Dawson captures title from Adamek

By Marc Abrams

Chad Dawson was masterful in defeating Tomasz Adamek to win the WBC light heavyweight title Saturday night at The Silver Spur Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.

Dawson, 175 lbs of New Haven, CT started the fight quickly by landing some blistering straight lefts from the get go. The first part of the fight was a rout as the hand speed of Dawson was too much for Adamek Dawson continued to mix up the assault by mixing in hard right to the body in his multi punch combinations.

In round seven. Dawson landed a straight left that floored Adamek. Adamek protested mildly by referee Jorge Alonso scored the knockdown. Dawson punctuated the round with a good straight left that rocked Adamek. Rounds nine and ten were more of the same for Dawson by landing multi punch barrages that focused on the body.

the fight turned dramatic in round ten as Adamak landed a short right hand that sent Dawson to the canvas. For a brief moment it seemed that Adamek could get back in the fight but Dawson's hand speed was the big difference as he won by scores of 118-108, 117-109 and 116-110.

Dawson with the WBC belt and has a record of 23-0. Adamek, 174 lbs of Jersey City, NJ by way of Zywiec, Poland loses for the first time and is 31-1.

IBF lightweight champ, Jesus Chavez was making his first start in seventeen months as he took on interim champ Julio Diaz.

The first two rounds saw Diaz box enough to win the rounds. At the beginning of round three, Chavez threw an awkward punch and went down in a heap. Referee Frank Santore counted Chavez out despite not being punched. Chavez could not get up due to a knee injury and Diaz is the undisputed IBF champ.

The end came at 22 seconds for Diaz, 135 lbs of Conchella, California who is now 34-3 with 25 knockouts. Chavez is 43-4.

In a third world title bout, Cory Spinks, 153 3/4 lbs of St. Louis made the first defense of his IBF jr. middleweight belt with an easy unanimous decision over Rodney Jones.

Scores were 120-108, 120-108 and 118-109 for Spinks who is now 36-3. Jones falls to 37-4-1