Where does Tarver rank all time?

[Kev]

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?

Tell me that this is really not a comparison you think their might be between them...

Tarvers a good boxer. I personally don't like him...
All time list wow! it's really hard to tell.
For starters he's still active.
I would guess all time somewhere between 250-300.

Do you think he's a borderline HOF candidate Mick?

I think a lot of people hate on him and so underestimate him. But he was a slick, tough fighter in his prime. Avenged all of his losses, won world titles 3 times, never been stopped. Even gave Chad Dawson some decent tests at age 38 or something.

I think he's a good example of someone who came back from early adversity and carved out a successful career that looked very unlikely indeed a few years earlier.

[ICB]

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?

Tell me that this is really not a comparison you think their might be between them...

Tarvers a good boxer. I personally don't like him...
All time list wow! it's really hard to tell.
For starters he's still active.
I would guess all time somewhere between 250-300.

Do you think he's a borderline HOF candidate Mick?

I think a lot of people hate on him and so underestimate him. But he was a slick, tough fighter in his prime. Avenged all of his losses, won world titles 3 times, never been stopped. Even gave Chad Dawson some decent tests at age 38 or something.

I think he's a good example of someone who came back from early adversity and carved out a successful career that looked very unlikely indeed a few years earlier.

He really didn't have long at the top though Bilbo, and he's not even ranked in the top 20 in the Light Heavyweight division.

But then again there has been some questionable, fighters in the HOF so who knows.

[Kev]

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?

Tell me that this is really not a comparison you think their might be between them...

Tarvers a good boxer. I personally don't like him...
All time list wow! it's really hard to tell.
For starters he's still active.
I would guess all time somewhere between 250-300.

Do you think he's a borderline HOF candidate Mick?

I think a lot of people hate on him and so underestimate him. But he was a slick, tough fighter in his prime. Avenged all of his losses, won world titles 3 times, never been stopped. Even gave Chad Dawson some decent tests at age 38 or something.

I think he's a good example of someone who came back from early adversity and carved out a successful career that looked very unlikely indeed a few years earlier.

He really didn't have long at the top though Bilbo, and he's not even ranked in the top 20 in the Light Heavyweight division.

But then again there has been some questionable, fighters in the HOF so who knows.

He's not fighting at light heavy any more though. I think he's done as much as guys like Castillo, Coralles and Hatton. Some of them might be fringe HOF considerations, Hatton most likely I'd guess considering Maguigan got in.

[stebs]

I can't rank Tarver as a top LH compared to past champs, he is just lacking the credentials to even be considered a top fighter let alone a fringe Hall Of Fame Candidate as a fighter.

I think he's a great commentator though and it's early in that career and he will only get better if they keep him around.

There are some announcers in the Hall Of Fame who never laced up a glove, I don't feel he has a chance as a fighter alone but down the road some years he could get in for announcing plus he has some titles under his belt to help.