Chad Dawson
American professional boxer
チャド・ドーソン · 채드 도슨
- Born
- 13 July 1982, Hartsville
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- light heavyweight, super middleweight, middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He held multiple world championships at light heavyweight, and was one of the most highly regarded boxers in that weight class between 2006 and 2013.
Dawson rose to prominence on the world stage in 2007, when he defeated Tomasz Adamek to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title. After vacating that title, he defeated Antonio Tarver in 2008 to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and International Boxing Organization (IBO) titles, and defeated him in a rematch in 2009.
Dawson's first career setback was a loss to Jean Pascal in 2010. He would rebound by winning the WBC title for a second time, as well as the Ring magazine and lineal titles, by defeating Bernard Hopkins in 2012. In the same year, The Ring ranked Dawson as the world's tenth best active boxer, pound for pound.
Awards and honours
- IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion
- IBO World Light Heavyweight Champion
- The Ring World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q577140 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.