Did Tarver take a dive?

[TonyWomackFan]

He fought like a walking corpse last night. No intensity whatsoever.


He almost looked as if he took a dive..

[TyrantT316]

that question could be asked for 60-70% of fights out there...

no he just could not hit Hopkins cleanly and Hopkins could almost hit him at will

[shocky]

The answer is simple. Hopkins is a great boxer vs Tarver a good boxer. Tarver has an inflated value of himself. This is because he defeated a very shot fighter Roy Jones, who in his prime would have beat Tarver and Hopkins in the same night.

[Da Iceman]

no hopkins just made him look bad.

[Manager]

Yep. and the next thing we will hear out of his mouth is-


"Hi! Welcome To Wal-Mart!"

[JMCbulls]

no, wat erlse could he do but walk around like a corpse? he didnt land 1 meaningful shot all night and was completely emabarresed/exposed.


"legend killer"

[Biolink]

You know you got an ass whooping when people think you took an intentional dive.

[Built 2 Last]

hhahahahhahaha legend killer,......roy jones was off cus he jus cam dwn frm heavyweight.....

hopkins murdered him

[Derranged]

Im thinkin, was it the weight gain/loss??? Similar to what happened to Roy? You know that issue is gonna come up..

[Red_Menace]

Im thinkin, was it the weight gain/loss??? Similar to what happened to Roy? You know that issue is gonna come up..

I think it was, partially. He talked so much **** about Roy's excuses, that now he's left himself only being able to say one of two things:

1) Hopkins is a much better fighter
2) I just didn't have "it" tonight.

Taking off muscle is hard, and it hurts. Not sure how much muscle he had to take off, but it was significant anyway. Tarver also had to spend his entire camp working on his weight, rather than preparing to fight one of the best technical fighters in the sport, shoe-in hall of famer and all-time great. The weight situation did not help him, most definitely. Hopkins is just a far smarter fighter, and better fighter, for Tarver to have been working so hard on his weight and to have been weakening himself in the process.