BOXING

• Dawson beats Johnson again to keep IBO belt

  
  

  Hartford, CT (Sports Network) - Chad Dawson retained his IBO light heavyweight title and gained the vacant WBC interim belt with a unanimous decision over Glen Johnson, whom Dawson beat in April, 2008.

  The fight went the distance, but Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs) won with scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111.

  Johnson's (49-13-2, 33 KOs) last two defeats have come at the hands of Dawson.

  This marked Dawson's second title defense, while Johnson fell to 3-6-1 in his 10 career title fights.

  In their first fight, the now-27-year-old Dawson was also a unanimous winner over the now-40-year-old Johnson. All three judges in that bout scored the fight 116-112.

  11/08 01:22:55 ET