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Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968) is an American former professional boxer and boxing commentator. In boxing he competed from 1997 to 2015, and held multiple light heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Unified), WBC, IBF and Ring magazine titles, as well as the IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight titles
Pro debut for the 1996 Light Heavyweight Olympic Bronze Medalist Tarver ©BoxRec is the official record keeper for 410 sports authorities worldwide, it is not under direct control of any single authority.
Join us In this interview, as Mike Tyson sits down with retired boxing champion and commentator Antonio Tarver. Explore Tarver's illustrious career, his epic bouts against legends like Roy...
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Hailing from Orlando, Florida, Tarver was one of the finest amateurs in world boxing during the mid-90s. The rangy and hard-hitting southpaw won World Championship gold in Berlin in 1995, defeating Vassiliy Jirov, and was favored to take Olympic gold in Atlanta the following year.
Aug 13, 2015 · Antonio Tarver is taking a break from his role as an analyst for Spike TV to fight on the network (9 p.m. ET/PT) against Steve Cunningham (28-7, 13 KOs) at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
1996 Bronze medalist representing the United States at Light Heavyweight (81 kg), in Atlanta, United States. Defeated Dmitri Vybornov (Russia) 5-2. Defeated David Kowah (Sierra Leone) RSC 1 (2:43) Defeated Enrique Flores (Mexico) RSC 3 (1:54) Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 9-15.
Antonio Tarver was born on 21 November 1968 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Rocky Balboa (2006), ProBoxTV (2022) and Tuesday Night Fights (1982).
Antonio Tarver starred in amateur boxing in 1995, winning the US Nationals, the Pan American Games, and the World Championships. It brought him to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as a gold medal favorite but he lost there in the semi-finals to the Kazakh Vasily Zhirov and settled for a bronze medal.
Aug 21, 2018 · Antonio Tarver, Orlando’s Magic Man, still in fighting spirit at 49. Roy Jones Jr., left, blocks a punch from Antonio Tarver during the first round of their light heavyweight bout Saturday...
