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Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring
Tampa (May 10, 2016) – Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of 5-time world champion and 1996 Laga xoreeyo. Cayaaraha olombikada Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver – rajada miisaanka yar ee dhexdhexaadka ah Antonio Tarver, Jr. – this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring.
After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 KOs) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, joojinta Jose Cortez wareegii labaad. Tarver displayed his improving skills, especially a punishing body attack, during a thoroughly dominating performance. He broke-down Cortez and closed the show in style.
“It took me one round to get rid of ring rust,” he explained. “We had a game-plan to go to the body, then the head, body and head, but it took me a round to do it. God’s really blessed me and I owe all thanks to Him. My father and coach, Jimmy Williams, have always told me not to look for a knockout but that it’ll come. I’m not a one-punch knockout fighter. It’s all about setting up shots and putting them together. I may not connect with every single body shot I throw, but if I get in three of four each round, it’ll eventually cause damage. I’m focusing on my opponent’s liver and ribs, trying to be a body-snatcher.”
Tarver was an athlete, playing basketball and football, who didn’t start boxing until he was 19. He had a very brief amateur career and fully realizes that he’s consistently going to be fighting more experienced boxers.
“In giraanta,” Tarver yiri, “I’m still a baby. My opponents may be much more experienced than me, but I do have a lot of experience around me: my father, coach Williams and Darrell Foreman. My father wouldn’t support me as a fighter until I proved to him that I was worthy (sacrificing and training). I’m worthy now and believe I’m coming into my own as I continue to learn.”
“Sida aabbe,” Tarver Sr., xusay, “I wanted him to know what he was getting into and have the tools to succeed. He’s as tough as nails. When he realizes how strong he really is…..look out. There’s a difference between hitting an opponent with a punch and punching through him like he’s doing now. I just wish he’d get started quicker. He doesn’t get going until he gets hit and then he turns into a beast. A ferociousness comes out from inside that I never had. He’s improving all of the time. He’s putting punches together better and sitting down on his punches.
“Antonio is going to be a fan-friendly fighter. I know I put him under a lot of pressure, but he’s fighting much more experienced guys. I’ve never been worried about him fighting a tough guy. It’s the guys who think in the ring and have amateur pedigree that can be problems for him.”
Understanding that his opponents get pumped to fight him because of his last name, Antonio Jr. rationalizes that, taking advantage of the situation he is in. “It’s very important for my opponents to beat me and the name,” uu qirtay. “My father set this stage for me and my name is, Antonio Tarver, Jr., so they’re trying to give us both a loss. I’m fighting for my family and to protect the legacy of my last name. I try and take advantage of being my father’s son and accept everything that goes with that. I don’t try to put pressure on myself but, Dabcan, I want to be the best Antonio Tarver Jr. I can be.
“People are always going to compare me with my father but we fight in different weight classes. Light heavyweights, other than Roy Jones Jr., are slower than junior middleweights, who are much quicker like Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I’m always going to be fighting opponents taller than me, or sometimes the same height, but I’m 5′ 9″ and a lot of my opponents are going to be 6′ 2″ or so.
The father has another important lesson he’s teaching his son. “Antonio became a father for the first time last September and he was slow getting back in the gym,” Antonio Sr. hadalkiisa raaciyay. “He has to learn how to balance fatherhood with his pro boxing career, making sacrifices to become a champion!”
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Kooxda HORREEYA Tarver dib-- Iskuulku wuxuu gaari weyn ku dhuftay isbuucii hore Tampa
Kooxda Tarver ee Layla ayaa House ee Tampa
Tampa (August 26, 2015) — Furitaankii Kooxda Tarver Back-To-School-Drive wuxuu ahaa mid si weyn loogu garaacay usbuucii hore guriga Layla (www.LaylasHouse.com) ee Tampa, Florida.
Kooxda heysata horyaalka adduunka shanta jeer oo u tartamaya adduunka la saadaalinayaa, Anthony “Man Magic ayaa” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs), wiilkiisa, rajada miisaanka yar ee dhexdhexaadka ah Antonio Tarver, Jr. (3-0, 2 KOs), iyo qaar ka mid ah xubnaha kale ee Kooxda Tarver qaybiyey qalabka dugsiga khamiistii la soo dhaafay carruurta underprivileged in magaaladiisa Tarver ee Tampa.
