Is he a fighter that was at the right place and right time? or does he deserve some due, i cant distinguish wether he is a Buster Douglas type guy, or perhaps a Duran, Frazier typa fella, thoughts?
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Is he a fighter that was at the right place and right time? or does he deserve some due, i cant distinguish wether he is a Buster Douglas type guy, or perhaps a Duran, Frazier typa fella, thoughts?
He beat a weight drained Jones...lost to an old Hopkins...nuff said
job biscuit (tarver another alphabet champ)!!!
eh eh!!!
He doesn't rank all-time. If you wanna put a top-30 list together for 175, he might crack it. Otherwise, he is maybe one notch above John Stracey, a guy who beat a great, but aging, fighter and not much else. He did beat him twice and a few other guys, so it's a nice career, but a clear notch or two below HOF consideration.
he ranks as one of the greatest ex-crackhead boxing champions of all time P4P absolutely!!!
Yeah I agree, Tarver doesn't rank all time. However he does remind me of Mr. Hankey on South Park.
I think Tarver might could crack the top 20 light heavyweights all time. Honestly, he's a good fighter who was at the right place at the right time to beat Roy Jones Jr.
He's not even in the same universe as Roy Jones Jr. when it comes to all time rankings.
Tarver does not come close to RJJ all time agreed but in his defence he was calling Jones out for years before before he got his shot.
That is a good question. I have absolutely no frigging idea. Win over Harding with incompetent ref was one of the worst beatings Ive seen. Don't think he gets enough credit at all for wins over Jones. Aside from that he's pretty much 'yeh yeh whatever man, take a number'.
Outstanding Commentator, just needs to not get caught on camera with that overly goofy smile so much.
I was in Oakland for the Ward vs. Bika fight, and Tarver was there with Bernstein commentating. I am not joking when I say that ONE fan walked up to Tarver and shook his hand.
Thats it. No one else cared in the least.
Few years ago in Sacramento Raul Marquez got A LOT more fan attention at the fights.
So did Lennox Lewis, but that goes without sayin as he was THE heavyweight champ for a while.
Basically what I'm saying is people don't like and/or don't care much about Tarver.
Literally nowhere. He was a good fighter, not close to a great one.
I like Tarver, great career. I don't think he's far off HOF consideration.Arguably beat Roy Jones 3 times, has some other impressive wins too. Ok not at the level of Jones Jr or Hopkins but he's got to be on a par with Diego Coralles, Castillo, Hatton etc.
He ranks about like Oliver McCall to be honest...he threw 1 lucky punch and hit pay dirt. He wasn't consistent enough to be highly rated.
Hell Roy beat him in the first fight but Tarver was just going to bitch til he got a rematch.
I would have LOVED to see a prime Bob Foster fight Tarver.
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Thats a bit harsh though as McCall was largely a one hit wonder. I'd say Tarver ranks similiar to Michael Moorer, a touch less.
Bob Foster would have kicked his ass, as would Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
They were like hey look its Mason Dixon!Quote:
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Nowhere close to the top 100 of all time. That's about it.