Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Tarver is the more skilled fighter. He'll stop Woods late
I think it all depends on where the fight takes place. In the UK Woods will hang on to win a close decision but in the US he probably loses a clear UD.

Not sure Tarver can stop him, he is 40 years old after all.

I feel sorry for Tarver though, he's one of the most underated fighters in all of boxing imo as everyone hates him to such an extent that they think he's rubbish.

But he KO'd Jones in less than 3 rounds, and beat Glen Johnson as well. He WAS the undisputed light heavy at one time and 5 years or so ago was most definitely a world class operator.

People never give him any credit and nobody ever mentions his age. He's 40 years old, if he's looked poor in the last couple years his age obviously has a lot to do with it.

People who just say he was always shit just annoy me as he clearly wasn't.

Yet the same people will say Glen Johnson is underated
well tarver is forty but he only has half the fights of the other guys his age...jones,hopkins, etc so he should be much better off than them...and because he talks bigger than his skills really are it makes sense that people would over compensate in their disgust for him...so i guess its equal

tarver "i'm the best thing since ray robinson"

the people "actually you're a piece of shit club fighter"

both a bit much but understandable....