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Southpaw "Bad" Chad Dawson moved effortlessly around the ring while Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson was mostly flat-footed and looked old.

Dawson fired his right jab, following it up with left hooks and straight lefts. Dawson won the exchanges when they existed over the course of Saturday night's lopsided, 12-round unanimous decision over the aging Johnson before a partisan crowd at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

In victory, Dawson improved to 29-0 with 17 knockouts, earning the WBC's interim light heavyweight title while also defending his IBO crown, and in the process erasing all doubt as to who won the first Dawson-Johnson bout in April 2008.

Chad Dawson scored a unanimous decision victory over Glen Johnson during this live blog with round-by-round updates in an intriguing light heavyweight fight.

The HBO-televised broadcast began at 9:30 p.m. ET, with the main event beginning at approximately 10 p.m., ET, from Hartford, Conn.

Dawson easily improved to 29-0 with 17 knockouts, and Johnson slipped to 49-13-2, with 33 KOs.

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Perhaps Glen Johnson's best attempt at head-games during the buildup to Saturday night's 175-pound rematch with IBO titlist Chad Dawson is his refusal to admit defeat.

The facts are that Johnson was not only judged the loser of their first light heavyweight clash in April of 2008 by scores of 116-112 on all three cards, but that the decision was rendered before a partisan crowd in Miami -- not far from the native Jamaican's current home in Hollywood, Fla.

But Johnson's insistence that he was "robbed" clearly rankles Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, and if nothing else, has Dawson so chagrined that he has vowed to turn up the heat when they face off at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., near the champion's hometown of New Haven.

Even though "Bad" Chad Dawson won by four points on all three judges cards in the hometown of his opponent the last time they faced, Glen Johnson still believes that he was robbed.

So on Saturday night, the 40-year-old fighter nicknamed, "The Road Warrior," will travel to the 27-year-old Dawson's home turf of Hartford, Conn., hoping to show the young pup that the old dog has learned some new tricks during his quest to become the eldest fighter to win a light heavyweight crown.

FanHouse sought the opinions of some of boxing's experts to determine if Dawson can retain his IBO title and win the "interim" WBC 175-pound crown Saturday night.

It appeared that the setting could not have been better on that final day of May, when 26-year-old Alfredo Angulo seemed to be on the verge of a transitional moment in his young professional boxing career.

For not only did the 154-pounder boast a spotless record at 15-0 with 12 knockouts, but the Mexicali, Mexico, native had steamrolled his way through 11 consecutive knockouts entering that junior middleweight bout at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

Angulo's opponent was Kermit Cintron, an ex-welterweight (147 pounds) champion who was just two bouts removed from a sixth-round knockout loss to former titlist Antonio Margarito.

Chad Dawson is nothing if not a winner; he just hasn't cashed in for a defining, lucrative fight.

"We've not gotten the chance to really expose Chad like I would like to expose Chad," said Gary Shaw, Dawson's promoter. "But that time will come."

Among the 27-year-old southpaw light heavyweight's most impressive victories was in February 2007, when he routed Polish-born Tomas Adamek of Jersey City by 10, eight and six points respectively over the three judges' cards. Dawson earned the WBC's 175-pound title against Adamek, who lost for the first time in 32 bouts.

"I think that Chad is the best fighter in the world," said Shaw. "I think he's the most talented fighter in the world."

Junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo of Coachella, Calif., has moved his training camp from his hometown to that of his promoter, Gary Shaw, in Wayne, N.J., in preparation for his Nov. 7 match-up opposite undefeated Harry Joe Yorgey of Bridgeport, Pa.

Shaw is in Nottingham, England, where he will watch another of his prospects, super middleweight (168) Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs), of Flint, Mich., take on WBC champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) at the Trent FM Arena on Saturday night on Showtime.

A 154-pound native of Mexicali, Mexico, Angulo's 12-round fight for the WBO Inter-Continental crown will take place at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

Fans of Chad Dawson would very much like him to put the "Bad" back into his nickname -- to the point of asking the fighter to chase down aging warriors to lay the beat down on them.

Joe Calzaghe. Bernard Hopkins. Roy Jones.

"It's not so much that I'm fighting the older guys, it's just that the older guys are still the guys that are on top. Obviously, they've earned their spots," said Dawson, a 27-year-old southpaw with a record of 28-0 with 17 knockouts.

"The last two years of my career have revolved around Antonio Tarver and Glenn Johnson," said Dawson. "Those are guys, right now, who I have to beat to bring me the praise that I want and that I need. I'm just ready to move on from that phase of my life and my career."

Seven months ago, Chad Dawson beat Antonio Tarver by lopsided unanimous decision. On Saturday night in Las Vegas Tarver got his rematch, and Dawson whipped him again.

Following Chad Dawson's 12-round destruction of Antonio Tarver last October, there wasn't much interest in seeing a rematch. However, in the wacky world of professional boxing things like fan interest and common sense don't always come into play. Tarver excercised his rematch clause and there was nothing Dawson could do to avoid the fight.

Plus, Dawson, one of boxing's brightest young stars, will gladly remind you that he never ducks anyone.

FanHouse spoke to Dawson about being forced to fight Tarver again this Saturday night in his HBO debut and his thoughts on Bernard Hopkins' refusal to fight him. The interview is after the jump.