Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver
Antonio Deon Tarveris an American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Magic Man", he is a former WBC, WBA, IBF and The Ring magazine light heavyweight champion, as well as a former IBO cruiserweight champion...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth21 November 1968
CityOrlando, FL
dig stronger
Tonight, I really had to dig deep, ... I let him know my will was stronger than his.
best deep dig roy saw tonight
Tonight I had to really dig deep because you saw the best of Roy Jones.
best costs hard learn lesson ready ways
When I show up ready and prepared, I'm undefeated. I've never lost. I'm hard-headed in some ways and have to learn my lesson the hard way, ... It's the best lesson learned, unfortunately, but it costs you.
bring compassion families father good sees son throw towel
I should be commended. I bring families back together, ... I think it's good because his father is the only one with the compassion to throw in the towel when he sees his son in over his head.
awe blown jones life media roy
Put real life in perspective... I am not in awe by the media or HBO... they are the ones that have made Roy Jones into some kind of icon... they have blown him up... well I am the one who popped that balloon.
jones roy
the Roy Jones of old just to survive.
built gave jones lose lost matter media met people point public roy step trouble until
Roy Jones gave me the platform, ... If you all - the media, the public - wouldn't have built him so high, my accomplishment probably wouldn't have been so great. A lot of people want to say that he lost a step, he's not the same fighter. He didn't lose a step until he met me. I just want the whole world to know that no matter what point in his career, I always spelled trouble for Roy Jones.
roy
Roy Has Come Up And Said, This Is It, This Is All Or Nothing
beat chess passed playing roy
Roy had a lot of resistance, ... playing chess all around. He was beat by a better fighter. Period. I passed my test. I did my homework.
convinced fighter good jones people roy thinking today whatever
A lot of people are thinking I'm one-punch happy. I'm a better fighter today than you've ever seen. I'm more focused. I'm more convinced of my ability. Whatever Roy Jones brings, I'm here to tell you it won't be good enough. Not here. Not now. Not ever.
people thinking
A lot of people are thinking I'm one-punch happy,
ability people prima question skill
A lot of people want to question his ability and skill now that I have arrived, but pre-Antonio Tarver, he was like a prima donna,
fight past
This fight won't go much past the sixth,
fair game hard knew learned played
I wasn't going to let it go to the scorecards and I knew I had already played that game before, and there is nothing fair in the game of boxing. I learned that the hard way,