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Antonio Tarver
Tarver with the IBO title, 2011
Born
Antonio Deon Tarver
(1968-11-21) November 21, 1968 (age 55)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Other names
The Magic Man
Statistics
Weight(s)
Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Reach
75 in (191 cm)
Stance
Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights
39
Wins
31
Wins by KO
22
Losses
6
Draws
1
No contests
1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing United States
Pan American Games
Mar del Plata 1995
Light heavyweight
World Championships
Berlin 1995
Light heavyweight
Olympic Games
Atlanta 1996
Light heavyweight
Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968) is an American former professional boxer and boxing commentator. In boxing he competed from 1997 to 2015, and held multiple light heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Unified), WBC, IBF and Ring magazine titles, as well as the IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight titles.
As an amateur, Tarver represented the United States at the 1996 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division; he eventually lost to Vassiliy Jirov from Kazakhstan, whom he had previously defeated at the 1995 World Championships to win gold. Tarver also triumphed at the 1995 Pan American Games and 1995 U.S. National Championships, winning gold in both. He remains the only boxer in history to have won gold at the Pan Am Games, World Championships and U.S. Nationals all in the same year.[2]
Outside of boxing, Tarver starred as Mason "The Line" Dixon, the heavyweight champion in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa.
^HBO World Championship Boxing tale of the tape prior to the second Chad Dawson fight.
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