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"Bad" Chad Dawson

BORN   July 13 1982; Hartsville, South Carolina (Resides in New Haven, Connecticut)
HEIGHT.. 6-1
WEIGHT 158-182 3/4 lbs
TRAINERS

 

Dawson is an excellent boxer who uses his fine jab, hits effectively with both fists and uses ring space well; You may not like his style but, if you are wise, you won't bet against him

During his career he has won the
IBF Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, the IBO Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, the NABF Light Heavyweight Championship, the WBO NABO Super Middleweight Championship and the WBC Youth World Middleweight Championship

A list of men he has beaten reads like a Who's Who in Boxing - Bernard Hopkins, Tomasz Adamek, Antonio Tarver, Glen Johnson, Epifanio Mendoza, Jesus Ruiz, Eric Harding, Carl Daniels, Ian Gardner, Efrain Garcia, Adrian Diaconu and Brett Lally
*** AMATEUR BOUTS (67-13) ***
1998
          -Dawson was the United States 139 Pounds Junior Olympics Runner-Up

1999
          -Dawson was a United States Under-19 156 Pounds Championships Semi-Finalist

2000
          -Dawson won the 165 Pounds World Junior Championship Bronze Medal
*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
2001
Aug 18 Steve Garrett              Uncasville, Ct                     TK  2
Sep 21 Antonio Baker              Cranston, RI                       KO  1
Dec 13 James Orso                 Uncasville, Ct                     KO  1

2002
Feb 16 Jerald Lowe                Uncasville, Ct                     TK  1
Mar  1 Martin Desjardins          Mashantucket, Ct                    W  4
Apr 27 Chad Sawyer                Uncasville, Ct                      W  4
May 18 Gary Grant                 Uncasville, Ct                     TK  1
Aug  3 Faustino Gonzalez          Mashantucket, Ct                    W  6
Oct 25 John Romans William        Mashantucket, Ct                   TK  4

2003
Feb  1 Shannon Miller             Uncasville, Ct                      W  6
Mar 21 Willie Lee                 Mashantucket, Ct                   KO  3
May  2 Earl Allen                 Mashantucket, Ct                   TK  3
Aug  1 Brett Lally                Hampton Beach, NH                  TK  4
Oct 31 Dumont Welliver            Providence, RI                     TK  8
          -WBC Youth World Middleweight Championship

2004
Mar 27 Aundalen Sloan             Mashantucket, Ct                   NC  6
Oct 29 Darnell Wilson             Mashantucket, Ct                    W 10
          -WBC Youth World Middleweight Championship
Dec 10 Carl Daniels               Mashantucket, Ct                   TK  7
          -WBC Youth World Middleweight Championship

2005
Apr  1 Efrain Garcia              New Haven, Ct                      TK  4
          -WBC Youth World Middleweight Championship
Aug  6 Ronald Boddie              Tampa, Fl                          TK  3
Nov 18 Ian Gardner                New Haven, Ct                      TK 11
          -WBO NABO Super Middleweight Championship

2006
Feb  4 Jason Naugler              El Paso, Tx                         W  8
Mar  4 Jamie Hearn                Manchester, England                TK  3
Jun  2 Eric Harding               Santa Ynez, Ca                      W 12
          -NABF Light Heavyweight Championship

2007
Feb  3 Tomasz Adamek              Kissimmee, Fl                       W 12
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jun  9 Jesus Ruiz                 Hartford, Ct                       TK  6
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 29 Epifanio Mendoza           Sacramento, Ca                     TK  4
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2008
Apr 12 Glen Johnson               Tampa, Fl                           W 12
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct 11 Antonio Tarver             Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -IBF Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2009
May  9 Antonio Tarver             Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -IBF Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov  7 Glen Johnson               Hartford, Ct                        W 12
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2010
Aug 14 Jean Pascal                Montreal, Que, Canada              TL 11
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2011
May 21 Adrian Diaconu             Montreal, Que, Canada               W 12
Oct 15 Bernard Hopkins            Los Angeles, Ca                    NC  2
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2012
Apr 28 Bernard Hopkins            Atlantic City, NJ                   W 12
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep  8 Andre Ward                 Oakland, Ca                        LT 10
          -WBC Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
           WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2013
Jun  8 Adonis Stevenson           Montreal, Que, Canada              LT  1
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

2014
Jun 21 George Blades              Carson, Ca                         KO  1
Oct  4 Tommy Karpency             Mashantucket, Ct                    L 10

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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