Just like last weekend, the big fight happened on Friday but this time the result was a massive upset with a longtime world champion gunned down in what was supposed to be his big moment in the sun. WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck was making his 14th consecutive title defense …
Read More »Tarver, Cunningham Exchange Heated War Of Words On Call
Former world champions Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham exchanged heated words today on a routine media conference call that escalated into a back-and-forth dialogue about mutual respect and ring generalship. Both Tarver and Cunningham joined the call following a much friendlier media interview featuring the televised undercard fighters Marco Huck …
Read More »Tarver Aiming To Become World’s Oldest Heavyweight Champ
Five-time world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) honestly believes that he is destined to become the oldest world heavyweight champion in boxing history. Before he gets a world title shot against fellow 1996 Olympian Wladimir Klitschko, the universally recognized world heavyweight champion, Tarver realizes that he has …
Read More »Fresh Off Banks Stoppage, Tarver Calls Out Haye
All three-time world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) wants for Christmas is a signed contract to fight former two-division world champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KOs), ideally, during the first-quarter of 2015. Tarver had been sending direct tweets for the past six months to Haye, who hasn’t …
Read More »Antonio Tarver Fighting Johnathon Banks And Inactivity
Three-time former world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (30-6, 21 KOs) won’t be concerned about rust this Thursday night when he fights for the first time in more than a year against veteran Johnathan Banks (29-2-1, 19 KOs). Tarver-Banks is a 10-round heavyweight fight, presented on a Goossen Promotions card, …
Read More »Tarver vs. Banks Clash Rescheduled For December 6
A fractured thumb that forced the cancellation of his scheduled September 29 fight with veteran Johnathan Banks (29-2-1, 19 KOs) may prove to have had a silver lining for former world light heavyweight champion and 1996 U.S. Olympian Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (30-6, 21 KOs). The determined and still dangerous …
Read More »Antonio Tarver Plots A Return To The Ring, Calls Out Champs
Five time World Boxing Champion Antonio Tarver is no stranger to overcoming the odds. The Orlando, Florida native who shocked the world with his one punch knockout of the great Roy Jones Jr. is poised to prove doubters wrong and make his return to the ring.
Read More »Cunningham Calls Out Newly Minted IBO King Tarver
Reigning IBF Cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham watched yesterday’s fight that saw Antonio Tarver score a ninth round stoppage over IBO champion Danny Green in Australia. “I would like to congratulate Tarver on going down there and winning the belt. It takes a lot to go to another man’s home …
Read More »Tarver Ends Green’s Cruiserweight IBO Reign In Australia
Antonio Tarver turned back the clock to deliver a vintage performance today at Sydney, Australia’s Entertainment Centre, ripping the IBO cruiserweight title away from Down Under boxing hero Danny Green. In front of thousands of Green’s hardcore fans, 42 year old southpaw Tarver tamed “The Green Machine” with a methodical, …
Read More »Antonio Tarver Prepares For War Down Under With Danny Green
The countdown begins. With just a month remaining, Antonio “The Magic Man” Tarver is putting in long hours at the gym in Florida before his July 20 IBO World Cruiserweight Championship showdown with Aussie hero Danny Green at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. “He’s a good fighter,” said Tarver …
Read More »IBO Reaches Verbal Agreement For Vacant Light Heavy Title Fight
The International Boxing Organization has reached a verbal sanctioning agreement to fill its light heavyweight championship, which was declared vacant in May. IBO President Ed Levine said the organization “has been engaged in final negotiations with a qualified and highly-respected fighter” in the division and anticipates a deal being finalized …
Read More »IBO Declares Light Heavyweight Title Vacant After Hopkins Win
The IBO light heavyweight championship – long the symbol of the truly elite at 175 pounds – is vacant. Because of an inability to reach a sanctioning agreement with Bernard Hopkins prior to his May 21 fight with Jean Pascal at Bell Centre in Montreal, it was decided going in …
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