Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He held multiple world championships in the light heavyweight division, and was one of that division's most highly regarded boxers between 2006 and 2013.
Dawson rose to prominence on the world stage in 2007, when he defeated Tomasz Adamek to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title. After vacating that title, he defeated Antonio Tarver in 2008 to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and International Boxing Organization (IBO) titles, and defeated him in a rematch in 2009.
Dawson's first career setback was a loss to Jean Pascal in 2010. He would rebound by winning the WBC title for a second time, as well as the Ring magazine and lineal titles, by defeating Bernard Hopkins in 2012. In the same year, The Ring ranked Dawson as the world's tenth best active boxer, pound for pound.[1]
Later in 2012, Dawson moved down to super middleweight, a division in which he had not competed since 2006, in order to challenge Andre Ward for his unified titles. In what would prove to be an ill-fated move, Ward handed him his second loss as it became clear that Dawson could no longer compete at a lower weight. In 2013, having returned to light heavyweight to defend his titles, Dawson was knocked out by Adonis Stevenson in one round.
^"Ring Ratings Update: Dawson or Gamboa on pound-for-pound list? | RingTV". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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champion ChadDawson. They fought on October 15, 2011. Hopkins lost via TKO for being unable to continue after injuring his shoulder when Dawson threw him...
Ring magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeating ChadDawson by first-round knockout, which earned him awards for Fighter of the Year...
outpointing Clinton Woods. On October 11, 2008, Tarver faced rising star ChadDawson for Tarver's IBF title. The fight took place at Palms Casino in Las Vegas...
"Ward vs Dawson Results: Andre Ward Dominates, Stops ChadDawson in Oakland". Bad Left Hook. September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2017. "Dawson: Ward loss...
000 to defend his title against ChadDawson, as well as another $1,500,000 guaranteed in the fight following Dawson, which happened to be Bernard Hopkins...
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three scorecards. Scott then fought on the undercard of Andre Ward vs. ChadDawson on September 8, 2012 at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California. It was...
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Gennadiy Golovkin. He also fought world champions Arthur Abraham and ChadDawson. "Ian Gardner". BoxRec.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019. Gardner Promotions...
2015. He holds a notable upset win over former IBF and WBC title holder ChadDawson. Karpency is from a "patch town" inside of Adah, Pennsylvania called...
a boxing trainer who has trained two light heavyweight champions in ChadDawson and Artur Beterbiev and is an analyst for the ESPN Classic television...
Diaconu became the mandatory challenger for then-WBC world champion ChadDawson. In October 2007, world cruiserweight champion David Haye described Diaconu...
was named the knockout of the year. May 9 ChadDawson defeats Antonio Tarver by decision. This was Dawson's first defense of his IBF and IBO light heavyweight...
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March 13, 2022. Rosenthal, Michael (May 1, 2012). "Ring Ratings Update: Dawson or Gamboa on pound-for-pound list?". The Ring. Archived from the original...
Adamek with 31-0 (21 KO) lost his first fight by unanimous decision to ChadDawson on 3 February 2007. During that fight, Adamek was knocked down in the...
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heavyweight title, but lost the title the following year to ChadDawson by decision, despite dropping Dawson in the 1st round. CSI Sports Eric Harding's page at...
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