ADRIAN Dodson (Carew) lost his International Boxing Organisation (IBO) super middleweight title on April 7, 2001. The Guyanese southpaw was stopped by Argentine Ramon Arturo Britez in a fight staged at the Conference Centre in Wembley, London.Although leading by all the judges, Dodson got into trouble in the fifth round which resulted in referee Terry O’Connor stopping the contest at one minute 35 seconds of the round, to hand Britez a victory by technical knockout.
Dodson had only won the title the month before. He had knocked out Paul Jones in the third round to be crowned champion. The loss to Britez forced Dodson to take a two-year hiatus from the sport. He returned in September 2003 for what would be his final professional bout and lost to Armenian Varujan Davtyan.
Dodson is one of a handful of Guyanese boxers who never competed as a professional on home soil. Dennis Andries, Steve Frank and `Vicious’ Vivian Harris are also members of that small group. He was undefeated in 18 fights when he met World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super welterweight (junior middleweight) champion Ronald `Winky’ Wright.
The fight was held in December 1997 and the Guyanese retired at the end of the fifth round. He later challenged for the Commonwealth title in October 1999 but was disqualified in the 12th round for biting Alain Bonnamie. Dodson’s 10-year career produced 25 victories and six defeats.