Antonio Tarver has pulled out of his scheduled September 29 heavyweight bout with Johnathon Banks on Fox Sports 1 with a fractured thumb. The former light heavyweight world champ said that the injury was actually sustained in training more than two weeks ago and that he had tried to work through it, but ultimately felt that it was best to pull out of the bout. This contest … [Read more...]
Cher’s Final Tour
by Ted Sares "…We are forging a new boxing tradition and rising-star showcase in Oklahoma City.”-- Ivaylo Gotzev, head of Epic Sports “I was asked how I’d fare against Huck back in my day. I said I’d probably knock him out. I was then asked how I’d fare now. I said give me six months and I’d beat him.” Johnny Nelson. "I’m the best defensive fighter in boxing history." … [Read more...]
Antonio Tarver: Jailed Former Light-Heavyweight Champion Continues His Downward Spiral
by Johnny Walker If there was a ever a fighter who seemed to have some idea of what to do when--as it always does--Father Time caught up to him and would allow him to box no longer, it was Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver. Achieving his greatest glory at light-heavyweight, with a KO win over the legendary Roy Jones Jr., Tarver, now 45, also went on to fight at cruiserweight and … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Tarver Stops Sheppard: The Tuesday Night Wrap
In tonight’s main event at the BB&t Center in Sunrise, Florida, former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (30-6, 21 KO’s) returned to the ring, this time as a heavyweight, to score a fourth round stoppage over journeyman Mike Sheppard (21-16-1, 9 KO’s) in what was scheduled as a 10 round contest for the interim NABA heavyweight title on Golden Boy … [Read more...]