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Dawson vs. Johnson: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Chad Dawson (Bad) defends his WBC light-heavyweight title against Glen Johnson (Gentleman). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

25
Aug 18, 2001
25-0
3
17 (68%)
185 cm
194 cm
9 cm
Southpaw
Sep 29, 2007
6m, 14d
25
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
39
Feb 19, 1993
47-11-2
8
32 (53.3%)
175 cm
191 cm
16 cm
Orthodox
Jan 15, 2008
2m, 28d
3
WBC
lHV
w1
d2
IBFTheRing
lHV
w1
d1
lHV
w1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 12 Apr 2008
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
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Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson I

Date

This fight between Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson took place on at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Chad Dawson is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Glen Johnson is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 194 cm, Dawson also has reach advantage of 3 cms over Johnson's 191 cm. Johnson has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Dawson.

Dawson is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 25-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 14 days ago against Epifanio Mendoza, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Johnson comes in with a record of 47-11-2 (32 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 28 days ago against Hugo Pineda, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Chad Dawson fights out of the southpaw stance, while Glen Johnson fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Dawson will be 25 years and 8 months old. Johnson will be 39 years and 3 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 71-29 in favor of Chad Dawson. Here is the prediction for Dawson vs Johnson.

Chad Dawson should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Glen Johnson to win this one.

Result

Chad Dawson defeated Glen Johnson via 12 round UD to retain the WBC light-heavyweight title. Johnson's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Dawson advances his win streak to 26. Dawson is now 26-0, and Johnson 47-12-2.

Fight Recommendations

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  2. Carl Froch defeats Glen Johnson via 12-round majority decision
  3. Chad Dawson defeats Antonio Tarver via 12-round unanimous decision in their 2nd fight
  4. Chad Dawson defeats Antonio Tarver via 12-round unanimous decision
  5. Chad Dawson defeats Tomasz Adamek via 12-round unanimous decision
  6. Clinton Woods defeats Glen Johnson via 12-round split decision in their 3rd fight
  7. Bernard Hopkins knocks out Glen Johnson in the 11th round