An Open Letter to Chad Dawson from Tavoris Cloud

To Chad Dawson:

I just can’t be silent any longer.  As you well know, if you win your rematch with Antonio Tarver on May 9th, I’m still your IBF mandatory.

After months of waiting, I’m asking you publicly, to act like a champion and give me my shot.  Give the fans what they want- an exciting light heavyweight championship bout between two young, hungry fighters.

This second bout with Tarver, who, by the way, has beaten better fighters than you in rematches, is the most unanticipated championship fight of the year.  I promise you, and the fans, Dawson v.s. Cloud will be something fight fans won’t want to miss and won’t ever forget. 

It’s time to pick on someone your own age. 

I’m next.

Tavoris Cloud