News - Chad Dawson

IBF and IBO light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver participated in a media workout at Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas on Tuesday as he winds down preparation for his highly anticipated clash with undefeated former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson. The two kingpins will battle for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, Oct. 11, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from The Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino read more ...

If words carry weight, the Oct. 11 showdown between light-heavyweights Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) and Antonio Tarver (26-4, 19 KOs), on Showtime, should blow out the co-headlining heavyweight title fight between Sam Peter and Vitali Klitschko. On a national teleconference held today, the two were at each other’s throats, with threats, promises and predictions of a dominating victory read more ...

IBO light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) claimed the IBF title held by Clinton Woods (41-4-1, 25 KOs) with a one-sided unanimous decision on Saturday night at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. There was little drama in the bout as Tarver systematically outpointed Woods, but never came close to stopping him. Woods' performance was disappointing as he never got untracked and rarely was in position to inflict damage. Scores were 116-112, 117-111, 119-109 read more ...

Tarver, Woods, Dawson, Johnson speak about 175lb supercard! All the top flight light heavyweights participating on SHOWTIME's April 12 world championship doubleheader at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, spoke to reporters today on an international conference call. The event is headlined by the Antonio Tarver vs Clinton Woods IBO/IBF title unification fight and Chad Dawson’s WBC title defense against read more ...

Dawson used his superior speed, a skill to put on a clinic for the first nine rounds. Then boxing showed why it is the most exciting sport there is. Adamek, well far behind on all of the judges scorecards, landed a huge right to floor Dawson. Chad was able to survive and recover from the brink of blowing his big chance read more ...

"Bad" Chad Dawson (23-0, 15 KOs) impressively seized the WBC light heavyweight title from previously unbeaten champion Tomasz "Goral" Adamek (31-1, 20 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision Saturday night at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida. The unbeaten southpaw Dawson took Adamek completely out of his game for the first nine round rounds, but was dropped by an Adamek right hand in the tenth. Adamek came on in the read more ...

Fans and media alike gathered in front of the Osceola Court House, the longest running courthouse in all of Florida to witness the master of the press conference Don King gather fighters managers and local politicains to discuss Super Saturday, three championship fights at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee Florida, and one bout will also be shown on Showtime Championship Boxing read more ...

Light heavyweight contender Chad Dawson, who will meet WBC champion Tomasz Adamek in the main event Saturday in Kissimmee, has hired Mayweather Sr. as his trainer, replacing two-time Trainer of the Year Dan Birmingham. After giving a politically correct answer about his reasons on a conference call, Dawson said later in a private interview he thought he could get more one-on-one attention from Mayweather Sr. read more ...

Looks like SHOWTIME's February 3 WBC light heavyweight title clash between unbeaten champion Tomasz Adamek (31-0, 21 KOs) and undefeated NABF titlist Chad "Bad" Dawson (23-0, 15 KOs) will take land at the Miami Arena in Miami, FL. In the opener, after a 16-month layoff, WBC lightweight champion Jesus Chavez (43-3, 30 KOs) is slated to return for the first time since his tragic bout with Leavander Johnson to face interim champion Julio Diaz read more ...