How good is Antonio Tarver?

**abdiel2k3** · 10-27-2004, 05:24 PM

hes a light HW rahman
one punch that made him special
and even then not as much
since a journey men just did the same thing
if not worse

**The Fix** · 10-27-2004, 05:25 PM

tarver is good because he pushed roy jones to the brink in thier first fight and we all know what happened the second time 'round. but i dont know how good he is because the roy jones he beat was not a prime one. i think johnson will be a good test for him and we'll see form there

**jpboxer3** · 10-27-2004, 05:25 PM

I agree 100%

Johnson will expose Tarver December 8th

**oldgringo** · 10-27-2004, 05:41 PM

If Tarver beats Johnson somewhat convincingly and stays active I will have more respect for him. He still needs another good win over a solid opponent like Johnson to sell me on him.

**baya** · 10-27-2004, 05:57 PM

man, mark my words, tarver will HANDLE johnson EASILY. tarver is an awesome fighter.

**abdiel2k3** · 10-27-2004, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by baya

man, mark my words, tarver will HANDLE johnson EASILY. tarver is an awesome fighter.

ya style wise hes perfect for tarver and roy
just roy was to old and faded
but i dont think thatll be a problem with tarver
he just too wild
and tarver is a counter puncher with power
hes gonna do what old roy couldnt
but i hope he looses

**tonytucker** · 10-27-2004, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by scap

Ya know I for one am still not sold on Antonio Tarver. Here is a guy that is a great promoter for the sport, there is no doubt but I believe as I did before Glenn Johnson beat Roy that he is a good fighter yet overrated. His decision win against Reggie Johnson was not a very good performance against a very faded former champ. He got his ass beat against Eric Harding in the first fight and the second fight he had easily lost every round until he caught Harding. His fight with Montell Griffin was pretty good but I did not walk away from that fight thinking he was anything special(again he fought a faded champ). His first fight with Jones he showed somes signs no doubt, however he gave that fight away by having great success in some rounds taking Roy to the ropes and then in others he would go away from that and do nothing. After the first round and half of the second fight I thought Tarver was going to lose a ud, he was letting Roy dictate the fight and he showed he learned **** from the first fight. Well, he caught Roy, just like Harding and so we consider him...what do we consider him? Great...a pound for pounder, what? I don't know. I think he has great power, thats obvious but I don't believe he is half as good as he thinks he is or the rest of the boxing cult thinks he is. It is too bad there is no one at light heavy to try and prove my point. Tarver, yeah he's good, but he's not that good, what does everyone here think of the magic man?

Because of what johnson did to jones tarver is just another good lightheavy now.

**dansweeney** · 10-27-2004, 07:01 PM

after beating roy Johnson is now a good test for tarver? hopkins beat the hell out of a prime and undefeated johnson, i think tarver will knock him out, but that doesnt prove much about tarver, dont get me wrong, i am a huge tarver fan, but i think he should try his luck at heavyweight, he has the frame for it

**jpboxer3** · 10-27-2004, 07:46 PM

Johnson is not just a wild swinging puncher,lol.You guys sound worse than Emmanuel Steward when he said during the RJ fight "This is very Amatuerish of Johnson for him to start off this fast,he's not being effective".Yeah well you guys must have listened to Steward's bias commentary that night because Johnson is a smart fighter who will slug when he needs to and box conservativly when he needs to.Oh,Johnson did get schooled and Kayoed by Hopkins 7yrs ago but thats nothing compared to Tarver getting floored and losing to Harding some 4yrs ago.

Johnsons has 52total fights while Tarver only has 24,lol.Johnsons experience will pay off december 8th.

How good is Antonio Tarver?