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Total Fights | 43 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 2 |
Title Wins | 4 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and one month, Chad Dawson fought 43 times with 36 wins, 5 losses, and 2 no-contests.
Dawson retired from professional boxing with a record of 36-5, which included four light-heavyweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He had a 46.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 43 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Dawson suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision victory over Denis Grachev on October 11, 2019.
Some of Dawson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver, Tomasz Adamek, Glen Johnson, Carl Daniels, and George Blades.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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43 | Oct 11, 2019 | 37 | Denis Grachev | Win | UD |
42 | Jun 29, 2019 | 36 | Quinton Rankin | Win | UD |
41 | Mar 4, 2017 | 34 | Andrzej Fonfara | Loss | TKO10 |
40 | Apr 16, 2016 | 33 | Cornelius White | Win | TKO4 |
39 | Dec 8, 2015 | 33 | Shujaa El Amin | Win | UD |
38 | Oct 4, 2014 | 32 | Tommy Karpency | Loss | SD |
37 | Jun 21, 2014 | 31 | George Blades | Win | KO1 |
36 | Jun 8, 2013 | 30 | Adonis Stevenson | Loss * | TKO1 |
35 | Sep 8, 2012 | 30 | Andre Ward | Loss * | TKO10 |
34 | Apr 28, 2012 | 29 | Bernard Hopkins | Win * | MD |
33 | Oct 15, 2011 | 29 | Bernard Hopkins | NC | TKO2 |
32 | May 21, 2011 | 28 | Adrian Diaconu | Win | UD |
31 | Aug 14, 2010 | 28 | Jean Pascal | Loss * | TD |
30 | Nov 7, 2009 | 27 | Glen Johnson | Win | UD |
29 | May 9, 2009 | 26 | Antonio Tarver | Win * | UD |
28 | Oct 11, 2008 | 26 | Antonio Tarver | Win * | UD |
27 | Apr 12, 2008 | 25 | Glen Johnson | Win * | UD |
26 | Sep 29, 2007 | 25 | Epifanio Mendoza | Win * | TKO4 |
25 | Jun 9, 2007 | 24 | Jesus Ruiz | Win * | TKO6 |
24 | Feb 3, 2007 | 24 | Tomasz Adamek | Win * | UD |
23 | Jun 2, 2006 | 23 | Eric Harding | Win | UD |
22 | Mar 4, 2006 | 23 | Jamie Hearn | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Feb 4, 2006 | 23 | Jason Naugler | Win | UD |
20 | Nov 18, 2005 | 23 | Ian Gardner | Win | TKO11 |
19 | Aug 6, 2005 | 23 | Ronald Boddie | Win | TKO3 |
18 | Apr 1, 2005 | 22 | Efrain Garcia | Win | RTD4 |
17 | Dec 10, 2004 | 22 | Carl Daniels | Win | TKO7 |
16 | Oct 29, 2004 | 22 | Darnell Wilson | Win | UD |
15 | Mar 27, 2004 | 21 | Aundalen Sloan | NC | UD |
14 | Oct 31, 2003 | 21 | Dumont Welliver | Win | RTD8 |
13 | Aug 1, 2003 | 21 | Brett Lally | Win | TKO4 |
12 | May 2, 2003 | 20 | Earl Allen | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Mar 21, 2003 | 20 | Willie Lee | Win | KO3 |
10 | Feb 1, 2003 | 20 | Shannon Miller | Win | UD |
9 | Oct 25, 2002 | 20 | John Romans William | Win | TKO4 |
8 | Aug 3, 2002 | 20 | Faustino Gonzalez | Win | UD |
7 | May 18, 2002 | 19 | Gary Grant | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Apr 27, 2002 | 19 | Chad Sawyer | Win | UD |
5 | Mar 1, 2002 | 19 | Martin Desjardins | Win | UD |
4 | Feb 16, 2002 | 19 | Jerald Lowe | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Dec 13, 2001 | 19 | James Orso | Win | KO1 |
2 | Sep 21, 2001 | 19 | Antonio Baker | Win | KO1 |
1 | Aug 18, 2001 | 19 | Steve Garrett | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Chad Dawson (Bad) is a 41-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, U.S. on July 13, 1982. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 2001 to 2019.
Dawson made his professional boxing debut against Steve Garrett at the age of 19 on August 18, 2001, defeating Garrett via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 13 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on February 3, 2007 after 23 professional fights, against Tomasz Adamek for the light-heavyweight WBC title. He defeated Adamek via 12 round unanimous decision to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Dawson has won four world titles at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Dawson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Dawson had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Denis Grachev on October 11, 2019. Dawson won the fight via 8 round unanimous decision. It's been 4 years, 6 months, and 7 days since this fight.
Dawson had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning four world titles and four successful title defenses. He won seven of these fights and lost three.
Chad Dawson fought for light-heavyweight world titles in five fights and won three of these fights. In total, he won four light-heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 28, 2012 | Bernard Hopkins | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | MD |
Oct 11, 2008 | Antonio Tarver | Light-heavyweight | IBF | UD |
Feb 3, 2007 | Tomasz Adamek | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Chad Dawson had five light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 9, 2009 | Antonio Tarver | Light-heavyweight | IBF | UD |
Apr 12, 2008 | Glen Johnson | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Sep 29, 2007 | Epifanio Mendoza | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Jun 9, 2007 | Jesus Ruiz | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Chad Dawson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 8, 2013 | Adonis Stevenson | Light-heavyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Dawson fought a total of 43 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
February 3, 2007: Dawson wins his first world title by defeating Tomasz Adamek via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.
April 12, 2008: Dawson successfully defends the WBC light-heavyweight title against Glen Johnson, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
October 11, 2008: Dawson wins the IBF light-heavyweight title from Antonio Tarver, by beating Tarver via 12 round unanimous decision.
May 9, 2009: Dawson successfully defends the IBF light-heavyweight title against Antonio Tarver, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 7, 2009: Chad Dawson beats Glen Johnson via 12th round unanimous decision.
April 28, 2012: Dawson wins the WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles from Bernard Hopkins, by beating Hopkins via 12 round majority decision.
Dawson knocked out 19 of his 43 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 46.3%. Of his total 36 wins, 19 of them were via KO (52.8%).
Dawson's first world-title win was the WBC belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Tomasz Adamek via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Dawson won four world titles at light-heavyweight.
Dawson had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.