Press Release: Undefeated former WBC champion Chad Dawson stepped on the scale today, after lunch, an weighed 178 pounds – just three pounds over the light heavyweight limit.  He’s just 28 days from his world title rumble with IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver.  Promoted by AT Entertainment and Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, the Tarver vs. Dawson world title fight takes place, Saturday, October 11, 2008 in the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.  The fight will be televised live on Showime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) along with the Samuel Peter vs. Vitali Klitschko WBC heavyweight championship battle.

“Tarver has 28 days left on death row before he faces my two-gun firing squad on October 11,” said Dawson.  “Instead of music, he'll be making his ring entrance to the chant of ‘dead man walking.'  If they ever do a remake of "The Green Mile," Tarver will have the experience to play one of the death row prisoners.”    

Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs), from New Haven, Conn., captured the WBC title, February 3, 2007, winning a unanimous decision over undefeated defending champion Tomasz Adamek.  After three successful title defenses, Dawson vacated the title earlier this summer so that he could challenge Tarver in his next fight.  Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs), from Tampa, is in his third reign as world champion.  Boasting world title victories over Roy Jones, Jr. and Glen Johnson, Tarver returns to the ring after handily defeating defending IBF champion Clinton Woods via a 12-round unanimous decision in Tampa last April.