Andre Ward KOs Chad Dawson in 10th round

Oakland - Andre Ward knocked Chad Dawson with his third fist nightfall at 10 ° round to defend his WBC super-weight-middleweight title on Saturday night and delight your audience .

Ward (26-0, 14 Kos) overthrew Dawson (31-2, 17 Kos) at the end of the third round and the start of the quarter to take control of the fight and finished off with a combination of 2: 45 of the 10 th.

Dawson, the WBC champion of the medium weight, dropped a weight class from 175 pounds to 168 to take Ward. Dawson also willing to fight in Ward's hometown of Oakland, where an enthusiastic crowd applauded Ward had four victories.

But Dawson proved no match for Ward, who punished the challenger several times with the left hand box.
Ward, the game of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America, has had a strong tournament field in the Super Six super middle weight, covered with a decision over Carl Lucien Bute in December that he became the undisputed champion of the weight class.

Ward is also the last American to win an Olympic gold medal, make it to Athens in 2004, and is widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound in the sport. He showed why against Dawson.
But this may have been one of his most impressive attacks.

While both fighters are very talented and have a career, not known or flashy fights by knockout. Dawson last knockout came in 2007, while the room did not have anyone to beat Shelby Pudwill 2009.
The fight started with both fighters in this way the feeling one another instead of punches in the first round. Dawson has a cut over his right eye in the second round and then things really were in the third heat, with both fighters opened.

In the final minute of the round, Dawson Ward opened with hard left. Dawson stumbled at the end of the turn, then was hit again by a left hook early in the fourth to the delight of fans calling for a knockout.
Ward took control of the rest of the way, landing 155 power shots to only 29 for Dawson, as CompuBox. Dawson concluded with a combination vicious attack to 10.

Dawson recovered from the defeat of his career until 2010 with Jean Pascal defeated Bernard Hopkins by unanimous decision in April to become champion again. After winning, he requested a meeting with the room and was ready to go on the road and lose weight to this possibility. I did not pay.

In the previous collective stellar fight of the night, WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (2/1/28, 21 Kos) Mexico defeated John Molina Jr. (24-2, 19 Kos) by knockout technician in the first round.
Among the celebrities on hand for the fight were beaten race king Pete Rose, Los Angeles Dodgers star Matt Kemp, Lakers forward Metta World Peace, and the boxer Shane Mosley.