Dawson vs Belfort (Feb 26, 2022): How to Watch, Start Time, Predictions

On Saturday, February 26 at the Toyota Center in Houston, USA Chad «Bad» Dawson will meet Vitor «The Phenom» Belfort in a 9-round heavyweight bout.

Note

The fight has been postponed.

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	Chad Dawson Bad	Vitor Belfort The Phenom
Country	USA Hartsville, South Carolina, USA	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Age	39 years	44 years
Pro	20 years	15 years
Height	6′ 1″ (185 cm)	6′ 0″ (183 cm)
Reach	76½″ (194 cm)	74″ (188 cm)
Division	light heavyweight (175 lbs / 79,38 kg)	light heavyweight (175 lbs / 79,38 kg)
Stance	southpaw	southpaw
Titles	-	-
Record	36 - 5 - 0 (19 KOs)	1 - 0 - 0 (1 KOs)
KOs	52%	100%
Inactive	869 days	168 days
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Date and Time

The fight night will begin on Saturday, February 26 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

Arena

The fight will be held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, USA.

On which TV channel or streaming service can I watch the live broadcast of the fight Chad Dawson versus Vitor Belfort?

Dawson vs. Belfort Fight Promo

Who fights on Saturday, February 26?
Fight card subject to change.

Division	Fighter #1	Fighter #2	Notes
heavyweight (200+ lbs)	Kubrat Pulev (28 - 2 - 0)	Junior Dos Santos (debut)
heavyweight (200+ lbs)	Chad Dawson (36 - 5 - 0)	Vitor Belfort (1 - 0 - 0)

Chad «Bad» Dawson

Chad Dawson is an American boxer.
As a professional athlete, Dawson has been performing for 20 years.

Last fight

The last fight of Chad Dawson took place on October 11, 2019 against Denis Grachev.
Dawson won by unanimous decision (UD).

First world title

On February 3, 2007 Chad Dawson became the WBC light heavyweight champion.
The American defeated world champion Tomasz Adamek.

Boxing record

Total fights: 43
Wins: 36
Wins by KO: 19
Wins by dec: 17
Losses: 5
Losses by KO: 3
Losses by dec: 2
Draws: 0
No contests: 2

