Could Antonio Tarver have made a good Heavyweight?

[sentax]

He played the HW champ in Rocky Balboa but only fought once at HW in reality. Had he spent more time there would he have been successful?

[Ivansmamma]

In his era what could he have done? He certainly had no chancr against klitschko. Probably he could have been a decent top ten guy for a year or two or three.

[billeau2]

He played the HW champ in Rocky Balboa but only fought once at HW in reality. Had he spent more time there would he have been successful?

Nope. His punch did not carry up.

[QueensburyRules]

- -A huge, wt draining LH prob 190+ on fight night, when a single big punch heard around the world that wobbled the earth to reset the earths axis propelled him into fame.

He was otherwise a mediocre boxer too often in poor shape. The Rocky parody fit him perfectly where he picked up some tips from Sly and the Family PEDs.

[Anthony342]

Nah, he couldn't even knock out 60 year old Rocky Balboa.

[paulf]

Hard to say. His speed gave Banks problems and his power was enough to KO him. I could see him beating the Chris Arreolas and Tomasz Adameks of the world.

Best-case scenario, he would have had a Tony Bellew-esque run where he upset a big name and and made a lot of money in the rematch. At one point I believe he was being lined up to fight David Haye when Haye had the title.... that could have got interesting.

[BKM-]

Yes. You have to remember, in his era these guys held titles:

-Rahman
-Maskaev
-Ruiz
-Liakhovich
-Ibragimov
-Ancient Evander
-Chris Byrd
-Chinless Roid Jones

I mean if they could win belts, especially 3 of them being former CW's/LHW's, then Tarver could have too. And most importantly, he would not have any excuses on that night.

[HitmanTommy]

And most importantly, he would not have any excuses on that night.

Why do you hate RJJ so much?

Jesus............

[Dempsey19]

His character in Rocky was a huge guy wasn’t he ? 6’3” 230 pounds 80” reach or something like that

[QueensburyRules]

Yes. You have to remember, in his era these guys held titles:

-Rahman
-Maskaev
-Ruiz
-Liakhovich
-Ibragimov
-Ancient Evander
-Chris Byrd
-Chinless Roid Jones

I mean if they could win belts, especially 3 of them being former CW's/LHW's, then Tarver could have too. And most importantly, he would not have any excuses on that night.

- -But he didn't because he couldn't and it wasn't as though weight wise the hvy 200 lb minimum required him to overeat.

As to the OP, Tarver had several heavy fights and won a few, just not championship quality.