Paul Briggs

[Hurlex]

so this is tarvers next opponent..anyone a fan?

is he good?..boxer or slugger?...does he have a chance...wanna know from his fans or people that have seen him fight

why didnt jones ever fight him?

[Neuraxis]

so this is tarvers next opponent..anyone a fan?

is he good?..boxer or slugger?...does he have a chance...wanna know from his fans or people that have seen him fight

why didnt jones ever fight him?

I'm going to go with Tarver for this one. Briggs's last two fights were pretty close and they weren't against anyone of Tarver's caliber.

[MetalVomit]

I'm going to go with Tarver for this one. Briggs's last two fights were pretty close and they weren't against anyone of Tarver's caliber.

aside from the Jones fights, i dont see much to Tarver.
I'm not hatin on him at all, just dont like him.

[Neuraxis]

aside from the Jones fights, i dont see much to Tarver.
I'm not hatin on him at all, just dont like him.

True but Tarver has a punch, and Briggs went down once in past 2 fights and I'd say Tarver is much better Brigg's last two opponents. Tarver won't dominate the LHW division, but Briggs is not the man who is going to unseat him.

[The Fix]

i think tarver will win. i think after briggs tarver should fight braithwaite or jirov

[Neuraxis]

Or some Euro like Erdei, either way.

[whdempsey]

I'm going to go with Tarver for this one. Briggs's last two fights were pretty close and they weren't against anyone of Tarver's caliber.

No they weren't. Especially not his most meaningful win, when he beat up Stipe Drews so badly the Euro was butting and kneeing, trying to get Briggs off of him. I'd definitely give the edge to Tarver, though, partly just cuz I have seen him fight, and I haven't seen Briggs.

[Neuraxis]

No they weren't. Especially not his most meaningful win, when he beat up Stipe Drews so badly the Euro was butting and kneeing, trying to get Briggs off of him. I'd definitely give the edge to Tarver, though, partly just cuz I have seen him fight, and I haven't seen Briggs.

I can't tell if you are disagreeing with me or not but I am going to assume that you are. Here are the scores against Drews: 115-109, 117-105, 113-109 add 3 back to Drews for deductions and its 115-112, 117-108, 113-112. Against Ruiz: 117-113, 116-112, 114-113.

[Hurlex]

if tarver gets ko'ed i will laugh my ass off

[whdempsey]

I can't tell if you are disagreeing with me or not but I am going to assume that you are. Here are the scores against Drews: 115-109, 117-105, 113-109 add 3 back to Drews for deductions and its 115-112, 117-108, 113-112. Against Ruiz: 117-113, 116-112, 114-113.

You don't add back deductions. I mean, I see your point, but the theory behind deducting points is that fouls take away a fighter's ability, and so there has to be some sort of compensation, and that comes through in the scoring. And 8 rounds to 4 on two judges cards does not indicate a particularly close fight.