I scored the fight a draw myself, but I would have been okay with 7-5 or 6-5-1 rounds going in either direction. 8 rounds to 4 was insulting to Johnson, especially when he was giving Dawson pure hell for every round of the fight. Johnson proved that he's still a top-flight light heavyweight and that he deserves more big fights. Unfortunately, I can't think of too many light heavyweights who are gonna be willing to fight a machine like Johnson.
I suppose it's onto Dawson/Tarver now to unify titles, so long as they pay Dawson's mandatory Diaconu step-aside money to make the unification happen. Johnson, at the very least, ought to be allowed to fight for the currently vacant WBA belt.
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Israel Vazquez....Super Bantamweight Champ....Super Heavyweight Heart
This man is my hero.
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