How good is Antonio Tarver?

[Soundtraveler]

One more thing, I had the pleasure of meeting and taking pics with Johnsons' whole family a few hours before the fight, and I must say they are wonderful, friendly, folks. No wonder why Johnson came off as such a nice guy, he even stopped on the way out of the ring to tell Roys' kids, (who were standing beside me crying) that their "Dad was going to be O.K., and that their Dad had done the same thing to alot of guys and all of them are O.K."! He told them "not to worry". Now THAT was a CLASSY GESTURE! Bravo Glen, my hat is off to you for that one!!!

[Marjoh]

If Jones had beaten Johnson is his old passion manner, my view on Tarver would have been higher. But after Johnson KOed Jones, who BTW is not in my top ten list (though I'm not calling him a bum like many others), just like any fan of the sports, I ask myself if Tarver beat the smack talking Jones or the soft spoken father.

And if Johnson pull an upset, then I ask myself no more. But if Tarver wins, then he should try his luck on the heavy and fight guys like Toney. Because him fighting Hopkins or no-name fighters won't really do him any good (well, for the fans anyway).

[Marjoh]

Johnson is a decent fighter, after all his fights I would expect him to be a bit more polished than he is, but none the less, I think Tarver will be in for a long night.

Tarver did show some class at the post fight conf. after the RJJ vs Johnson fight, he kept a low profile, and let Johnson enjoy the moment. I was kind of suprised he didn't try to run his mouth as he did so many time with Roy.

As for the outcome of the fight, I give Johnson a good chance at pulling off the upset if he can swarm Tarver without getting tagged and dropped. I really haven't been impressed enough by either fighter to call for an all out KO victory by one or the other, so I will have to wait and see. Just like the rest of you....

That's because it won't do him any good. Because after that fight, people were already questioning his crediblity. What could he possibly have said?

[jabsRstiff]

Johnson's KO of Roy does not detract from Tarver's KO of Roy.

My hunch is that had Tarver not Ko'd Roy like that, Johnson would not have done so, either.


The way Tarver leveled Roy...was the kind of KO that shatters a guy....physically & mentally.

[triggerhappy]

i hope he retires with a big losing streak..........i hate him so much

[baya]

i hope tarver dies in the ring one day..........i hate him so much

you're such a dumbass - for all the ****** **** you say, that kid that you supposedly beat up probably had a really good reason to fight with you. i hope the truth about that fight was that you really got your wig split. ****** bastard.

[Kimmy]

Good point Jabs. Maybe Tarver took everything out of Roy when he beat him and left just a shell for Johnson to fight!
Watching the fight i could see Jones wasn`t Jones, he wasn`t moving good at all, quite

[jack_the_rippuh]

You hope he dies? Why not just say you hope he is forced to retire. What does his life and boxing have to do with each other?

[LuKahnLi]

Tarver's talk is irritating sometimes. But so far.....he HAS backed it up.

[jpboxer3]

Good point Jabs. Maybe Tarver took everything out of Roy when he beat him and left just a shell for Johnson to fight!
Watching the fight i could see Jones wasn`t Jones, he wasn`t moving good at all, quite

Or maybe he didn't expect the lesser known fighter in Glen Johnson to comeout like a bull and pressure him from the get go unlike Tarver who sat back and rarely threw a punch before nailing Jones in Rd2.