This is one thing I've always struggled with about boxing. We saw a fight in which one guy pull out a very close win (maybe) and he gets it 116-112 unanimous decison. We saw another fight where one man clearly dominated the vast majority of the fight and the scores are very similar. WTF?
I'm not sure what the solution is just saying that its hard to stomach. Anyway props to Johnson for just being a good old fashioned warrior, its amazing he can bring such presssure at his age. This is the first time I've seen Dawson and, if he is hyped to the extent Steve Bunce seemed to think he was, then a lot of people are going to be disappointed. I hear this was his toughest fight to date so he did well to come through it but really, as a prospect, difficult as it is you've got to beat guys like Johnson more clearly than that.
Now onto the Woods fight. It was very disappointing, whether it was nerves, or because he simply doesn't have the drive anymore Woods just didn't show up. The commentators kept banging on about how impressive Tarver looked but the point is Woods did very little for at least half of the fight. I found the fight a tad boring, although Tarver did look very good techinically.
Whenever Woods landed a decent shot (which wasn't often) Tarver did not like it an hustled to get away from the ropes. This should've been Woods tactic throughout but he just didn't look himself.
He was talking possible retirement after the fight and fair play to him if that's what he decies. He is a very humble guy who has made good money and had a very honest career IMO.