Dawson in controversal TKO!?! of Hopkins.

After a competitive opening round at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, rough-house tactics emerged in round two where both Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson attempted to throw each other off their game. For Dawson, it literally worked as Hopkins – in round two – complained on the canvas that he had dislocated his shoulder. The referee ruled it no foul and a contentious stoppage win, together with the WBC light heavyweight world title and The Ring belt, were awarded to Chad.

his last moment of mind games on Saturday, October 15, Hopkins was late to the referee’s last instructions after he had played showman with his mask, robe and executioner’s mimic. Despite not knocking any light heavyweight out since his move from middleweight, he retains bludgeoning as well as knockdown power.
Hopkins danced around the ring’s periphery, launching his right hand with his head swiftly followed behind. Dawson, with his portside posture, landed southpaw jabs and crosses to the midsection of B-Hop. Hopkins provided the action in the first 240 seconds but, within the final minute, Dawson burst into life, pieced together four-punch moves and looked like he would provide Hopkins with a stiff test when boxing on the front-foot.
Physically the larger man, Dawson was on the canvas midway through the second round but the referee correctly deemed it the result of a push. Perhaps in retaliation, Dawson lifted Hopkins up off of his feet, rough-housed and wrestled the 46-year-old veteran to the floor but the referee – Pat Russell – bizarrely, deemed it no foul and awarded Bad Chad the technical knockout victory.
Perhaps the result may have been better ruled as a No Contest, Hopkins – as ruled by Russell’s decision – will have suffered a career first stoppage. While the crowd, and fight fans around the world awaited for the official decision, Dawson could be heard yelling at Hopkins: “You quit! I’m gangsta; you ain’t nothing.”
Following the confirmation that Dawson had received the technical knockout win.

 Dawson told HBO: “Bernard Hopkins disappointed a lot of fans tonight, I was looking forward to a good fight. He ain’t gangster, a gangster would have gotten up and fought like a man.
“Bernard can’t touch me, man. I was getting closer and closer and he knew that. Where did he hurt his shoulder at? He landed on his back. I’m the new champion. I trained hard, hard for eight weeks, I put that into this fight. I wanted this fight for three years but he didn’t want it then and he didn’t want it tonight.”
Regarding his future ambitions, Chad added: “I want Pascal now. Pascal. Hopkins? Why would I want that.”

Summing up the incident that finished the fight, Hopkins expressed his disgust: “I was backing up, he picked me up by my two legs and threw me down and I rolled on my shoulder. There’s the knock right there and it’s popped up. I said I could continue with one arm to the referee but he said no.
“Today is what is wrong with boxing,” said B-Hop. “The crowd know Chad Dawson doesn’t deserve to be champion. [Golden Boy Promotions CEO] Richard Schaefer gotta do what he gotta do. Dawson knew he wasn’t in there with a 46-year-old man.
“This should have been a No Contest,” he exclaimed. “That was a foul. This ain’t the MMA or the UFC!”