Ezzard Charles v.s Antonio Tarver

[Bad_Intentions]

Light heavyweight.

predictions?

[Bad_Intentions]

Ezzard Charles by BRUTAL first round knockout!!! Tarver can't compete with the Greats!!...This is not even a competition, Tarver is a nobody!!is that so...:rofl

[hopkinsfan07]

is that so...:rofl

i agree with him

that was a pointless question

[Bad_Intentions]

i agree with him

that was a pointless questionit wasnt a pointless question. c'mon, tarver ain't that bad.

i know charles ko's him but their has to be somewhere in the fight where tarver gives charles some hard time.

[Muchmoore]

Charles by KO in 8 or less rounds. Tarver is way out of his league here.

[McGrain]

I pick Charles to beat a peak Tarver by decision.

[McGrain]

that was a pointless question

These questions are never pointless.

You can hear a nuget of info about one fighter or the other, hear opinions on style clashes, learn about rule clashes from the point of view of the respective eras, loads of stuff.

[Ramon Rojo]

Charles by UD

[McGrain]

Watch this thread fill up with members who exhibit a fetish for Charles. For then, Charles is a superman who would beat any light heavyweight who ever lived.

It will be much more interesting to see you dismiss every opinion without presenting a shred of evidence aside form slagging of his opponents - "he was shit, he was shit, he was shit, he beat him, but he was shit, there was a war on, everyone was rubbish..."

[McGrain]

Ezzard Charles by BRUTAL first round knockout!!! Tarver can't compete with the Greats!!...This is not even a competition, Tarver is a nobody!!

:lol:

This guy came out fighting!

[robert ungurean]

Tarver couldnt lace Charles boots

[Joe E]

The only thing that stopped Charles from winning the Middleweight title was WWII. He was at LT.Heavy just long enough to beat Archie Moore 3 times KOing him once when nobody else would fight Moore.He won the Heavyweight Title in 1949 defending it 8 times.He is also the only man to go 15rds with Rocky Marciano .I'd say thats a fair Resume.Charles KOs Tarver middle rounds

[MagnaNasakki]

Tarver bothers Ezzard with his reach, southpaw jab and awkward left early. Once or twice, we'd see a very clear scoring punch by Tarver in the first 3 rounds. Then Ezzard finds the right, and knocks Antonio the fuck out.

[Sardu]

Charles dominates every aspect of this fight.

Charles KO 8 Tarver

[MRBILL]

Light heavyweight.

predictions?

A terrible match.......... More so in terms of BORING!!!! Buzzard Charles gets the nod by lopsided decision......... Tarver made to look a fool in there.......

MR.BILL:bbb

[leverage]

Charles takes this one, although he might have been troubled by tarvers height and reach early on.

[Boxed Ears]

On the one hand, yes, I'd take Charles but this isn't that ridiculous. And to the Charles by easy 1st KO style predictions...who has knocked out the now 41-year-old Tarver exactly? ...Who, now?

[frankenfrank]

i agree with him

that was a pointless question
wrong

[frankenfrank]

I pick Charles to beat a peak Tarver by decision.
you can not be serious.
unless you gamble on the depth of the decision

[red cobra]

On the one hand, yes, I'd take Charles but this isn't that ridiculous. And to the Charles by easy 1st KO style predictions...who has knocked out the now 41-year-old Tarver exactly? ...Who, now?
How many times has Antonio Tarver, as good as he is, relatively speaking, fought someone on the level with Ezzard Charles...the man esteemed by so many as the greatest lightheavyweight champion of all time in so may lists here in this classic forum? No, Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins are not the correct answers. Ezzard Charles would have stopped Tarver in 10 rounds, a clean ko.

[Mendoza]

Charles ud. Tarver might make a good showing.

[Boxed Ears]

How many times has Antonio Tarver, as good as he is, relatively speaking, fought someone on the level with Ezzard Charles...the man esteemed by so many as the greatest lightheavyweight champion of all time in so may lists here in this classic forum? No, Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins are not the correct answers. Ezzard Charles would have stopped Tarver in 10 rounds, a clean ko.

