Not to suggest that Tarver is on the same level as RJJ was during the time of the Roycott, but nevertheless. First a fight with the Kosovo kid, and now Santiago? And on Showtime no less? What happened to them? How can they allow this to happen? And for that matter, Forrest/Piccirrillo is pretty bad, although I'm confident at least in this case that the fight will be semi-competitive. Tarver deserves to be on FSN fighting the guys he's fighting. WTF? Somehow he's fooled Showtime into thinking he's a real commodity? I hope he gets KTFO. Damn.
I can't completely boycott a fight card with Nonito Donaire on it...but will probably turn if off immediately aftewards. ::
or Calslappy..but that it..or maybe if he steps up to Heavyweight..wasn't he going to do that..? :dunno:
forgot about the donaire fight - it should be the main event. and man! maldonado drew with Mijares. and has won his last 5-6 fights too.
nope, he's still under the belief that he was poisoned that night and that no matter who he fights there's always at least one judge in someone else's pocket. I'm down for the Tarvercott. No plans on re-ordering Showtime until... probably Vazquez-Marquez III
For a middleweight, he sure was the thicker more masculant fighter, I fail to see where Tarver was the larger guy, the 2.5cm's worth of height advantage?...:dunno: Hopkins has been a fucken lightheavyweight since the beginning, despite his obsessively vigorous gym-rat habits each and every day between fights, he'd still turn up at the weigh in looking like a dried out zombie.
Nobody who has ever cut weight would ever come in under the limit as much or as often as Hopkins did at middleweight if he wasn't a natural middleweight.
"Little Hopkins" moved up to face what was regarded as a huge lightheavyweight, I remember it induced widespread shock around here, over a picture of the face off,.. :eeeek: :dunno: "HUH!? is that all!?" was the common remark, in regards to the size difference, Tarver, the much leaner fighter had all but barely 2 cm of height on "little Hopkins", I guess with Roy Jones still in mind, people figured Hopkins would be seemingly dwarved aswell, I mean surely? .....he spent several years longer in the middleweight division, but then again, he's also spent several years longer fighting over the age of 36, being way oversized and still making middleweight is achieveable for this physical marvel, his highly energetic habits have extended his prime way beyond your average fighter clearly, but still and all, he'd turn up grey with his arteries defined around his spine every weigh in.
I agree that Hopkins didn't seem undersized against Tarver. Only pointing out that the guy wasn't a particularly big middleweight. The credit must go to that Richard Simmons-like guy, Mackie.
I don't think Tarver at this point is important enough in boxing to boycott as Roy was in the early 00s.
I never liked the guy nor his style of fighting. He was an excellent amatuer who was fortunate enough to catch Jones when he did as a pro or we wouldn't even be talking about him anyway. Great skills with some personality.....but dedication and heart are and were always a liability. Lucky for him there was someone with a name in a division that has languished for years with no big name guys......and good for him he cashed in on it. But since then he has been shit..
watching Tarver and Forrest is a formula for sleep.:: I might check it out if I'm not doing anything. I am definately not ordering the Chavez Jr., ARce, Calderon PPV:nono:
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Ray Sanchez (super welterweight) ---- Jorge Arce vs Medgoen Singsurat (super flyweight) ---- Ivan Calderon vs Juan Esquer (light flyweight) opcorn:
don't lump forrest in with tarver. forrest's bursts of upper-cuts and long right hands are more than enough to entertain. it's when he's fighting a guy like mosley who can't handle his strength that it gets boring.
for real? good. that feels good. sometimes i feel like i'm in here seeing shit that nobody else does. but for me, Forrest's dismantling of Baldomir was plenty exciting, both his fights with Mayorga were good, his scrap with Phillips was good. he fought Mosley back to back and Raul Frank back to back - that tends to hurt a fighter's reputation when it comes to his entertainment value.
