WBC is gonna strip Tarver!!

175 has some nice prospects coming up too bad most are outside the us. Yes which is exactly why no one has mentioned any of them here. This just in the linear champ is still in Europe.

can't believe there giving 2.2 mill to fight briggs, tarver needs to go for the biggest money right now. he only has a few fights left.

The WBC has given Tarver until Friday to sign the contract to fight Briggs or be stripped. I think Tarver should fight Briggs so he can keep his belt and get paid 2.2 million for the fight. Then go for Glenn Johnson. Plus If he beats Briggs first he'll make more money against Glenn. he shouldnt' have to fight briggs. who is briggs! tarver needs big fights!! he alreayd has wasted time by waiting so long to get a fight. he needs to fight johnson and the winner should fight calzaghe or hopkins!! that's if hopkins has the balls to move up!!

I thought that unification took precedence over mandetories.

Briggs is a dangerous boxer! I´ve never been impressed by Tarver before the first Jones fight, and there is still enough to prove for him. Personally I don´t mind if he fights Johnson or Briggs first. He´ll be the favorite in these fights, but there´s a pretty good chance for him to lose though. I agree about Briggs, which is probably why Tarver will take the Johnson fight. Why risk losing it all now over a fighter that won't give him the gate that Johnson would? He's already weeping about the dollars he lost by losing out on a rematch with RJJ. Johnson is the next best prospect for a big payday before he packs it all in.

I agree with that opinion :) ! - A fight I would love to see is Tarver vs. Jirov, but what would be the incentive for Tarver :( ? Unfortunately, Jirov isn´t a big player at Heavyweight, and at Cruiserweight Tarver wouldn´t make more money than he is doing now, but the risk of getting beaten would be much higher. That would be a pretty decent fight, but Jirov might put to much pressure onto Tarver, if it is one thing Tarver hasnt faced yet and that is aggression noone has bumrushed him like Glen did to Roy. Tarver might actually fold we dont know yet, their are still questions out their...Seeing about 4 of his fights live he wasnt ever attacked and was the slow aggressor and the same went for his fights w/ Roy and Harding... Jirov made his statement at Heavyweight and that was he could Hit like a heavyweight and bang w/ the current crop of them....Although he is incredibly small for one. Wayne Brathwaite owns Cruiserweight, Tarver would get stopped in that fight their is no question about that in my mind...I would heavily favor mormeck against Tarver as well possibly....Tarver is in the comfort zone at 175, but still it is to hard to tell. Tarver needs to fight an aggressor and we may get that w/ glen who knows..... Thats a toss up, either way it is going to be one hell of a night in both sides of the corner. Glen and Tarver is actually the only upcoming fight, I am excited about and got butterflies from. It will answer most questions about both men and will put some spotlight into light heavy possibly.

I think it will be a long hard night for either man and wont be surprised either way. I agree with that opinion :) ! - A fight I would love to see is Tarver vs. Jirov, but what would be the incentive for Tarver :( ? Unfortunately, Jirov isn´t a big player at Heavyweight, and at Cruiserweight Tarver wouldn´t make more money than he is doing now, but the risk of getting beaten would be much higher.

Briggs is a dangerous boxer! I´ve never been impressed by Tarver before the first Jones fight, and there is still enough to prove for him. Personally I don´t mind if he fights Johnson or Briggs first. He´ll be the favorite in these fights, but there´s a pretty good chance for him to lose though. I seen Antonio fight when he was coming up, he has always impressed me and I would carry him as a favorite as well but if Glen backs Tarver up into the ropes like he did with Jones then we might have a new light heavyweight kingpin, but unlike Jones Tarver doesnt rely on reflexes and Tarver can take a shot and we all know glen isnt that hard of a puncher (or so we think).... I think it will be a long hard night for either man and wont be surprised either way.

Briggs is a dangerous boxer! I´ve never been impressed by Tarver before the first Jones fight, and there is still enough to prove for him. Personally I don´t mind if he fights Johnson or Briggs first. He´ll be the favorite in these fights, but there´s a pretty good chance for him to lose though.

personally i see the WBC belt as the only real belt that matter if he gets stripped dats too bad but ill still sem him as the recognized LHW champ Ring belt in my book. You have to look at it in Tarvers perspective though, Tarver filed bankruptcy is 35 or 36 years old. He isnt getting any younger and he said numerous times he is just looking for the big money fights thats it. A Glen Johnson fight would bring some cash to the table because of what both have done and that seems the most logical as well. Tarver wants/needs money, he is going to fight for it and he can get a good payday against Glen. However if he sits out and decides to take his mandatory BIG MISTAKE, as Glen may take another fight and lose and their goes Tarver's decent paycheck once again. (likely scenario since antonio likes to price him out) but I hope not.

personally i see the WBC belt as the only real belt that matter if he gets stripped dats too bad but ill still sem him as the recognized LHW champ

Tarver could also use the mandatory as a tuneup fight, then fight Johnson. He needs to shake off that ring rust and be a 100% when he meets Johnson, so we ( the fans) get good fight

Tarver should lose his belts and fight Glen Johnson, the fans know Tarver is the real Light Heavyweight Champion.

Without him, 175 lbs is a non-factor. Rico Hoye was exposed; Glen Johnson loses as much as he wins lately; Fabrice Tiozzo is a paper champ; Roy's inactive; Dariusz Michalczewski should be; Calzaghe is probably going to hang out at 168 Tarver can do what he wants. He's the only guy that matters at light heavy Niiice, very nice, I agree completely, although I must admit, I give Johnson a better chance than most against Tarver. Johnson now has a taste of fame and I think he will work harder than Tarver to get more of it....

175 has some nice prospects coming up too bad most are outside the us.

Without him, 175 lbs is a non-factor. Rico Hoye was exposed; Glen Johnson loses as much as he wins lately; Fabrice Tiozzo is a paper champ; Roy's inactive; Dariusz Michalczewski should be; Calzaghe is probably going to hang out at 168 Tarver can do what he wants. He's the only guy that matters at light heavy I agree, but the Johnson fight was bad for him because it made it look like anybody can beat Roy at this point. Before, Tarver was the lone miracle man. Having said that, there's only one way Tarver can change this perception, and that's to knock Johnson to the floor himself. Given his age, I bet he'd want to do that soon and make himself enough of a star to cash in on it for a while. I say he takes the Johnson fight and forgets about the belt.

Without him, 175 lbs is a non-factor. Rico Hoye was exposed; Glen Johnson loses as much as he wins lately; Fabrice Tiozzo is a paper champ; Roy's inactive; Dariusz Michalczewski should be; Calzaghe is probably going to hang out at 168 Tarver can do what he wants. He's the only guy that matters at light heavy

Nobody cares about alphabet belts anymore once they've already won them. Tarver will beat the other guy who beat Roy, then look for a big money fight. People will recognize Tarver as the champ until he gets beat. Plus, when he beats Johnson, he'll have the IBF belt. Tell that to all of the RJJ nutt huggers.

I wouldn't say they don't matter at all but i would say that him losing the WBC belt isn't that big of a deal. However, Tarver does need to fight somebody soon or he will become a non-factor in the 175 lb division

Nobody cares about alphabet belts anymore once they've already won them. Tarver will beat the other guy who beat Roy, then look for a big money fight. People will recognize Tarver as the champ until he gets beat. Plus, when he beats Johnson, he'll have the IBF belt.