On March 4, 2017, a 34-year-old Chad Dawson (34-4, 19 KOs) and a 29-year-old Polish boxer Andrzej Fonfara (28-4, 16 KOs) met in the ring.
Dawson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 16 days. Fonfara was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 14 days.
Andrzej Fonfara stopped Chad Dawson via TKO in the 10th round. Fonfara improves his record to 29-4 (17 KOs), while Dawson adds a loss to his record at 34-5.
On October 4, 2014, a 32-year-old Chad Dawson (32-3, 18 KOs) and a 28-year-old Tommy Karpency (23-4-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring.
Dawson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days. Karpency was on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 8 days.
Tommy Karpency defeated Chad Dawson via split decision in the 10-round fight. Karpency improves his record to 24-4-1, while Dawson adds a loss to his record at 32-4.
On June 8, 2013, the 30-year-old WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight world champion, Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Dawson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months. Stevenson was on a 7-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 17 days.
Adonis Stevenson made quick work of Chad Dawson, stopping the champion via TKO in the 1st. Stevenson improves his record to 21-1 (18 KOs), while Dawson adds a loss to his record at 31-3.
On September 8, 2012, a 30-year-old Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring title held by 28-year-old Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs).
Dawson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Ward was on a 25-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 22 days.
Andre Ward stopped Chad Dawson via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super-middleweight titles. Ward improves his record to 26-0 (14 KOs), while Dawson adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On August 14, 2010, a 28-year-old Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBC title held by 27-year-old Canadian boxer Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KOs).
Dawson came in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 7 days. Pascal was on a 4-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 3 days.
Jean Pascal defeated Chad Dawson via technical decision and successfully defended his WBC light-heavyweight title. Pascal improves his record to 26-1, while Dawson adds a loss to his record at 29-1.