Quote Originally Posted by bigragu
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.

He looked beat beause he realized he was in for a fight..and that B-HOP hit a helluva lot harder than he anticipated....B-Hop took his heart....
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Oh come, you think he went in totally fit and confident, 100% ready and Hopkins just completely punched the heart out of him in 1 round?

I don't like Tarver but I think he has more self belief than that. He just didn't have anything physically. Look at his punches, he was throwing with no conviction. I agree he knew he was beat from the first bell, but because he just had nothing in the tank, not because Hopkins owned him in the first round.

Credit to Hopkins it was a great performance, he deserves all the praise he has got, but Tarver was very, very poor. He did an Audrey.