Antonio Tarver Tickets

Antonio Tarver fighting at cruiserweight defeated Australian Danny Green (31-4-0, 27 KOs) by 9th round TKO at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. In round two Tarver downed Green with a left uppercut. Having tasted Tarver's power Green fights off his back off. By round four it's a boxing clinic with Tarver dominating and controlling the fight although Green had some success going to the body in round seven. At the end of round nine Tarver got Green against the ropes and unloaded on him. Green stumbles at the bell and is clearly out on his feet prompting his corner to call off the fight. Tarver wins by technical decision and takes home Green's IBO cruiserweight title.

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Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver

(29-6-0, 20 KOs)

Antonio Tarver, prior to becoming a professional boxer had an impressive amateur career winning the 1994 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion, 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 1996 Olympics Light Heavyweight bronze medal.

On Saturday, May 15, 2004 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada in Tarver-Jones II, Antonio Tarver became the first man to ever knockout Roy Jones Jr. Only once in 50 previous fights had Jones been sent to the canvas and he had never lost a fight by KO.

In 2006 Tarver starred in Rocky Balboa aka Rocky VI as the heavyweight division champion Mason "The Line" Dixon. The primary opponent of fictional boxer Rocky Balboa based on Chuck Wepner who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the Rocky movies.

After losing a 12-round UD to Bernard Hopkins on Saturday, June 9, 2006 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Antonio Tarver did not fight for a year. Then on Saturday, June 9, 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut, Tarver shook off the ring rust winning a 12-round MD over Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi plus the vacant IBO light heavyweight title. In his next fight on Saturday, December 1, 2007, at Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, Tarver retained his IBO light heavyweight title scoring a 4th round KO over Danny Santiago.

Southpaw Antonio Tarver outboxed and beat light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods from Sheffield, England by 12-round UD on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at St Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Tarver retained his IBO light heavyweight title successfully defending it for the second time and captured Woods' IBF light heavyweight title.

Tarver lost a 12-round unanimous decision to challenger Chad Dawson (27-0-0, 17 KOs) on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The judge's scores were 110-117, 110-117 and 109-118. In addition to losing the fight to Dawson, Tarver also lost his IBF and IBO light heavyweight titles. The fight was as part of a double header televised on Showtime with the Vitali Klitschko vs Samuel Peter Tarver fight in Berlin, Germany.

In a IBF/IBO light heavyweight title rematch on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Antonio Tarver again lost to Chad Dawson (28-0-0, 17 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision. Scores were 111-117, 111-117 and 112-116. The heavier handed Tarver buzzed Dawson in the 7th round with a right followed up by a combination of punches and again in the 11th but Dawson was the busier fighter. Prior to this loss to Dawson, Tarver had won all of his rematches including Roy Jones Jr, Glen Johnson and Eric Harding.

Antonio Tarver, former light heavyweight champion returned to the ring as a heavyweight and beat Nagy Aguilera (16-5-0, 11 KOs) by 10-round unanimous decision on Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. Scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 98-92. Tarver hopes this victory will lead to a major fight because his goal is to become the fourth light heavyweight champion in boxing history to win a heavyweight title. Skepticism abounds. Tarver had not fought since losing to Chad Dawson in a light heavyweight bout on May 9, 2009. Aguilera whom Tarver referred to as a trial horse has now lost three out of his last four fights this year. Aguilera's biggest victory was his 1st round TKO win over former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev in December 2009. Tarver vs Aguilera headlined the Showtime (who Tarver works for as an analyst) fight card promoted by Gary Shaw.