Comments Thread For: "Fighting Words" - Antonio Tarver Twice Positive, Doubly Done-in

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by David P. Greisman - Antonio Tarver has for years railed against a world he says has been against him. Sometimes fighting for everything means you're fighting everyone - the boxers who stand in the way of you and your dreams, the system that favors others who are respected or connected, the people who've written you off before you think your final chapter has come to a close.

Some cannot live without conflict. Some are motivated by grudges or envy or anger. Some hope to prove themselves. Some prefer to prove others wrong.
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[vitali1999]

He's done son, he's done

[OctoberRed]

RIP for Tarver's career.

[PhillyBox11]

Lol, pretty sure the commission watched him pee in a bottle. Tarver could have sent anyone to Labcorp with his ID - they don't exactly check it! Who Tarver think he fooling? I guess next time let him bring his own drug test results? That what he saying??

[BoxngLove]

Finally we can look back on Tarver, Clinton Woods, Virgil Hill, Glen Johnson, and Roy Jones. I thought the 90's LHW era would never end.

[fredhopple]

Ignore Tarver who is just a dim witted non thinker

Tarver just repeatedly does dumb stuff and makes himself look like an idiot and goof ball who cannot be taken seriously. Tarver has screwed up everything and now cannot pay for his kids. Class act just a great role model but for who?

[MRBOOMER]

Maybe he's back on the crack? Or maybe just the powder he did have some money.

[nycsmooth]

Hope he drowns in his s**t, the classless bi**h...

[robbyheartbaby]

Don't really feel sorry for Tarver but, you get what you deserve in life. He needs to straighten his life out and bloody fight already. He has maybe one year left and that's a stretch. Just fight son!

[Combat Talk Radio]

It’s highly possible that the additional testing included Carbon Isotope Ratio testing, which can detect the presence of exogenous testosterone even when an athlete’s testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio isn’t indicating the use of banned substances.

Maybe I'm reading this wrong. Is this saying "hey look, there's some T that gotta be from an external source...I mean, the ratio isn't out of whack, but it's just gotta!"

Because if the ratio wasn't out of whack to indicate a banned substance, on what grounds do you punish a guy?

Assuming this is what the writer intended, that basically means one cannot take anything from GNC that purports to support "healthy testosterone levels" despite them all being 100% legal. And that's a scary thing.

Imagine a world of boxing where everyone looks like James Toney.