Former three-time light heavyweight champ, Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KOs) made a successful debut at cruiserweight in Sydney, Australia by stopping #5 ranked, Danny Green (31-4, 27 KOs) after nine fairly one-sided rounds earlier today. After getting knocked to the ropes in the first and dropped to the canvas in the second, the usually-aggressive Green seemed tentative and … [Read more...]
Danny Green: “Antonio Tarver is a piece of meat in front of me.”
Australian cruiserweight star, Danny Green (31-3, 27 KOs) could very well be facing the toughest test of his career this Wednesday, July 20 against former three-time light heavyweight champ, Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KOs) at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. The 38-year-old Green, who outpointed American, BJ Flores in his last outing, is looking at a victory over … [Read more...]
Focus on The Cruiserweights
by Paul Magno The cruiserweight division in boxing has been compared to purgatory-- neither hear nor there, neither heaven nor hell. Lost between the glamor divisions of heavyweight and light heavyweight and with a disproportionate amount of talent coming from Eastern Europe, the cruisers often get overlooked in the US. However, no other division features as many top 20 … [Read more...]
Antonio Tarver, Back and at Cruiserweight Against Danny Green
Former light heavyweight champion of the world, Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KOs), will be fighting Australia's, Danny Green July 20th, in Sydney, Australia in his debut bout at the cruiserweight limit. Tarver last fought as a heavyweight, scoring a sluggish unanimous decision win over Nagy Aguilera in October of last year. He's also been seen as a color commentator at Showtime … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2010
2010, in a lot of ways, was a frustrating test of patience for boxing fans. With large periods of time where, literally, no significant fight action took place and with stars who have taken to just fighting once or twice a year, boxing surely seemed on the ropes. Not helping matters any was the general disgust created when the sport's two biggest draws, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd … [Read more...]