Chad Dawson Slams Bernard Hopkins: "He's a Little Baby, He's Fragile"
by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2011 2:30 PM EDT
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On BoxingScene.com's Boxing Lab radio show, new light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson tore into 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins for the way their fight ended last Saturday, claiming that Hopkins wanted no part of an aggressive Dawson and that he was looking for a way out:
"That was a totally different Chad Dawson you saw that night. Hopkins was running. How long were that old man's legs going to hold up? That dude is so little. He is a little baby. He is fragile. He would've got hurt and he knows it. I would've went in and finished. I chased him for three years. He knows he didn't want to fight me. That was a bitch move on his part."
Frankly I don't think there was enough time to tell much of anything about Hopkins' mental state, and I buy the injury completely, even given Bernard's past theatrics against (as mentioned by Dawson and others) Roy Jones Jr and Joe Calzaghe in recent fights.
But more interestingly, I think Dawson is kind of right about Hopkins physically. The two of them next to each other were quite a contrast, and "Bad" Chad did make Bernard look like a very small light heavyweight, not just a small light heavyweight, which he is. Again, the fight didn't go long enough for me to figure out where it was going, and neither of them did enough for me to suspect Dawson would have overwhelmed Hopkins over time, but I do think it's possible. No matter what Hopkins does at his age, boxing is and will always be a younger man's game, at least men younger than 46. A bigger, physically stronger, talented, and younger light heavyweight should, in theory, have the advantage over Hopkins.
But we won't know unless they rematch. Not for sure, anyway. Bernard has looked iffy starting fights before and come back to put on clinics, as he did in the December 2010 fight with Jean Pascal.
I don't know if Dawson's in-ring style has changed much, but he sure is talking a lot more, and expressing a lot of rage. Really, that's not a bad thing. He was so vanilla before that it contributed greatly to his inability to attract fans. Maybe barking will help. It can't hurt.
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While I don't doubt the injury...
I also kind of sympathize with Chad here. I mean, the guy put the work in during his camp for a huge fight (for him), and we’ll never know if he would’ve won. Not only that, but he will probably end up losing the title when the result gets changed (as it should), and there’s no guarantee that he gets another shot at it. It’s just a no-win situation for everyone.
Yeah, I don’t blame him for being pissed off.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd be more sympathetic if he wasn't being such a schmuck about it.
He hooked the guy’s leg and tossed him to the ground hard enough to separate his shoulder, and then whines that Hopkins wasn’t tough enough to fight him.
by Verklemptomaniac on Oct 19, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
This is true...
He could go about it in a more classy way, but I know I’d have a hard time dealing with it in his position. I don’t honestly think he was trying to hurt B-Hop as much as let him know that his “tactics” weren’t going to fly in that fight.
Miguel cotto body slammed Joshua Clottey
And everyone in the arena cheered. Most thought Clottey was whining becasue he too often cries ‘wolf’. And in my opinion, Clottey was beating Cotto up until that point.
Bernard can be a dawg and he can be a bitch. Sometimes both. I think this is a case where he reaped what he has sown. Not that he should be injured after…let’s be real…he virtually climbed on Chad’s back.
He was not given the benefit of the doubt once Dawson went dirty on him. And I understand how and why the ref made the decision he did then. But it should be reversed. And I suspect it will be.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Yes. The waaaahh, waaahh, waaaahh tantrum side.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
It seems I’m one of the only ones put off by this “barking”… It’s not like Hopkins is a sweet old man, but, honestly, it was such a stupid way to win the fight that Chad should really just shut up about this. If he’s not going to give him a rematch, turn the page and forget about it.
On the other hand, maybe Scott is right. I’d certainly want to see this Chad Dawson knocked out.
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
I would’ve went in and finished.
Sure, that sounds likely coming from Chad Dawson.
Most people don't know shit about boxing. At all. Period. - Roger Mayweather
by The Kittitas Kid on Oct 19, 2011 5:17 PM EDT reply actions
If nothing else, Chad Dawson has finally found the ability to be a trash talker this week. With this and the ‘sit down with your tight pants’ to Pascal, Dawson is finally starting to be interesting. Hopefully he can start talking for himself now so I don’t have to go through another Gary Shaw, Max Kellerman promotion of ‘Chad Dawson has a lot of skills…and he is really good…and he is a family man who loves his wife and kids…so you better be excited!’
