Chad Dawson and Andre Ward are two of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, and their combined record is 56-1-0 with 30 knockouts, so when these two meet this Saturday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, for Ward?s super-middleweight titles, it?s going to be nothing short of a ?war.? Predicting a winner isn?t easy, but Dawson holds a slight edge in pedigree based on who he?s been in with like Glen Johnson (twice), Antonio Tarver (twice), Bernard Hopkins (twice), and Jean Pascal (technical decision), the only man who?s beaten him. Taller by an inch, and with a longer reach, the 30-year-old Dawson (31-1-0 and 17 KO?s) is more than capable of coming out with a victory, however it?s not going to be a cake walk because Ward (25-0-0 with 13 KO?s), a Gold Medal winner at the 2004 Olympic Games, is one tough cookie who?s drilled the likes of Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch. My heart says Dawson, but my mind says the 28-year-old Ward late by knockout because he?ll be fighting in front of his home-town fans. BY: Albert Alvarez Ward/Dawson- The quickest eye will win this chess match. Dawson is a very good boxer, but Ward to me has a higher boxing IQ. Ward is flat out a more complete fighter than Dawson from top to bottom. I see Ward out thinking and fighting smarter, and will win this match by Unanimous Decision.
