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03/18/2008 Archived Entry: "Boxing Diaries: On Chad Dawson"
Boxing Diaries: On Chad Dawson
By John "Iceman" Scully
The wait in the dressing room before a professional boxing match -that last hour- could be enough to strip a man that never boxed before of whatever pride, desire and heart he THOUGHT he had
-- Iceman John Scully, April 2002
March 8, 2005--Brought Chad up to Massachusetts to spar six rounds today. Boxing is the type of game where as good as you think a guy is when you see him in a real fight, you should see him in the gym when he really puts it all together. Chad is like a lot of guys. Sometimes you watch him in real fights and he is a good boxer that puts his punches together very well and lands with some solid power at times but is more of a break-you-down type of guy. When he is sharp though, training for a fight and in top shape, willing to sit down more on his punches and commit to them? You get the feeling he could literally kill somebody in the gym.
A lot of guys are like that. Most boxers can tell you about a guy that you maybe never heard of, a guy that isn't champion or famous but in the gym, when he is on his game, he could really do some damage to even top flight fighters. And Chad is like a lot of good fighters. He is a very good professional but in the gym he is even more dangerous. If he ever reaches his full potential in fights like he can in the gym? Watch out!
For more on John Scully, go to the followng link:
165 pounder Iceman John Scully (at left) of Connecticut and 156 pounder Roy L. Jones of Florida spar eachother at the Maryland gym of Sugar Ray Leonard in preparation for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials.