KOOXDA TARVER: (L-R) – Antonio Tarver, Antonio Tarver Jr., Eboney De Costa, Orlando Fernandez, Angela Mitchell iyo Jamil Thompson
“Ma jiraan wax ka fiican tahay arkaya qoslayay Wajiyada carruurta yaryar ay,” Tarver yiri. “Waxaan aaminsanahay inay muhiim tahay inaad dib ugu celiso bulshadaada. Waxaan dareemeynaa inay aad muhiim ugu tahay carruurta, gaar ahaan kuwa da'da yaraa, in ay sahay waayo, maalintii koowaad ee dugsiga. Waxaana awood u siiyaan sahayda aasaasiga ah sida buug-bacaha, qalin, iyo buugta qoraalka. Waxaan rajeynayaa, raynayo naftooda ku saabsan, dhigata dugsiga, iyo waxbarasho fiican helaan.”
Function soo socda Kooxda Tarver ee la qorsheeyay noqon doonaa Turkey Giveaway ka hor Thanksgiving.For macluumaad dheeraad ah, weyddiiyaan xayaysiinta ama in aad deeq, fadlan emayl officialteamtarver @
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Antonio Tarver, Jr. Dagaal Out hooska aabbihiis
Prospect ka fool Julian Valerio Saturday this habeen ee Tampa |
Tampa (July 9, 2015) – Rajada dhexe Junior Antonio Tarver, Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), ina horyaalka aduunka ee shanta jeer Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver, sii wadaan in ay ku dagaalami doona hooska aabbihiis caanka ah ee Saturday this habeen ee Tampa.
27-sano jirkaan ayaa wajahaya Tarver Julian Valerio (2-3) in afar wareega xumad off-television ku saabsan Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show, cinwaan by Keith Thurmanvs. Luis Collazo, at Sun USF wadini.
Tarver Jr. koray-up ee u dhow Daytona Beach oo uu dhawaan loo raray ee Tampa halka uu aabihiis ayaa sidoo kale ku nool. Waxa ay labada tababaray Miami iyadoo Orlando Cuellar. “Dagaalka taasi ka dhigan tahay wax badan ii,” Tarver Jr. sheegay. “Dhalinyaro ah oo aan ahay, kor-iyo-socda dagaalka oo uu leeyahay fursad weyn si ay ula dagaalamaan Saturday Habeen hore ee qoyska iyo saaxiibada. Waa kaliya drive ah oo laba saac ka Daytona Beach. Waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan u mahadceliyo ESPN, Al HAYMON iyo qof kasta oo kale oo ay iga caawisay hesho kaadhka this. Waxaan sparred isaga la (Valerio) laba sano ka hor. Wuxuu u badan tahay qaatay dagaalka sababtoo ah fadhiga sparring in, laakiin waxaan heysanaa la yaab weyn ay u Saturday habeenkii.”
Waxaa jira faa'iidada badan iyo khasaaraha isagoo “Magic Man” sidii aabbahaa, gaar ahaan marka uu weli yahay mid firfircoon ah, dagaalka-heer caalami ah. “Waxaan ahay nin aniga ii gaar ah,” sharxay Tarver Jr. oo ahaa ciyaaryahan kulliyadda basketball ah ilaa uu cadeeyay inuu aabbihiis in uu si buuxda heegan u ah feerka. “Waxa uu intaas sii fakaray; Waxaan dhaqso ahay sababtoo ah waxaan ahay dhexe a yar oo uu culus ah. Waxa uu hanad daafaca iyo inaan si adag uga shaqaynayso maalin kasta si loo hagaajiyo munaaraddayda. Anigu ma wax cadaadis aan ku jiro sida uu ina. Waxa uu mar walba ii sheegay in la gaaro aan ku riyoon jiray, Waxaan heystaa si adag u shaqeeyaan, isku dhac aan baadkiisa, waxaa dhammaan geliyey xirfadaha iyo farsamada.
“Waxaan kaliya lahaa 10 dagaal ee mustaqbalkeyga ciyaareed oo dhan (2 professional, 8 hiwaayadda) iyo Waxaan isku dayayaa inaan la-qabsi ah oo la qof kasta oo kale oo waayo aragnimo badan giraanta leeyihiin. Laakiin waxaan aabbahay hadalka ee dhegta u leh talo ka dhan ah oo uu waayo-aragnimo iyo tababare weyn ee Orlando. Dadku waxa ay u socdaan si ay u arkaan kala duwanaanshaha weyn ka laba dagaal ugu horeysay aan. Diyaar u yahay dagaal tan baan ahay!”