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
This shit it killing boxing
You think a MMA fighter quits with a supposed shoulder injury? Not a chance.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These amateurs...
1. X-rayed, MRI’d proven shoulder injury.
2. Didn’t quit. Clearly indicated he wanted to continue. Idiot ref stopped the fight, not Hopkins.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
To be fair, the ref was an idiot
But not for stopping the fight.
Not seeing/calling the (intentional/unintentional- delete as applicable) foul was the only issue I have with him. I have no doubt the fight should have been stopped, there is no way he could let Hopkins continue- and neither would I expect Hopkins to continue- with that injury.
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Oct 20, 2011 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions
To be perfectly fair, that is judgement in hindsight
As I posted above, the ref insisted Joshua Clottey get up and fight after the beloved Miguel Cotto flat out body slammed him to the floor…after Clottey oddley launched himself onto Cotto’s shoulder. Now Cotto was losing and the minute Clottey was told to get uo, Cotto went on and finished the round pounding Clottey in his corner.
this is a situation with context. Bernard plays the bully, the gangster and the whiner at various times. This time he got dealt the whiner card in return for his efforts.
it will be overturned
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Well a TKO by slam would not be controversial in MMA.
So there’d be nothing to gain by “faking” an injury in this case.
"With gold thou boughtest Gýmir's daughter,
and so gavest away thy sword:
but when Muspell's sons through the dark forest ride,
thou, unhappy, wilt not have wherewith to fight."
~ Lokasenna
I think he did fake it...no matter what some doctor paid by the promoter said.
Both guys still get paid for the fight and once they overturn the decision, to a no contest, they will have a rematch and the fighters will get paid again.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These amateurs...
Sure
Boxers are whiners and MMA-fighter are heroes. Boxing is close to dead and MMA is the rising star.
Happy now?
yawn
"Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them serious." Alan Minter
I have to be careful, got warned for trolling....
That is was not my intent. I am just sick and tired of being disappointed by boxing. I have been a boxing fan for 30 years. (before MMA existed) I got to meet Chad Dawson at the boxing hall of fame a couple of years ago and he was a real nice guy but his antics after the fight were shameful at best. There are no more US boxers to root for. They are all a bunch of classless bums.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These amateurs...
There are no more US boxers to root for. They are all a bunch of classless bums.
Oh, I don’t think so. Except from the heavies & cruisers (Europe) and the low weight classes (Asia), the majority of the top boxers are from the US / fight on US soil. I wouldn’t exactly call people like Martinez, Ward, Mayweather (well, “classless” might be debatable here), Bradley, Alexander, Johnson etc. pp. that way.
Btw, as you are a designated MMA-fan, can you answer me one question? I’m following MMA only very remotely, but I have the impression that fighters fade faster in that sport, like in average their prime is shorter than in boxing. Is it only me seeing that or would you say the same?
"Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them serious." Alan Minter
Two words:
Kalib Starnes.
Kthanxbai.
Most people don't know shit about boxing. At all. Period. - Roger Mayweather
by The Kittitas Kid on Oct 20, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya that was ugly but...
that happened in 2008 and Kalib was run out of UFC and American Top Team kicked him out of the gym. It seems like ever event boxing has some sort of controversy or horrible decision.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These amateurs...
Give it a rest son
Go back to your MMA boards if you havn’t got anything better to say than, “Boxing sucks MMA is the doggies whatsits”
by Sweet science on Oct 20, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Boxing doesnt suck but if something doesnt change soon it will be gone (at least in the US)
Not that I am against rooting for the Euro fighters but the damn fights come on in the middle of the day here when they are held in Europe. (not sure what a doggie whatsits is but I am guessing that means good)
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These amateurs...
I don't buy the injury at all. I have no reason too. With Hopkins past and his mean spirited attitude and lack of respect for people taken into account
I have no reason to. He almost bankrupted Steve Kim by suing the heck out of him for libel. A suit which Hopkins lost and it was a completely trivial issue. He didn’t care about the article Kim wrote, he just wanted to ruin him financially. Boxing is a shady sport, Golden Boy can find a Dr to say anything they want. Hopkins character doesn’t give me any reason to believe him.
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