The guy's style is extremely boring. He has gone through trainers like water. Usually blaming them for his weakness'.
Plus, after his biggest win, he's stupid enough to go down in weight, rather than make the other guy come up to his weight classification..
Then, he's dumb enough to fight in the guy's back yard. Of course he gets destroyed.
Dawson had no cards to do what you wanted him to do. Ward is the bigger draw, the better boxer, and one of the best pound for pound boxers in the world. He is undefeated and Dawson took a chance to make himself a household name and possibly catapult him to a huge payday by beating Ward.
The only way Dawson could fight Ward was to drop in weight. Ward was in no way shape or form going to sacrifice his undefeated/unblemished career by going up in weight and being at a disadvantage fighting Dawson vs Dawson dropping weight.
Dawson's gamble didnt pay off and the drop in weight sapped his power and his legs were weak. It was was it was and Dawson never had a chance. The only way Dawson gets to fight Ward is dropping weight and fighting in his hometown, thats how boxing works. Dawson is not a household name and not a big draw becuase he is a technical boxer and looks to win rounds whether than being a flashy boxer who throws a ton of punches and fights an uptempo style. He doesnt knock people out and wins by just being a pure boxer.
His confidence is obviously shattered and it could be the end what has been a very successful career that has not reached a level many thought he could get to. Maybe he reevaluates things and gets back to being Bad Chad again but only time will tell