Antonio aabihii ku faraxsan yahay dagaal xirfad saddexaad wiilkiisa. “Tani waa dareen aan caadi aheyn si ay u soo socda Isbadal wiilkayga galay dagaalka uu doonayo in uu noqon,” uu qirtay. “Qofna shaqeeyaa sii adag tahay Junior. Waxa uu u go'ay, diirada oo dhan kuwa i siinaysaa dareen fudud dhabta ah. All aan sameeyo waa hadal inuu isaga maskax caawin. Waxaan mala dagaalami karno isaga u, laakiinse isaga waan toosin kara, rajeynaya uu ka Gaartay xaq u. Waxa uu wax walba oo isaga u – tayo iyo madaxiisa ku toosan. Waxaan marnaba walwalo isaga helo dhibaato. Waxa uu idaad ah kala duwan ee dagaalka, guul aan ugu weyn sidii nin, oo aan runtii aad ugu faraxsanahay oo ku saabsan mustaqbalkiisa in kulankaan ahay.
“Waxa uu ahaa lamaanahaaga sparring Keith Thurman ee ugu weyn ee uu dagaalka oo waxaa jiray tijaabadooda ka kalfadhi sparring ay. Keith waa mid ka mid ah ugu kulul dagaalyahannada dhallinta yar ee dunida oo dhan iyo Junior isaga siiyey wax walba oo uu xamili waayay. Waxaan u sheegi Junior mar walba sparring oo aan la mid ah sida dagaal. Sparring ma heli aad bixisay ama horyaal. Junior og yahay in dagaal uu leeyahay inuu sameeyo wixii isaga si adag shaqeeyeen in jimicsiga. The casharada uu ka Xagjitnimada Keith bartay ka dhigay Junior kalsooni.” Tarver Jr. ayaa la baray ee Tampa by Tababaraha kooxda isla, 86-sano jir ah Jimmy Williams, oo sidoo kale loo tababaray Tarver Sr. markii uu ahaa 12.
“Dagaal kasta waa tartan iyo baaritaanka sida Antonio shaqeeyaa socdaa sallaan feerka ah,” Cuellar hadashay. “Iyada oo uu ku koobnayn waayo-aragnimo hiwaayadda, Antonio ayaa si aad u barato shaqada, Cramming ee jidhka iyo maskaxda caqabadaha in loo soo bandhigi doono. Waxa uu u jecel oo heegan ah ku salaysan oo joogto ah. Antonio muuqataa in ay leeyihiin dhammaan qalabka si uu u sameeyo qaab ciyaareed wanaagsan. Waxaan arki doonaa fasalka uu July 11th waxqabad iyo halkaas ka soo tagto.”
Sida haddii Tarver Jr. loo baahan yahay wax waxyi dheeraad ah, waxa uu leeyahay oo kaliya in sida aabbe-ahaan u September markii ugu horeysay. “Taariikhda sabab u ah in aan wiilka yar yahay September 17,” ayuu hadalkiisa ku daray. “Taasi ayaa xitaa ka sii badan igu dhiirisey.”
Waxaa sidoo kale ka dhigan tahay in 46-sano jir ah Tarver, Sr. goor dambe la dagaalami doono sanadkan sida awoowe ah, uu baaris si uu u noqdo horyaalka culus ugu da'da weyn adduunka ee taariikhda feerka.
“Sidaa darteed waan ku faraxsanahay u Junior laakiin noqdo awoowe uusan ha iga dhigin dareento jir,” Tarver Sr. soo gabagabeeyay. “Waxa uu bisad kala duwan. Waxaan isaga ka hortagga ka khalad aan anigu samaynta. Waxa uu la degay muddo shan sano ah isaga iyo xaaskiisa iyo hadda ay dhasho cunug. Anigu ma noqon kartaa farxad. Tani waa markii weyn ayay ii tahay. Marka Waxaan go'aansan inuu ciyaaraha ka fariisto, Waxaan gacanta doonaa tooshka isaga u, weli kulul, oo aan aragno sida wayn ee uu u ordo la.”
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