Dawson vs. Hopkins

By Byron Wallin: I have been reading articles from this very site in sheer disbelief since the early hours of Sunday morning here in the UK.

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins, are fighting to get 46-year-old Hopkins’ WBC light heavyweight title back outside of the ring by appealing his loss to Chad Dawson to the World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman. If Golden Boy succeeds, Hopkins will get his title back without having to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins is going to live with his 2nd round knockout loss to Chad Dawson, the new WBC light heavyweight champion because Hopkins won’t be getting a rematch. Hopkins had his chance and looked horrible until falling down after climbing over the back of Dawson and injuring his shoulder.

Bernard Hopkins has been released from the California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles after being x-rayed and examined by Dr. Sam Thurber, MD who diagnosed Hopkins with a separation of the acromioclavicular (A-C) joint which connects the collar bone and shoulder blade.

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.

By Allen Fox: PHOTO CREDIT: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions – If you listen to some of the statements that WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins has been making about his challenger two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson the one theme that the 46-year-old Hopkins has been sticking to is that he’s hoping that [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Naoki Fakuda – Antonio Tarver is going with Chad Dawson to beat WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Tarver, who was previously beaten twice by Dawson and once by Hopkins, sees Dawson as the superior fighter because of his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: PHOTO CREDIT: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions – Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is excited about being back with his trainer John Scully, who under his helm Dawson found a lot of success with a lot knockouts earlier in his career.

By Dan Ambrose: PHOTO CREDIT: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions – Chad “Bad” Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) has put together, with the help of trainers John Scully and Winky Wright, what he sees as the perfect game plan to beat 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night at the Staples Center [...]

CHAD DAWSON, Former World Champion “We have a great game plan. I don’t see Bernard getting past it.

By Allen Fox: Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson goes into this Saturday’s fight against WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins as the underdog at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It only took one loss to Jean Pascal for Dawson to go from being considered the best fighter in the division [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins’ fights since 2008, you’ll notice that he likes to slow the fights down to a crawl where both he and his opponents are throwing in the low digits. This is a tactic that enables the 46-year-old Hopkins to fight without pushing the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins will be turning 47 in three months in January 2012, and I’m afraid he’s going to run into a wall in the form of the young 29-year-old Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) next week on October 15th at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

WHEN: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 WHERE: STAPLES CENTER Los Angeles, Calif. PRINCIPLES: WBC & RING MAGAZINE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 12 ROUNDS BERNARD “THE EXECUTIONER” HOPKINS vs. “BAD” CHAD DAWSON WBC & Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion Former Light Heavyweight World Champion Philadelphia, PA New Haven, CT 52-5-2 (32 KO’s) 30-1 (17 KO’s)

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins feels he doesn’t have to play it rough for him to beat challenger Chad Dawson, but I’m not so sure about that. I think Hopkins is going to fall back on that part of his game to give him an extra edge in facing the younger [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s good that WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) has decided to take on Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) finally after all these years. Dawson has been after Hopkins for what seems like forever without luck. But Dawson finally gets his chance on October 15th, and it’s only fitting [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Chad Dawson put to quash to the rumor that he discontinued working with trainer Emanuel Steward because he wanted to train close to his family in Connecticut rather than train with Steward in Detroit, Michigan.

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 kO’s) plans on throwing a massive amount of shots against the 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) in their HBO pay per view bout on October 15th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dawson will be [...]

NEW YORK (September 28, 2011) – Buffalo welterweight Nick “Hands of Gold” Casal continues his journey back to boxing prominence October 15 against undefeated prospect Michael “Slick” Anderson on the non-televised portion of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson pay-per-view event at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) sees this as the retirement fight for WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on October 15th, as Dawson intends on beating the 46-year-old Hopkins so badly that they’ll realize that it’s the end of the road for him.

By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) has been looking great recently with his wins over a number of quality fighters in the light heavyweight division.

By Dan Ambrose: Former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) has to make sure he stays 100 percent focused on October 15th against WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) if he wants to make sure he wins this fight.

By Dan Ambrose: Boxing fans have been quick to dismiss two-time former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s chances of beating WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) in their fight next month on October 15th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Dan Ambrose: Former junior middleweight world champion Ronald “Winky” Wright will be assisting trainer John Scully to get former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) get ready for his October 15th fight against WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Beloved former world champion and one-time Bernard Hopkins opponent, Ronald “Winky” Wright is in camp in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, serving as a training advisor to former light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson, as Dawson prepares to face the current World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Hopkins on Saturday, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) has reportedly ended his training with trainer Emanuel Steward due to the 29-year-old Dawson wanting to stick close to his family in Connecticut rather than traveling to Detroit to train with Steward for Dawson’s October 15th fight against WBC light heavyweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) is very interested in fighting Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) at heavyweight if Adamek somehow beats WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) on Saturday night in Poland. Dawson, 29, previously fought Adamek and totally dominated him by a 12 round decision in February 2007.

By Dan Ambrose: If Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) gets by 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) next month in their fight on October 15th, Dawson could end up facing the winner of the British clash between WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) and Tony Bellew (16-0, 10 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Every fighter gets old sooner or later if they stick around the sport long enough to show their age. WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins 52-5-2, 32 KO’s) has been able to get the most out of his body with careful match-making against guys that can’t fight on the inside or can’t [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The world will belong to Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) once he puts WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (30-1, 17 KO’s) out of his misery on October 15th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.