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Light heavyweight boxing · 2000s

Chad Dawson

36–5 · 43 recorded bouts · 2001–2019

Chad Dawson finished 53% of 36 wins inside the distance — the 41st percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height73″ (185.4 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionLight Heavyweight Boxing
competed at 3: middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Chad Dawson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 win vs James Orso (2001)win vs Antonio Baker (2001)win vs Steve Garrett (2001)win vs John Romans William (2002)win vs Faustino Gonzalez (2002)win vs Gary Grant (2002)win vs Chad Sawyer (2002)win vs Martin Desjardins (2002)win vs Jerald Lowe (2002)win vs Dumont Welliver (2003)win vs Brett Lally (2003)win vs Earl Allen (2003)win vs Willie Lee (2003)win vs Shannon Miller (2003)win vs Carl Daniels (2004)win vs Darnell Wilson (2004)? vs Aundalen Sloan (2004)win vs Ian Gardner (2005)win vs Ronald Boddie (2005)win vs Efrain Garcia (2005)win vs Eric Harding (2006)win vs Jamie Hearn (2006)win vs Jason Naugler (2006)win vs Epifanio Mendoza (2007)win vs Jesus Ruiz (2007)win vs Tomasz Adamek (2007)win vs Antonio Tarver (2008)win vs Glen Johnson (2008)win vs Glen Johnson (2009)win vs Antonio Tarver (2009)loss vs Jean Pascal (2010)nc vs Bernard Hopkins (2011)win vs Adrian Diaconu (2011)loss vs Andre Ward (2012)win vs Bernard Hopkins (2012)loss vs Adonis Stevenson (2013)loss vs Tommy Karpency (2014)win vs George Blades (2014)win vs Shujaa El Amin (2015)win vs Cornelius White (2016)loss vs Andrzej Fonfara (2017)win vs Denis Grachev (2019)win vs Quinton Rankin (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2019

Record

Boxing record

36–5

43 bouts on record

Finish rate

53%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 41st percentile

By knockout: 19 (53%)By decision: 17 (47%)
  • By knockout 53%
  • By decision 47%

The career, bout by bout

43 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2019. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

2001–2019

Longest unbeaten run

29

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2002

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

43

43 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2019 W Denis Grachev Decision8
2019 W Quinton Rankin Decision8
2017 L Andrzej Fonfara KO/TKO10
2016 W Cornelius White KO/TKO4
2015 W Shujaa El Amin Decision10
2014 L Tommy Karpency 10
2014 W George Blades KO/TKO1
2013 L Adonis Stevenson KO/TKO1
2012 L Andre Ward KO/TKO10
2012 W Bernard Hopkins 12
2011 N Bernard Hopkins KO/TKO2
2011 W Adrian Diaconu Decision12
2010 L Jean Pascal 11
2009 W Glen Johnson Decision12
2009 W Antonio Tarver Decision12
2008 W Antonio Tarver Decision12
2008 W Glen Johnson Decision12
2007 W Epifanio Mendoza KO/TKO4
2007 W Jesus Ruiz KO/TKO6
2007 W Tomasz Adamek Decision12
2006 W Eric Harding Decision12
2006 W Jamie Hearn KO/TKO3
2006 W Jason Naugler Decision8
2005 W Ian Gardner KO/TKO11
2005 W Ronald Boddie KO/TKO3
2005 W Efrain Garcia KO/TKO4
2004 W Carl Daniels KO/TKO7
2004 W Darnell Wilson Decision10
2004 ? Aundalen Sloan Decision6
2003 W Dumont Welliver 8
2003 W Brett Lally KO/TKO4
2003 W Earl Allen KO/TKO3
2003 W Willie Lee KO/TKO3
2003 W Shannon Miller Decision6
2002 W John Romans William KO/TKO4
2002 W Faustino Gonzalez Decision6
2002 W Gary Grant KO/TKO1
2002 W Chad Sawyer Decision4
2002 W Martin Desjardins 4
2002 W Jerald Lowe KO/TKO1
2001 W James Orso KO/TKO1
2001 W Antonio Baker 1
2001 W Steve Garrett 2

16 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 208 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Chad Dawson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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