ADRIAN Dodson (Carew) is a Guyanese boxer who fought professionally as a super welterweight, middleweight and super middleweight.
He has the distinction of representing two countries in the Olympics. In 1988, he represented Guyana at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea. Four years later, he laced up gloves for his adopted homeland, England, at the Barcelona Olympics.

The southpaw got his name entered into the Mike Tyson Hall of Fame when he lost by Disqualification to Canadian, Alain Bonnamie, on October 5, 1999. In a bruising encounter which saw both boxers touching the canvas, Dodson was disqualified in the 12th and final round for biting his opponent.
The fight was held at the Royal National Hotel in London, England and at stake was the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title. The southpaw Dodson floored the Canadian in the seventh round. However, Bonnamie would return the favour in the 12th round.

This resulted in the Guyanese putting aside the gloves to employ the infamous TTT, ` Tyson Teeth Technique’. Dodson was 29 years old at the time, five years Bonnamie’s junior. The defeat dropped his record to 23 victories and four defeats.

He once trained at the West End Gym in Tiger Bay before taking up residence in England. He was undefeated in 18 fights when he met World Boxing Organization super welterweight (Junior Middleweight) champion, Ronald `Winky’ Wright. The bout was held in December 1997 and the Guyanese retired at the end of the fifth round.

Dodson would win the lowly regarded International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight title on March 3, 2001, following a third round knock out of Paul Jones. He would lose the title in his first defence. He last fought in 2003 and turned 50 last month.