Antonio Tarver

[Sun_Tzu]

Eh, first thought is no.

[Pigeons]

I doubt the PEDs kept him from landing jobs because he was on Showtime and Spike after that. Another poster said he got in some hooker scandal. I wasn’t aware of that but that will definitely keep you unemployed.

Showtime let him go after he tested positive for PEDs after the Kayode fight. That bridge is burned.

Spike kept him on the team despite his second positive PED test after the Cunningham fight, but Spike cancelled their PBC show not long after. The funny thing is both times he tested positive for PEDs he was fighting on the same network he was a commentator.

I don't know about the hooker thing but he did have a meltdown over a court ruling regarding unpaid child support a year or so ago.

There aren't a lot of avenues for him. The Showtime bridge is burned plus they have Paulie. HBO has RJJ, Hopkins, and Ward. ESPN has Bradley and Ward. Only place I see for him is FOX/FS1.

[N/A]

Does he belong in the HOF?

What do you think of Tarver?

He certainly deserves serious consideration. Three time light heavyweight champion. Two time unified light heavyweight champion.

[N!Ck F.]

[QUOTE=FinitoxDinamita;18409948]Does he belong in the HOF?

I just read he’s super broke.
He had a ******* addiction & a serious ******** addiction. All that training and fighting for decades and he has less then what he started with.

[GrandmasterWang]

He'll get in.

He managed to hold the legendary Rocky Balboa to a draw if I recall...... impressive stuff by the Magic Man.

[Cheek busting]

[paulf]

Didnt he cheat on his wife with a hooker? Showtime wasnt having that i guess.

I really liked him on the mic though.

His lost both the Showtime gig AND calling boxing for the Olympics as a result of failing his drug test.

Not a hooker-that was Jermine Taylor. Tarver got exposed by his side piece after he left her in Australia with no way home or something.

He was arrested over 200k in unpaid ******** debits in Las Vegas and Al Haymon bailed his ass out.

Haymon then got him the Banks and Cunningham fights to get his **** together, but he blew that run by failing his drug test for the Cunningham fight.

And according to a news report from last year, he owes 750k in back child support and hasn't filed a tax return since 2007.



So..... he's a prime candidate for the International Poor Decision Making Hall of Fame.

[Madison Boxing]

If cottos a supposed hall of famer for beating mosley, then tarver is a hall of famer for beating roy jones

[Outwest Exp 355]

Showtime let him go after he tested positive for PEDs after the Kayode fight. That bridge is burned.

Spike kept him on the team despite his second positive PED test after the Cunningham fight, but Spike cancelled their PBC show not long after. The funny thing is both times he tested positive for PEDs he was fighting on the same network he was a commentator.

I don't know about the hooker thing but he did have a meltdown over a court ruling regarding unpaid child support a year or so ago.

There aren't a lot of avenues for him. The Showtime bridge is burned plus they have Paulie. HBO has RJJ, Hopkins, and Ward. ESPN has Bradley and Ward. Only place I see for him is FOX/FS1.

Bradley ****ing sucks.

[A-Wolf]

If cottos a supposed hall of famer for beating mosley, then tarver is a hall of famer for beating roy jones

Cotto's body of work is a little thin when you look at it but Martinez was a better win than Mosley.