3.Adonis Stevenson vs. Chad Dawson
Chad Dawson, who was touted the best Light Heavyweight at the time, suffered a disappointing knock out in the very first round.
The first round is when a fighter is most alert, tentative, and powerful. A first round knockout, at a championship-level caliber, is rare because of all these factors.
Sometimes it is even tragic, because the person being knocked out may have simply made a split-second error. In this case, though, the better fighter won.
Adonis Stevenson made his mark as the legitimate Light Heavyweight champion and continued to do so in his win over Tavoris Cloud. It was a “sensational left cross,” as Lampley put it, that landed with full power.
