Chad Dawson won't be returning until 2011

Promoter Gary Shaw has advised BoxingScene.com that former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson will likely return to the ring in early 2011. Unless an opportunity pops up, the lack of available television dates is going to push Dawson's return to next year. Dawson recently suffered his first career loss when he dropped an eleven round techincal decision to Jean Pascal. The fight was stopped before the twelfth when a clash of heads opened up a serious cut above Dawson's right eye. There is a rematch clause, although Pascal has the option to take an interim-fight.

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I don't see why HBO couldn't make Cloud vs Dawson this year.

I could care less about Dawson. Only allowed to fight if HBO has a date. That is necessary as he can't draw 1000 people to see him fight.

another fighter thats going on the ill fight every 6 or 8 months..yep waste your youth and prime and developement cause your promoter looks for a tv date only..are there no more fighters out there with balls that want to control there career or have the final word..

Dawson has to wait for a tv date. If you can't sell tickets then your paycheck is rather small compared to what HBO would pay. and he isn't fighting for the love of the game. He fights for the money.

I wouldn't be surprised if this stupid idiot prices himself out of any interim comeback fight, and sits on the sidelines for close to a year waiting for his rematch with Pascal.

The Lennox Lewis response to Canvas's statement:

Absolutely
Definitely

lol Captain.

It seems like Dawson's career declined when he left Showtime.

Yeah because it's not like Chad could benefit from some ring work, right? RIGHT?

I mean he obviously has the whole thing down pat, RIGHT?

dmar5143 wrote:

another fighter thats going on the ill fight every 6 or 8 months..yep waste your youth and prime and developement cause your promoter looks for a tv date only..are there no more fighters out there with balls that want to control there career or have the final word..

It's astounding isn't it? I mean how the hell does one get better by NOT fighting?

Sometimes I feel like the guy in the Talking Heads song

You may find yourself livng in a crummy era
You may find heavyweights in another part of the world
You may find yourself arguing for the boxing obvious
You may find fighters looking bad, then choosing not to fight
You may ask yourself HOW DID WE GET HERE?

how did we is right.amazing huh

captainanddew wrote:

Dawson has to wait for a tv date. If you can't sell tickets then your paycheck is rather small compared to what HBO would pay. and he isn't fighting for the love of the game. He fights for the money.

Right, and the way to big money is excellence. If he doesn't get better how many ayday fights does he hae left?

Typical New School boxer. These guys should at least be fighting 3 times a year. Fighters like DLH ruined the game in that aspect, fighting once a year.

There is nothing wrong with chasing a big money fight, but you have to stay busy. Fighting a couple of mandatories, and stay busy fights, never hurt anybody...

HBO is corrupting the fighters. These young guys from the states aren't improving themselves because they don't fight much. Berto only has one bout so far (1 last year). Bradley is only having 1 fight this year as is Cloud. Alexander is only having 2. Khans American stay is hurting him because he's only going to have 2, so is PW. KP has been having 2 fights per year since he became champ. Lopez and Gamboa are going to have 3 (2 with HBO). Fat boy Arreola looks to be done with 2 fights this year. I have no problem with older fighters like Flomo, Pac, Cotto, Marquez, Martinez and older champs like that fighting twice a year because they are already well seasoned and there's no need to sacrifice their bodies for little pay because they're in the final stages of their careers. Those guys deserve paydays. The guys in the super 6 are exception because they are fighting in the championship level every singel one of them.

At least ODH waited till he was at the top draw in the sport before not fighting. These guys are doing it in their mid-late 20s. They can't draw a crowd to watch them fight. And as fighters they are far from the finished product.

captainanddew wrote:

At least ODH waited till he was at the top draw in the sport before not fighting. These guys are doing it in their mid-late 20s. They can't draw a crowd to watch them fight. And as fighters they are far from the finished product.

exactly! these fighters are still up and coming and then they decide to fight once or twice a year.