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Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III

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No Excuses
Tarver vs Jones 3.jpg
DateOctober 1, 2005
Venue Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Title(s) on the line IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Antonio Tarver Roy Jones Jr.
Nickname The Magic Man Junior
Hometown Orlando, Florida, U.S. Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Purse $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Pre-fight record 23–3 (18 KO) 49–3 (38 KO)
Age 36 years, 10 months 36 years, 8 months
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg) 173 lb (78 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition IBO, and The Ring
Light Heavyweight Champion
IBF
No. 5 Ranked Light Heavyweight
The Ring No. 10 ranked pound-for-pound fighter		 WBC
No. 4 Ranked Light Heavyweight
The Ring
No. 3 Ranked Light Heavyweight
4-division world champion
Result
Tarver wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112, 117-111)

Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III, billed as No Excuses, was a professional boxing match contested on October 1, 2005 for Tarver's IBO and The Ring light heavyweight championships. [1]

Contents

The fight's bill comes from a remark made by Tarver to Jones at center ring after the referees' instructions before the second fight. The referee asked both fighters, as is customary, if they had any questions, and Tarver stated: "Yeah, I got a question. You got any excuses tonight, Roy?"

Background

Tarver and Jones had fought each other twice in the previous two years. The first match took place on November 8, 2003 with Jones returning to the light heavyweight division after winning the WBA heavyweight title in his previous bout. Jones was able to narrowly defeat Tarver by majority decision to recapture the WBC light heavyweight title (which Tarver had won earlier in the year after Jones vacated it following his heavyweight title victory) and retain the WBA (Super), IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles that he still held. The two fighters would have a rematch the following year on May 15, 2004. This time, Tarver would pick up the victory by second round knockout, becoming the first person to knock out Jones in his professional career. Jones attempted to rebound from his knockout loss to Tarver by challenging Glen Johnson for the IBF light heavyweight title, but Johnson dominated Jones for most of the fight before knocking out Jones brutally in the ninth. Tarver would then face Johnson twice, losing the first fight by a split decision, but then winning the second fight by unanimous decision to regain the IBO and The Ring titles. [2] [3] After Tarver's victory over Johnson, a third fight between him and Jones was made for October 1, 2005. Unlike the previous two fights, the WBA and WBC light heavyweight titles were not on the line. After winning the titles from Jones in the second fight, Tarver was stripped of both titles for choosing to face Johnson (who was also stripped of his IBF title) rather than face mandatory challenger Paul Briggs. [4]

The fight

Tarver served as the aggressor for nearly the entire fight as Jones kept his distance and simply did not mount enough offense. There were no knockdowns in the fight, but Tarver came close to scoring one over Jones in the eleventh round. Tarver spent the first minute wildly throwing punches at Jones, who covered up and clinched Tarver. After the referee ordered a break, Tarver landed a right hook to Jones' head that left him severely stunned. Sensing an opportunity at a knockout victory, Tarver quickly attacked Jones, who was now against the ropes, with a left uppercut, but Tarver's momentum sent him over the ropes and nearly out of the ring. Jones retreated but Tarver quickly followed up with a 25-second flurry of punches in an effort to score the knockdown, Jones survived as Tarver soon tired from throwing so many punches. Jones then turned the tables and stalked towards the exhausted Tarver who was able to dodge most of Jones' attempts and both men were able to survive the round.

Ultimately, Tarver, landed a substantial amount of power punches and combinations and both threw and landed more punches (107 of 341) than Jones. Jones landed a higher percentage of his punches with a 36% success rate, but landed only 74 of his 207 thrown punches. All three judges scored the fight in favor of Tarver, who won with two scores of 116–112 and one score of 117–111. Unofficial HBO judge Harold Lederman scored the fight 116–112 for Tarver, while ESPN scored the fight 118–111 for Tarver. [5]

Aftermath

Speaking after the bout Tarver said, "Roy was sharp, it was like playing chess. It was a chess game, and one mistake and I'm checkmated. The guy had resilience. You all thought I was one-punch happy, but I passed my test tonight. I did my homework." [6]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts: [7] [8]

WinnerLoserWeight division/title belt(s) disputedResult
Flag of the United States.svg Andre Ward Flag of the United States.svg Glenn LaPlanteMiddleweight (6 rounds)1st round KO
Flag of the United States.svg Nate Campbell Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Almazbek Raiymkulov Lightweight (10 rounds)10th round TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Minto Flag of the United States.svg Vinny Maddalone Heavyweight (10 rounds)7th round TKO
Non-TV bouts
Flag of the United States.svg Rodney Jones Flag of Guyana.svg Raul Frank IBF Light middleweight title eliminatorSplit draw
Flag of the United States.svg Lance Whitaker Flag of the United States.svg Gabe BrownHeavyweight (10 rounds)5th round TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Malachy Farrell Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Joseph Kenneth

Reyes

Heavyweight (6 rounds)4th round TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Andre Berto Flag of the United States.svg William JohnsonLight middleweight (4 rounds)1st round KO
Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Bey Flag of the United States.svg Lamont SimsLightweight (4 rounds)1st round TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Cortez Bey Flag of the United States.svg Masresha BayeLightweight (4 rounds)3rd round TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Hervey Medina Flag of the United States.svg Anthony ConcepcionWelterweight (4 rounds)4th round TKO

Broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sport 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States HBO

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References

  1. ↑ "Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. (3rd meeting)". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Johnson earns split decision over Tarver, Baltimore Sun article, 2004-12-19, Retrieved on 2013-11-25
  3. ↑ Tarver gains revenge over Johnson, BBC article, 2005-06-19, Retrieved on 2013-11-25
  4. ↑ Tarver and Johnson forfeit titles, BBC article, 2004-11-10, Retrieved on 2013-11-25
  5. ↑ Tarver hands Jones third straight loss, ESPN article, 2005-10-01, Retrieved on 2013-11-16
  6. ↑ John C. Cotey (2 October 2005). "Tarver stakes his claim". sptimes.com. St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "BoxRec - event".
  8. ↑ "Bout Sheet: No Excuses! Tarver vs. Jones 3". hboppv.com. HBO. Archived from the original on 22 November 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
Preceded by Antonio Tarver's bouts
1 October 2005		Succeeded by
Preceded by Roy Jones, Jr.'s bouts
1 October 2005		Succeeded by
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