Boxing Breakfast: Chad Dawson Rooting for Bernard Hopkins

by Scott Christ on May 18, 2011 5:00 AM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

Bernard Hopkins is who Chad Dawson most wants to face later this year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Chad Dawson Would Rather Face B-Hop

Lyle Fitzsimmons talked to Chad Dawson, and Dawson says that camp is great (they all say that about this point) and he's excited to return to action this Saturday. But the money is that Dawson is, in a roundabout way, rooting for Bernard Hopkins to beat Jean Pascal this Saturday in the main event:

"It’s kind of a hard decision. But I’ve been chasing Bernard for two or three years," Dawson said. "I’d definitely like to avenge my loss, but I think I want the Hopkins fight a little more so.

"He’s tailor-made for me and I’d definitely be the first one to knock him out."

Dawson's bravado is definitely back, as he seems to be all but ignoring the existence of Adrian Diaconu and is more concerned about which main eventer he'd fight next. Dawson has a weird, really inconsistent personality. It's kind of hard to tell if he's going for confident or conceited, aggressive or laid-back. I don't "get" Chad Dawson.

Fight Chatter

Last week's Friday Night Fights (Kendall Holt vs Julio Diaz) was watched by 347,000 viewers. That is a low number, but it was also head to head with ESPN's coverage of Game 6 of the Thunder-Grizzlies series (4.75 million viewers).
Kermit Cintron's July 9 comeback on the Rios vs Antillon card looks set, and he'll be facing Carlos Molina with a max weight of 152. Molina beat Allen Conyers on April 29 after drawing Erislandy Lara on March 25. He's sure proving how badly he wants to fight after that two-year layoff.
Gerry Penalosa says that Michael Farenas (30-3, 26 KO) could be in line for a fight against Yuriorkis Gamboa. Farenas faces Daniel Attah on Saturday.
Robin Reid will fight on the Brook-N'dou on June 25 against Wayne Reed.

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What a suprise

“Sicknote” Braehmer has pulled out of the Cleverly fight…Very annoying,to me at least :

http://www.skysports.com/boxing/

by Matt Mosley on May 18, 2011 7:19 AM EDT reply actions

Braehmer

is a disgrace and i hate to call any boxer a coward but this is the second time he has done this in the space of 6 months.

by Matt Mosley on May 18, 2011 7:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Sky

need to take this off PPV now, imo.
They are not gonna find a good enough replacement at this stage.

by Matt Mosley on May 18, 2011 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Ugh, that sucks………..was really looking forward to the whole card.

As far as Dawson……..at his best, I do think he has the style to beat Hopkins……..but knock him out? That’s laughable.

by DPlainview on May 18, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Frank Warren

quoted on Sky as saying that there was no mention of a supposed cut in the medical report that he got from Braehmer’s promoter 2 days ago…Now they are saying a cut that happened 2 weeks ago has opened back up.
Not only did he pull out on Beibut Shumenov in January, he also pulled out of his fight before that!
He has defended the belt only once since Dec 2009, ridiculously, and should def be stripped now, imo.
Warren also said that he only found out they had pulled out from reading the internet.

by Matt Mosley on May 18, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions