whomper Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Its on.. Tarver, Roy Jones to face off in 'trilogy' fight July 28, 2005 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports LAS VEGAS -- Antonio Tarver and Roy Jones Jr. will go another round in their battle for light heavyweight supremacy. "It's the trilogy. It's the third fight," Brad Jacobs, Jones' Miami-based adviser, said Thursday after the two camps set an Oct. 1 date for the title fight at a site to be determined. "We're calling it the World Series between these two guys." Jacobs and Tarver's promoter, Joe DeGuardia, said the rubber match between the 36-year-old fighters might be at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, where the two fought twice before. Tarver knocked out Jones in May 2004 to keep the WBC and IBO titles. Jones had defeated Tarver in a close decision in November 2003 to win the championships. DeGuardia said venues in Atlantic City, N.J., Memphis, Tenn., Portland, Ore., Connecticut and Florida also were bidding to host the fight, which he said would be telecast on HBO pay-per-view. Tarver, the current IBO title holder, is 23-3 with 18 knockouts. He won a unanimous decision in June over Glen Johnson in Memphis. Jones is 49-3 with 38 knockouts. Johnson knocked him out last September in Memphis. Marc Ratner, Nevada Athletic Commission executive director, said the Oct. 1 date already was scheduled for a James Toney fight to be arranged in Las Vegas. But he said the commission and the Strip could handle two fights on one night. Scott Ghertner, entertainment and sports director for MGM Mirage Inc., said he could not confirm the Tarver-Jones rematch would be at Mandalay Bay. DeGuardia, reached by telephone while vacationing in upstate New York, said the fight was important for bragging rights between the boxers who've circled each other since they fought as amateurs 26 years ago. "Whoever wins it determines whether it's Tarver-Jones or Jones-Tarver," DeGuardia said. "At 13 years old, they faced each other in the Florida state championships. That was a real controversial decision that Jones won, and he became a superstar. Tarver always had a thing for Jones." AP NEWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 And I think Tarver will win again. He should have won their first bout and we all know what happened the second time around. I think Roy has seen his best days behind him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Rose Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I agree. Jones Jr has shown a major glass jaw as of late and couldn't hurt Tarver or Johnson in his previous 2 fights so there is no reason that Tarver won't walk right through him this time as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Messiahs Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 i'm not even going to watch it. after watching tarver and johnson fight that was it for me watching tarver fight again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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