Why is everyone hating on Tarver. The guy had a bad night, and BHOP had a great night. now everyone talks as if Tarver has never been good. He is 37 years old, some guys age faster than others. I'm not sure what his problem was last night, but he just wasn't throwing. In the 4th and eighth rounds Taver actually threw a few combos and won those rounds easy. Not sure why he didn't do it the whole fight, but thats on him. But for people to be calling him a bum, is just crazy, u can praise one guy with out downing the other.
The "Legend Killer" was killed by the legend himself. Tarver is a bum. He belongs in a whole nother league.
What makes him a bum. It's not like he lost to a weak fighter, he lost to BHOP.
Naw playa, Travers mouth wrote checks that his ass couldn't cash...Hopkins moved up to 175lb and Traver was out of his weight class....Bottom line playa, Traver talked too much shit...he only beat Roy...He was forced to repect last night because Hopkin simply took it...
Nice Mayweather quote on the first line :p . Tarver is a good fighter but no need to call him a legend killer. Jones is finished. Tarver needs to beat some more good fighters out there to even be thought of being on a pound for pound list. If you talk too much and you lose your gonna look stupid in the end, which happened against Bernard.
You gotta give him credit for changing his life and beating Roy Jones Jr the guy who dominated the sport for a long time.
As for B-Hops lost every man loses once in a while. Could be he got some hidden problems that he did not wanna say it and that is just man enough to admite he is a man and a great warroir.
Tarver talks WAY too much for people to like him. Tarver wanted to be recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time without having accomplished too much. His entire "legacy" was built on Roy Jones, and he never stops talking about Roy Jones. He wasn't even spectacular against Roy. He lost the first fight, which was close, and won the third fight, which was close and a horrible showing for both fighters. Then he fights Glenn Johnson and loses a close fight and wins the rematch. After the fight Merchant asked him if Hopkins was making it difficult or giving him trouble, or something like that. So, he says something to the effect of, "No, I just didn't have it. I was flat. In this sport sometimes you just don't have it." Sorry, Tarver, but the greats do have it night in and night out. You are a very good fighter, but not an all-time great. Tarver talked so much shit, that he's made his defeat much harder than it had to be. He says, he'll be the laughing stock of boxing if he loses. He says there is no way Hopkins should be able to win. He says so many stupid things that now he has to eat his words in front of millions of people. If he'd just gone about his business, kept fighting the best opponents available, and not worried about being recognized as a legend, or talked shit about so many fighters, people would have liked him far more, and would have been far more lenient about his losses. I mean, he even started talking shit about fighters that weren't even in his weight class.
I've disliked Tarver now and when he beat Roy Jones Jr that gave me more reason to hate him, not for when he beat Jones but all the shit he talked after the fight. Fuck Tarver..
he beat jones jr(my fav boxer)..then had the nerve 2 say he is better than him n then say legend killer....but y wud u wana kill off a legend..thats jus stupid..or course u gana get hate
this fight kinda remind sme of Foreman/Ali. it's not that foreman was sorry and overrated, like most said after that fight, it just shows what an exceptional fighter Ali was, as does this fight show what an exceptional fighter BHOP is. Foreman and even Tarver are great fighters. ALI,BHOP,RJJ,and Sugar Ray Robinson are just on a whole nother level, and BHOP proved that last night.
I agree, but i've seen alot os Tarver's fights, and the guy can really fight. But for everyone to be saying he was never good, is a bad statement. and detracks from what BHOP accomplished.
no doubt he was GOOD..not Great..the guy was a self proclaimed legend killa....he beat roy and Glen....he talked about being the greatest inseat of going and seeking out the best to first...he sat on his ass, waited for B Hop and got whipped...
I did'nt see Tarver complaining about it? Not that it would have made a difference... (The decision would have still went to Hopkins)
i wouldn't have made a difference, it was just the fact that HBO wouldn't show that clip at all. Tarver not comlaining was an indicator that he was not in the fight at all. he was just there
Why is everyone hating on Tarver. The guy had a bad night, and BHOP had a great night. now everyone talks as if Tarver has never been good. He is 37 years old, some guys age faster than others. I'm not sure what his problem was last night, but he just wasn't throwing. In the 4th and eighth rounds Taver actually threw a few combos and won those rounds easy. Not sure why he didn't do it the whole fight, but thats on him. But for people to be calling him a bum, is just crazy, u can praise one guy with out downing the other.
Great post. I agree completely.
Naw playa, Travers mouth wrote checks that his ass couldn't cash...Hopkins moved up to 175lb and Traver was out of his weight class....Bottom line playa, Traver talked too much shit...he only beat Roy...He was forced to repect last night because Hopkin simply took it...
I agree, but i've seen alot os Tarver's fights, and the guy can really fight. But for everyone to be saying he was never good, is a bad statement. and detracks from what BHOP accomplished.
Why is everyone hating on Tarver. The guy had a bad night, and BHOP had a great night. now everyone talks as if Tarver has never been good. He is 37 years old, some guys age faster than others. I'm not sure what his problem was last night, but he just wasn't throwing. In the 4th and eighth rounds Taver actually threw a few combos and won those rounds easy. Not sure why he didn't do it the whole fight, but thats on him. But for people to be calling him a bum, is just crazy, u can praise one guy with out downing the other.
Naw playa, Travers mouth wrote checks that his ass couldn't cash...Hopkins moved up to 175lb and Traver was out of his weight class....Bottom line playa, Traver talked too much shit...he only beat Roy...He was forced to repect last night because Hopkin simply took it...
did u see them both training? i barely saw tarver boxing.. it was all about conditioning..
i hate on tarver because hes a loud mouth.. he needs to shutup. and he was shutup by a 41 yr old great.. hopkins is the man..