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Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring
![]() After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 Kos) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, kuacha Jose Cortez katika raundi ya pili. 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.
“Katika pete,” Tarver alisema, “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.”
“Kama baba,” Tarver Sr., alibainisha, “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,” alikiri. “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, bila shaka, 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. aliongeza. “He has to learn how to balance fatherhood with his pro boxing career, making sacrifices to become a champion!”
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Timu ya uzinduzi Tarver Back-To- School drive a major hit last week in Tampa
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Timu Tarver katika Nyumba Layla katika Tampa
TAMPA (Agosti 26, 2015) — The inaugural Team Tarver Back-To-School-Drive was a major hit last week at Layla’s House (www.LaylasHouse.com) katika Tampa, Florida.
Tano-wakati bingwa wa dunia na dunia Heavyweight mgombea, Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 Kos), his son, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. (3-0, 2 Kos), na baadhi ya wanachama wengine wa Timu Tarver kusambazwa vifaa vya shule Alhamisi iliyopita kwa watoto wasiojiweza katika mji Tarver ya Tampa.
![]() TIMU TARVER: (L-R) – Antonio Tarver, Antonio Tarver Jr., Eboney De Costa, Orlando Fernandez, Angela Mitchell na Jamil Thompson
“Kuna kitu bora kuliko kuona tabasamu katika nyuso za watoto wadogo,” Tarver alisema. “I believe it’s important to give back in your community. We feel it’s very important for children, hasa wale mdogo, kuwa na vifaa kwa ajili ya siku ya kwanza ya shule. Tulikuwa na uwezo wa kuwapatia mahitaji muhimu kama kitabu mifuko, penseli, na madaftari. Hopefully, wao kujisikia vizuri kuhusu wao wenyewe, kuhudhuria shule, na kupata elimu nzuri.”
Timu Tarver ijayo iliyopangwa kazi itakuwa Uturuki Giveaway kabla ya Thanksgiving.For maelezo ya ziada, inquires udhamini au kufanya mchango, please email officialteamtarver @
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Antonio Tarver, Jr. Kupambana na Nje ya kivuli cha baba yake
Matarajio kwa uso Julian Valerio Jumamosi hii usiku katika Tampa |
TAMPA (Julai 9, 2015) – Junior Middleweight matarajio Antonio Tarver, Jr. (2-0, 2 Kos), mwana wa tano wakati bingwa wa dunia Anthony “Uchawi Mtu” Tarver, inaendelea kupambana nje ya kivuli maarufu wa baba yake Jumamosi hii usiku katika Tampa.
27 mwenye umri wa miaka Tarver anakabiliwa Julian Valerio (2-3) katika nne mzima bout off-televisheni juu ya Premier Boxing Mabingwa ESPN show, kichwa na Keith Thurmanvs. Luis Collazo, katika USF Sun Dome.
Tarver Jr. ilikua-up katika karibu Daytona Beach na yeye hivi karibuni walihamishwa katika Tampa ambapo baba yake pia anaishi. Wao wote mafunzo katika Miami kwa Orlando Cuellar. “Kupambana Hii ina maana sana kwangu,” Tarver Jr. alisema. “Mimi nina vijana, up-na-kuja mpiganaji ambaye ana nafasi kubwa ya kupambana na Jumamosi usiku mbele ya familia na marafiki. Ni tu gari saa mbili kutoka Daytona Beach. Ningependa kuwashukuru ESPN, Al HAYMON na kila mtu mwingine ambaye alisaidia kupata yangu kwenye kadi hii. Mimi sparred pamoja naye (Valerio) miaka miwili iliyopita. Yeye pengine alichukua vita hii kwa sababu ya kuwa kikao sparring, lakini mimi nimepata mshangao mkubwa kwa ajili yake Jumamosi usiku.”
Kuna faida nyingi na hasara ya kuwa na “Uchawi Mtu” kama baba yako, hasa wakati yeye bado ni hai, duniani darasa mpiganaji. “Mimi nina mtu wangu mwenyewe,” alielezea Tarver Jr. ambaye alikuwa mchezaji wa mpira wa kikapu wa chuo mpaka imeonekana baba yake kwamba alikuwa kikamilifu wakfu kwa ndondi. “Yeye ni zaidi mahesabu; Mimi nina wepesi kwa sababu mimi nina Middleweight junior na yeye Heavyweight. Yeye ni fikra kujihami na mimi nina kazi kwa bidii kila siku ili kuboresha utetezi wangu. I do not kuweka shinikizo lolote juu mwenyewe kama mtoto wake. Yeye daima aliniambia kufikia ndoto yangu, Mimi nimepata kufanya kazi kwa bidii, kuivunja kitako yangu, kuweka yote katika uwezo wangu na ufundi.
