By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) easily defeated IBF title holder Antonio Tarver (27-5, 19 KOs) on Saturday night, dropping him once in the 12th round and beating him by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dawson, 26, had seemingly lost the war of words with the well-spoken Tarver leading up to the fight, but in the area of where it counts – in the boxing ring – Dawson showed himself to be the far superior fighter.
Tarver, 39, fought well in brief patches in the fight, but only when Dawson would inexplicably cover up and move around the ring, playing defense. When Dawson wanted to fight, though, he would turn it on like a button, hitting Tarver with blazingly fast punches and outworking him badly. “My work rate was better, I was younger and faster than him,” said Dawson after the fight.
By Chris Williams: IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) takes on what is probably the best light heavyweight in the division at this time in Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) in a 12-round title bout at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dawson, 26, who’s much better fighting than he is at talking, has looked very uncomfortable jawing back and forth with the trash talking Tarver, and has gotten the worst of it in many of the exchanges. However, it Dawson will have a chance to show that talking doesn’t win fights when he steps in the ring with the 39 year-old Tarver for the IBF title. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) will be attempting to win another light heavyweight title on October 11th against the current IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both fighters have talked endless trash to one another in press conferences and teleconferences with Tarver, 39, coming out the victor in the gift of gab. Dawson, 26, though, has held his own and slung back insults with great precisions, aiming pointedly at Tarver’s advanced age and lack of hand speed, remarking “He’s slow, and he’s old. Come on, look at my last three performances and look at his and tell me who the better fighter is. He’s done.” 
By William Mackay: You can include me in for one of those people who are less than impressed with the level of opponents that unbeaten super middleweight Joe Calzaghe has faced in his career. In looking over the mostly average fighters that Calzaghe has built up his unbeaten record on, I see few fighters of worth on the list that jump out at me. I can’t help but be left with the general impression that Calzaghe has either been carefully managed, steered clear of top fighters in his career like Julian Jackson, Bernard Hopkins, Gerald McClellan, Antonio Tarver and James Toney, or he just didn’t care to fight them. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) will take on IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) on October 11th, at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tarver, now 39, is coming off an impressive 12-round unanimous decision over Clinton Woods in April to win the title. However, this will be the biggest test for Tarver since facing Bernard Hopkins in June 2006. 
By Michael Lieberman: Undefeated light heavyweight Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) did a smart thing when he decided not to defend his title against Adrian Diaconu in Romania, and instead giving up the title to the Romanian fighter. Although the fight would have given the 25 year-old Dawson his biggest career payday of a million dollars, it was hardly worth the bother – or the risk, for that matter – because Showtime cable network, which has a contractor with Dawson, reportedly wasn’t interested in seeing Dawson fight Diaconu, preferring much more to see Dawson face the more popular IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver instead. 
By Erik Schmidt: In the past week, we’ve been hearing a lot about Joe Calzaghe considering a fight with Roy Jones Jr. for his next and perhaps final fight of his career. However, I think Calaghe is forgetting an opponent that is even more deserving than Jones, and that’s Antonio Tarver, who recently defeated IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods by an easy one-sided unanimous decision a couple of weeks ago.
By Dan Ambrose: Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) had an easy time defeating IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (41-4-1, 24 KOs) by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the St. Pete. Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida. Woods, 35, had been predicted by many ring experts to defeat the 39 year-old Tarver, who had been showing signs of slowing down in his last three fights. However, Woods seemed to chock under the bright lights of the U.S, in that he did next to nothing until he was well behind in the fight and in need of a knockout, not just points.