Tarver on the Path to Greatness

"24 KARAT ROLD" ON TARVER'S TRUE GREATNESS! 03 October, 2005 by Cliff Rold ANTONIO SHOULD BE THE STORY! After another dominant performance Saturday night against future Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. (49-4, 38 KO’s), Antonio Tarver (24-3, 18 KO’s) has made clear that he is the man at light heavyweight. That does not mean he is the central story. Jones and the questions of his legacy still dominate the headlines. That is unfortunate and unworthy of much further print today as it is now an argument for the ages. Tarver is the more intriguing current question. In starting his professional career in his late-twenties, Tarver has faced both a steep learning curve and a short window to define himself. He’s already 36 years old and so it is likely that Tarver will have at best one to two years in which to place a final stamp on Boxing history and his own wallet. CAN ANYBODY BOAST THE FOLLOWING? To his credit, and going back to his first fight with Eric Harding in 2000, Tarver has fought eleven consecutive fights against titlists and top ten contenders. That’s five years without what are commonly called tune-up fights and as Tarver seeks his place in history there will be no time for tune-ups in the foreseeable future either. Read the Rest Here...