You kind of made my point for me. Because Tarver was never in with a Charles, and has still not been stopped at 41, it's silly to be saying Charles is going to steam roll him. What reason do you have, based not on Charles but on Tarver for feeling that Tarver is going to be clean kayoed at his best? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Tarver is in the same league or even the league behind Charles. I'm just saying the guy is a smart, tall, durable boxer who hasn't been stopped in any way shape or form and it's not as if Charles didn't go the distance many times in his career and against lesser men than Tarver and at light heavyweight. Whereas we do know for sure that RJJ, Johnson, Dawson and Hopkins couldn't get him out over the course of several years and fights. I guess I just don't understand the logic of such a sure prediction.

[Minotauro]

Charles stops Tarver in 7. Charles does everything better then Tarver.

[Mr Butt]

charles wide ud

[turpinr]

charles is the best light-heavy of all time.i wished i'd seen him in his pomp.legend

[sugarsean]

Charles by Decision

[dee-z-r]

if b-hop schools tarver ezzard spanks him

[frankenfrank]

if b-hop schools tarver ezzard spanks him
but the thread writer surely did not mean the drained antonio tarver that b-hop picked to fight , he means a well conditioned relatively young antonio tarver.

[Russell]

These questions are never pointless.

You can hear a nuget of info about one fighter or the other, hear opinions on style clashes, learn about rule clashes from the point of view of the respective eras, loads of stuff.

Exactly.

"Pointless" comments are approaching General forum stupidity.

Coming into a thread just to say said question and thread are pointless. Fucking BRILLIANT. Original too! :-(

What a surprise I haven't been here at all in the past month plus. :verysad

[TheGreatA]

but the thread writer surely did not mean the drained antonio tarver that b-hop picked to fight , he means a well conditioned relatively young antonio tarver.

Relatively young like when he was 31 years old, knocked down and decisively beaten by Eric Harding?

[frankenfrank]

Relatively young like when he was 31 years old, knocked down and decisively beaten by Eric Harding?
well , i guess it was before his prime
maybe a part of tarver's problem is that he was never young.

[TheGreatA]

well , i guess it was before his prime
maybe a part of tarver's problem is that he was never young.

I agree with that. I don't diminish what Tarver has accomplished despite the obvious handicap of starting his pro career at a rather late age. However I do not believe he's quite on the level of Ezzard Charles, skill-wise or resume-wise. The southpaw style, height and solid punching power may trouble Charles but the weaknesses in stamina and ability will keep him from actually winning.

Charles winning by KO is not so outlandish as it may seem to some, Ezzard could really hit and he was much more capable than the likes of Glen and Reggie Johnson, Eric Harding who were all able to trouble Tarver. Tarver has a solid chin but it's mostly his defensive style that has kept him from being knocked out. He also hasn't faced that many big punchers.

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[BlueApollo]

Relatively young like when he was 31 years old, knocked down and decisively beaten by Eric Harding?

:rofl:rofl:rofl

[Bummy Davis]

Charles by KO.....Antonio a different era and a different league

[red cobra]

Charles by KO.....Antonio a different era and a different league
That pretty well sums it up for me...and I'll go further and say that Charles was in a different league from any lightheavy of the past 20 years.

[dee-z-r]

but the thread writer surely did not mean the drained antonio tarver that b-hop picked to fight , he means a well conditioned relatively young antonio tarver.
i honestly reckon b-hop would of beaten a prime wateva ready tarver

[frankenfrank]

i honestly reckon b-hop would of beaten a prime wateva ready tarver
wrong , he will get disqualified if the refereeing is good enough .

[JohnThomas1]

i honestly reckon b-hop would of beaten a prime wateva ready tarver

Exactly. Just a whole different class of fighter to Tarver. Far too good and educated.

[PowerPuncher]

wrong , he will get disqualified if the refereeing is good enough .

:lol: Good lad

[dee-z-r]

suck your meeddah