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By Jake Donovan - A lot has happened in the world since Antonio Tarver last won a fight (October 2005, for those keeping score). The Chicago White Sox finally won a World Series. Jerome Bettis would retire on top, or at least as part of a Super Bowl winning team. A year later, Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts would finally win the big one. The ********s regained control of Congress (or so we're told).
Plenty has changed in boxing as well, including the light heavyweight division. As Tarver very well knows, Bernard Hopkins became the new alternate of choice to those who don't consider undefeated Hungarian, Zsolt Erdei the division's linear champion.
As is the case in the heavyweight division, the biggest threats seem to reside outside of the states. Poland's Tomasz Adamek and Australia's Paul Briggs became major players in their pair of instant classics against one another, both won by Adamek by way of majority decision. Croatian southpaw beanpole Stipe Drews and England's Clinton Woods both became new players by conquering old foes (Silvio Branco and Glen Johnson, respectively). [details]
Plenty has changed in boxing as well, including the light heavyweight division. As Tarver very well knows, Bernard Hopkins became the new alternate of choice to those who don't consider undefeated Hungarian, Zsolt Erdei the division's linear champion.
As is the case in the heavyweight division, the biggest threats seem to reside outside of the states. Poland's Tomasz Adamek and Australia's Paul Briggs became major players in their pair of instant classics against one another, both won by Adamek by way of majority decision. Croatian southpaw beanpole Stipe Drews and England's Clinton Woods both became new players by conquering old foes (Silvio Branco and Glen Johnson, respectively). [details]
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