Antonio Tarver to Continue Career as a Heavyweight

[Boxing Scene]

Tarver vs Toney is the fight imo.

I think that would be one of the worst fights ever at heavyweight, real real bad clash of styles, not to mention Toney is completely and utterly shot and Tarver is at the end of his career.

[Dorian]

[King Koopa]

Good.

Antonio Tarver v either Klitschko...It's not like they have any other opponents lined up

Povetkin don't want it
Haye don't want it
Don't know about Adamek...
Valuev don't want it

[BostonGuy]

Anyone heard any news on this? Is Tarver still intending on fighting at hw or is he having second thoughts?

[THE REED]

I hope he fights Wlad muahahahahaa!

[The Rizonator]

nyahahahahahahahaahaahahahanyahahaha

[Boxing Scene]

I honestly believe this is because Tarver doesn't want to train hard enough to make Cruiser or LHW anymore. He's going to get the crap kicked out of him at Heavyweight though. He looked shot to hell against Dawson.

But this was almost 2 months ago and nothing from Tarver.

[elhijoprodigo]

yep What he said

[Nuurzhaelan]

In the movie "Rocky Balboa," former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver played the role of heavyweight champion Mason "The Line" Dixon opposite Sylvester Stallone's iconic Rocky character.

Now, Tarver is seeking the heavyweight role in real life.


Tarver, 41, unable to secure the cruiserweight fight against Australia's Danny Green that he hoped for, instead announced that he plans to continue his career as a heavyweight.

"I definitely wanted to move up to cruiserweight," Tarver said. "There was one guy in particular that I wanted to fight. But unfortunately, he's interested in unburying dead men.

"So I feel that if I'm going to stay in the game of boxing and give it my all, I've got to set big goals for myself. And as you see, I'm looking a little full right now. So I'm going to put on some muscle and the champ is going heavyweight. So, to the Klitschkos and to David Haye, be on the lookout, because I'm coming."

Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who are brothers, hold major heavyweight titles as does Haye, the former cruiserweight champion.

Tarver, also a Showtime analyst, made the comments when asked about his future plans by broadcast partner Gus Johnson near the end of the network's broadcast of super middleweight titleholder Andre Ward's shutout decision against Allan Green in their Super Six World Boxing Classic bout on Saturday night in Oakland, Calif.

Although Tarver is 6-foot-2 and has the height of a heavyweight, he has fought his entire 13-year professional career as 175-pound light heavyweight, where he has had four title reigns.

Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) hasn't fought since May 2009, when he lost the second of back-to-back light heavyweight title bouts to Chad Dawson.

Boxing history is littered with light heavyweights who have attempted to move up and compete at the top of the heavyweight division. Success has been rare, although light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks moved up and defeated Larry Holmes in 1985 to win the heavyweight championship. Longtime light heavyweight champ Roy Jones Jr. also moved up to heavyweight in 2003 and defeated John Ruiz to win a belt. Coincidentally, following Jones' victory against Ruiz, he returned to the light heavyweight division and lost two of his three fights with Tarver.

Currently, Tomasz Adamek, a former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, is campaigning as a heavyweight and ranked among the top 10 in the division.

Dan Rafael covers boxing for ESPN.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=5311588

Oh, goody. Maybe haye can take on Tarver and argue that he's taking on the best and cleaning up the Heavyweight Division.

[lazy]

He can't even make the cruiserweight limit or is he going for the heavyweight money?