folks.
GOOD THING I DIDN’T BUY THAT F R E A K I N G FIGHT.
Hopkins should not be on ppv
YALL WONT LET ME SAY JACK
WHAT I DO
I didnt see the fight but it seems for some reason that Joe Cortez was the ref for this fight.
That was a poor judgement call by the referee even though it seemed that B-Hop was faking it. It should have been a No Contest. Dawson was clearly winning though.