Tarver told his corner he couldn't go on!!!!

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Because Tarver went into that fight with the gameplan to blow Bernard away with power and strength and overpower him and manhandle him. After the first round he knew that wasn't going to happen so mentally he was already beaten

Nah I don't think Tarver is mentally that fragile. He's a great fighter, just didn't turn up on the night.

The Tarver that fought Jones especially the first two times would have given Hopkins a lot more trouble.

It's just a lesson to all these 175 lb fighters, DON'T MOVE UP TO HEAVYWEIGHT


THEN BACK DOWN IT WILL KILL YOU!!!

he looked and sounded pretty confident all the way until he went in the ring.

i dont think its just me, but when i saw the look of hopelessness (it was VERY obvious) on tarvers face at the end of the first round, i KNEW who the winner would be

Yeah but thats my point he looked beat as soon as the fight began. I'm not making excuses for him, I'm no Tarver fan but he just didn't look right. He had nothing.

imo..........i think tarver realized very quickly (1st round) that whatever strategy he had against hopkins was not going to work and on the other hand he maybe realized that b-hop had the perfect gameplan for that fight

remember bernards southpaw crushing straight right...imo that was his golden ticket

styles make fights and that fight proves it