(APR 29, 2012) Last night at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and telecast on HBO, “Bad” Chad Dawson, 29, won a 12-round unanimous decision over Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, now 47 years old.
Dawson was able to successfully dethrone Hopkins for the Ring and WBC Light heavyweight title, that could have happened in October of 2011, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, but in their first fight in October, Hopkins got injured early in that bout. Dawson was initially declared the winner the night of the fight, which HBN being present at that fight saw the reaction of the crowd who were in shock. Ultimately their first fight was declared a technical draw after the WBC reviewed the bout.
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In last night’s bout however, the results were different. Dawson earned the two belts with no doubt in anyone’s mind, other than one judge who scored the bout even at 114-114. Other judges 117-111.
Dawson received a cut over both eyes, and was bloody, throughout most of the fight, after there were some “accidental” headbutts going on. At one point, Dawson said out loud, “Come on Man”.
In the co-main, Seth Mitchell stopped Chazz Witherspoon in the third round. What started off very slowly for Mitchell in the first round, and where Witherspoon rocked him with some heavy artillery, he made up in the following rounds by stopping Witherspoon by TKO after clearly knocking Witherspoon down to the canvas in the second round.
Story Written by Sue TL Fox of WBAN.