Professional career

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2019-10-11	Denis Grachev (19 - 8 - 1)	Win UD	WBC USA Light Heavyweight (vacant)
2019-06-29	Quinton Rankin (15 - 5 - 2)	Win UD
2017-03-04	Andrzej Fonfara (28 - 4 - 0)	Loss TKO
2016-04-16	Cornelius White (23 - 4 - 0)	Win TKO
2015-12-08	Dion Savage (12 - 8 - 0)	Win UD
2014-10-04	Tommy Karpency (23 - 4 - 1)	Loss SD
2014-06-21	George Blades (23 - 5 - 0)	Win KO
2013-06-08	Adonis Stevenson (20 - 1 - 0)	Loss KO	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2012-09-08	Andre Ward (25 - 0 - 0)	Loss TKO	WBA (Super) World Super Middleweight WBC World Super Middleweight
2012-04-28	Bernard Hopkins (52 - 5 - 2)	Win MD	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2011-10-15	Bernard Hopkins (52 - 5 - 2)	No contest NC	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2011-05-21	Adrian Diaconu (27 - 2 - 0)	Win UD
2010-08-14	Jean Pascal (25 - 1 - 0)	Loss TD	IBO World Light Heavyweight WBC World Light Heavyweight
2009-11-07	Glen Johnson (49 - 12 - 2)	Win UD	IBO World Light Heavyweight WBC Interim World Light Heavyweight
2009-05-09	Antonio Tarver (27 - 5 - 0)	Win UD	IBF World Light Heavyweight IBO World Light Heavyweight
2008-10-11	Antonio Tarver (27 - 4 - 0)	Win UD	IBF World Light Heavyweight IBO World Light Heavyweight
2008-04-12	Glen Johnson (47 - 11 - 2)	Win UD	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2007-09-29	Epifanio Mendoza (28 - 4 - 1)	Win TKO	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2007-06-09	Jesus Ruiz (19 - 4 - 0)	Win TKO	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2007-02-03	Tomasz Adamek (31 - 0 - 0)	Win UD	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2006-06-02	Eric Harding (23 - 3 - 1)	Win UD	North American Boxing Federation Light Heavyweight
2006-03-04	Jamie Hearn (10 - 5 - 1)	Win TKO
2006-02-04	Jason Naugler (13 - 4 - 1)	Win UD
2005-11-18	Ian Gardner (19 - 2 - 0)	Win TKO	WBO NABO Super Middleweight (vacant)
2005-08-06	Ronald Boddie (15 - 30 - 4)	Win TKO
2005-04-01	Efrain Garcia (17 - 4 - 1)	Win RTD	WBC Youth World Middleweight
2004-12-10	Carl Daniels (49 - 4 - 1)	Win TKO	WBC Youth World Middleweight
2004-10-29	Darnell Wilson (8 - 0 - 1)	Win UD	WBC Youth World Middleweight
2004-03-27	Aundalen Sloan (4 - 6 - 1)	No contest NC
2003-10-31	Dumont Welliver (14 - 5 - 1)	Win RTD	WBC Youth World Middleweight (vacant)
2003-08-01	Brett Lally (31 - 11 - 0)	Win TKO
2003-05-02	Earl Allen (12 - 15 - 2)	Win TKO
2003-03-21	Willie Lee (10 - 1 - 0)	Win KO
2003-02-01	Shannon Miller (14 - 23 - 6)	Win UD
2002-10-25	John Roman Williams (9 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO
2002-08-03	Faustino Gonzalez (10 - 5 - 0)	Win UD
2002-05-18	Gary Grant (10 - 10 - 0)	Win TKO
2002-04-27	Chad Sawyer (4 - 1 - 1)	Win UD
2002-03-01	Martin Desjardins (2 - 1 - 1)	Win UD
2002-02-16	Jerald Lowe (3 - 3 - 0)	Win TKO
2001-12-13	James Orso (2 - 1 - 0)	Win KO
2001-09-21	Antonio Baker (1 - 3 - 0)	Win KO
2001-08-18	Steve Garrett (2 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO

All Chad Dawson's losses

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2017-03-04	Andrzej Fonfara (28 - 4 - 0)	Loss TKO
2014-10-04	Tommy Karpency (23 - 4 - 1)	Loss SD
2013-06-08	Adonis Stevenson (20 - 1 - 0)	Loss KO	WBC World Light Heavyweight
2012-09-08	Andre Ward (25 - 0 - 0)	Loss TKO	WBA (Super) World Super Middleweight WBC World Super Middleweight
2010-08-14	Jean Pascal (25 - 1 - 0)	Loss TD	IBO World Light Heavyweight WBC World Light Heavyweight

Chad «Bad» Dawson Highlights

Vitor «The Phenom» Belfort

Vitor Belfort is a Brazilian boxer.
As a professional athlete, Belfort has been performing for 15 years and remains unbeaten.

Last fight

The last fight of Vitor Belfort took place on September 11, 2021 against Evander Holyfield.
Belfort took part in an exhibition bout. The result of the fight is not counted in statistics.

Vitor Belfort vs. Evander Holyfield

Boxing record

Total fights: 1
Wins: 1
Wins by KO: 1
Wins by dec: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0

Professional career

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2023-04-01	Ronaldo Carvalho Santos (debut)	Win UD
2006-04-11	Josemario Neves (debut)	Win KO

All Vitor Belfort's losses

Vitor Belfort remains undefeated as a professional boxer.

Vitor «The Phenom» Belfort Highlights

Latest Odds

Belfort to win: 1/3
Dawson to win: 2/1
Draw: 27/1

Prediction

Who will win: Dawson or Belfort?

Dawson and Belfort are worthy opponents.
It is difficult to predict which of the boxers will win.

Nevertheless, I think that Chad Dawson will win by technical knockout.

- Sergey Loktev,
sports editor

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