Antonio Tarver is a Light-heavy weight Hasim Rahman

**Boxingwizard** · 05-10-2009, 12:19 AM

Hasim Raham has little skills, Tarver has good skills but started his career late. Tarver in his prime beat Jones and Glen Johnson. Let me remind you he beat a very good Glen Johnson too.

**Bram** · 05-10-2009, 12:20 AM

I can see the comparison but Tarver is ahead of Rahman. He was FAR more skillful and a legitimately great fighter as an amateur also.

**Parody** · 05-10-2009, 12:31 AM

but Lewis avenged the loss by KO.

**Fox McCloud** · 05-10-2009, 05:00 PM

This is silly...

Tarver's amateur career > Rahman's amateur career.

Rahman has lost to a bunch of "okay" fighters, Tarver hasn't.

Tarver's resume of wins:
Eric Harding
Roy Jones Jr. (twice)
Glen Johnson
Reggie Johnson
Montell Griffin
Clinton Woods

Nothing to laugh at.

His only losses were to Harding, Jones Jr., Glen Johnson, Hopkins and Dawson (twice). Other than Harding (which he avenged), all of those losses are to very good fighters, plus he avenged the Jones Jr. and Glen Johnson losses. The only fighters to have beaten him that he didn't avenge were ATG Hopkins and a good, young up and comer in Chad Dawson.

Tarver is clearly the real deal and deserves the HofF... no doubt.

**Bhopreign** · 05-10-2009, 05:00 PM

Those punces were not lucky.

**The Hammer** · 05-10-2009, 05:00 PM

Tarver > Rahman.

Antonio just got old, like everybody does eventually. Keep in mind he's age 40. That being considered, he fought very well last night.

**Bhopreign** · 05-10-2009, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by DWiens421

This is silly...

Tarver's amateur career > Rahman's amateur career.

Rahman has lost to a bunch of "okay" fighters, Tarver hasn't.

Tarver's resume of wins:
Eric Harding
Roy Jones Jr. (twice)
Glen Johnson
Reggie Johnson
Montell Griffin
Clinton Woods

Nothing to laugh at.

His only losses were to Harding, Jones Jr., Glen Johnson, Hopkins and Dawson (twice). Other than Harding (which he avenged), all of those losses are to very good fighters, plus he avenged the Jones Jr. and Glen Johnson losses. The only fighters to have beaten him that he didn't avenge were ATG Hopkins and a good, young up and comer in Chad Dawson.

Tarver is clearly the real deal and deserves the HofF... no doubt.

Tarver HOF is pushing it. I say no, uh uh.

**QUISQUEYA** · 05-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Originally posted by Bram

I can see the comparison but Tarver is ahead of Rahman. He was FAR more skillful and a legitimately great fighter as an amateur also.

Let's not go crazy.

**QUISQUEYA** · 05-10-2009, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by DWiens421

Tarver is clearly the real deal and deserves the HofF... no doubt.

Weezy,

I think you just lost your mind.

Antonio Tarver is a Light-heavy weight Hasim Rahman