“Nimekuwa tu alikuwa 10 mapambano katika kazi yangu yote (2 mtaalamu, 8 Amateur) na mimi nina kujaribu kupata-up na kila mtu mwingine ambao wana uzoefu zaidi katika pete. Lakini nina baba yangu kuzungumza katika masikio yangu na ushauri kutoka wote wa uzoefu wake na mkufunzi kubwa katika Orlando. Watu wanakwenda kuona tofauti kubwa kutoka mapambano yangu ya kwanza wawili. Mimi niko tayari kwa ajili ya vita hii!”
Baba Antonio ni msisimko juu ya tatu vita mwanawe mtaalamu. “Hii ni hisia ya ajabu kwa kufuatia mabadiliko ya mwanangu katika mpiganaji anataka kuwa,” alikiri. “Hakuna mtu anafanya kazi ngumu kuliko Junior. Yeye kujitolea, umakini na yote ya kwamba anatoa mimi hisia halisi rahisi. All I kufanya ni kuzungumza naye ili kumsaidia kiakili. Siwezi kupambana kwa ajili yake, lakini siwezi kuongoza yake, matumaini yeye anachukua hatua haki. Yeye kila kitu kwenda kwa ajili yake – vipaji na kichwa chake juu ya moja kwa moja. Mimi kamwe kuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu yeye kupata katika shida. Yeye ni kuzaliana mbalimbali ya mpiganaji, accomplishment yangu kubwa kama mtu, na mimi nina kweli msisimko juu ya mustakabali wake katika mchezo huu.
“Alikuwa Keith Thurman kuu sparring mpenzi kwa ajili ya kupambana yake na kulikuwa na buzz kutoka vikao vyao sparring. Keith ni moja ya wapiganaji hottest vijana katika dunia na Junior alimpa kila kitu hakuweza kushughulikia. Nawaambia Junior wakati wote kwamba sparring si sawa na mapambano. Sparring haina kupata kulipwa au michuano. Junior anajua kwamba katika mapambano ana kufanya kile alifanya kazi kwa bidii juu katika mazoezi. masomo ya kuhakikishiwa na sparring na Keith alifanya Junior kujiamini zaidi.” Tarver Jr. imekuwa kufundishwa katika Tampa na kocha sawa, 86-mwenye umri wa miaka Jimmy Williams, ambaye pia mafunzo Tarver Sr. alipokuwa 12.
“Kila kupambana ni changamoto na mtihani kama Antonio kazi njia yake juu ya ndondi ngazi,” Cuellar maoni. “Pamoja na uzoefu wake mdogo Amateur, Antonio imekuwa na kujifunza juu ya kazi, cramming kwa ajili ya akili na mwili changamoto ambazo yatawasilishwa. Yeye ni passionate na ari kwa msingi thabiti. Antonio inaonekana kuwa na zana zote kufanya baadhi ya kukimbia nzuri. Tutaweza daraja Julai yake 11th utendaji na kwenda kutoka huko.”
Kana kwamba Tarver Jr. inahitajika msukumo yoyote ya ziada, ana tu kwamba kama baba kwa-kuwa kwa mara ya kwanza hii Septemba. “kutokana na tarehe kwa ajili ya mvulana mdogo wangu ni Septemba 17,” aliongeza. “Hiyo ina motisha mimi hata zaidi.”
Pia ina maana kwamba 46 mwenye umri wa miaka Tarver, Sr. Itakuwa mapigano baadaye mwaka huu kama babu, juu ya jitihada zake za kuwa kongwe duniani Heavyweight bingwa katika historia ya ndondi.
“Mimi hivyo furaha kwa ajili Junior lakini kuwa na babu haina nijisikie miaka,” Tarver Sr. alihitimisha. “Yeye ni paka tofauti. Mimi kumzuia kufanya makosa nilifanya. Amekuwa makazi kwa kipindi cha miaka mitano na mpenzi wake na sasa wao ni kuwa na mtoto. Sikuweza kuwa furaha. Hii ni mara ya kubwa kwa ajili yangu. Wakati Mimi kuamua kustaafu, Mimi itabidi mkono tochi kwake, bado moto, na hebu angalia jinsi mbali yeye anaendesha nayo.”
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