What if Tarver Loses?

DLT20y ago

If Tarver loses this fight then his whole career basically means nothing, espically the 2 wins over RJ. How can he lose to a 40 year old MiddleWeight who just lost his last 2 fights? What could he say about the loss? The only excuse he could make was that he had to gain too much weight for the Rocky movie and it took to much out of him to get back down. Then people would rip him because they would say that he wouldnt let Jones use that as a excuse for his loss against him. Tarver would be seen as just a overrated loud mouth who just caught a great fighter in Jones at the perfect time and hasnt done anything else in the sport. Then I also think it would make the Rocky movie suck. I think it will suck anyway because its too strange to get a current, known fighter to be the bad guy but if he loses to a guy like Hopkins before the movie comes out then it will take the appeal off how tough this so called bad guy is. Mainstream fans will say "isnt that the guy who just lost to the littile guy"? I think Hopkins also caught some gifts at the right time but his legacy will pretty much be secure no matter what but if Tarver loses then everything he has done good means nothing http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Jason/Petock052906.htm

Comments (11)

THE_REAL_NINJA

bump........... :rolleyes:

20y ago

Super_Lightweight

Tarver has already proven to be a good, B+ I think. The only way he could prove to be A-class is by beating some fresh young faces EMPHATICALLY. The only emphatic thing Tarver did to an A-class fighter was KO Roy in the 2nd fight. In the 1st fight he was outsped by a extremely dehydrated fighter, and in the 3rd he looked and average and possibly could've been KOd himself. What makes a B-class fighter like Tarver gives A-class fighters trouble is his southpaw stance, height, power, and tendency to box.

20y ago

Xcel

Tarver loses and it proves that he truly is a B+ Fighter.

20y ago

Keleneki

If Hopkins wins, he won't retire I hope he does retire after this, regardless of the outcome. It has been irking my wife and myself for a while now after seeing him say that he promised his mother that he would retire from the ring before he turned 41. Maybe it's just us though. :confused:

20y ago

neils7147933

If he loses, he'll fight Johnson a third time I imagine...

20y ago

lazydiego

If Tarver loses, he can always suck up to Rocky and ask to be included in the next installment.

20y ago

Street_Made

If Hopkins wins, he won't retire

20y ago

Piggu

If Tarver loses than I will be very happy and Bernard will (hopefully) go out with a win.

20y ago

THE_REAL_NINJA

it proves nothing if he wins . If he loses then he should shut his mouth for good he has done nothing but beat an older fighter and he really has done very little to be so damn cocky

20y ago

USA4LIFE

Merchant I think said on the countdown show that got me thinking. He said something like Tarver might be training to beat the scale instead of training to beat Hopkins. We will see how he shows up for the fight. I personally want him to get ko'ed.

20y ago

AintGottaClue

if tarver loses which he will it just proves how great a fighter B-hop was

20y ago