Because he folded against Rybacki and, when offered a third chance to meet Froch initially accepted only then to change his mind citing money, preparation time etc etc.johnswan1 wrote:Why do you think he lacks balls? I think it took balls to accept this fight given his quality of opponents since his comeback and the fact that he is putting his career on the line.
Dodson talks the talk but can't walk the walk. If he truly believed he had the beating of Froch he would have taken the fight at the third time of asking, or even battled through the pain barrier when he was injured on the previous two occasions (though I don't doubt Dodson WAS genuinely sidelined).
Dodson, at his best, can be a real handful, but he's always had questionable stamina and suffered from inconsistency. He ran out of gas and folded against Rybicki, and was blowing hard against Barbosa (his best win, for sure but luckily for Dodson it was only scheduled over 8rds).
He'll give Froch a run for his money for 8 right rounds, he may even have Froch in trouble, but once he sees Froch can absorb his best shots his old failings will catch up with him and the self-doubts will resurface - illustrated perfectly by Dodson's repeated rallying calls on internet boxing forums like this.
Dodson, for all his apparent confidence, ultimately doesn't believe he can do it. He'll choke when the going gets really tough, in my opinion.
Nevertheless good luck to him (but I tend to agree with Ben Carey's assessment of this fight).
