BOXER

Antonio Tarver

1968 - Today

Photo of Antonio Tarver

Icon of person Antonio Tarver

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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Tarver is the 223rd most popular boxer (down from 173rd in 2019), the 12,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,269th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Antonio Tarver by language

Loading...

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Antonio Tarver ranks 223 out of 496. Before him are Edwin Valero, Clemente Rojas, Marco Antonio Barrera, Micky Ward, Alfonso Pérez, and Kubrat Pulev. After him are Armando Martínez, Joseph Parker, Imane Khelif, Jackie Fields, Alan Minter, and Mircea Fulger.

Most Popular Boxers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Antonio Tarver ranks 452. Before him are Shin-ichiro Miki, Donna D'Errico, S. J. Suryah, Li Bun-hui, Olga Neuwirth, and Maurizio Ganz. After him are Sami Trabelsi, Eric Van Meir, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Fernando León de Aranoa, Petar Naumoski, and Thomas G:son.

Others Born in 1968

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 12,562 out of 20,380. Before him are Erle C. Kenton (1896), Christa Miller (1964), Jimmie Johnson (1975), Dallas Roberts (1970), Howard Georgi (1947), and Frank Ocean (1987). After him are Isaac Shelby (1750), Keone Young (1947), Gary Herbert (1947), Les Brown (1912), André 3000 (1975), and Mario Savio (1942).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 69. Before him are Miguel Cotto (1980), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Wilfred Benítez (1958), Terence Crawford (1987), Fidel LaBarba (1905), and Micky Ward (1965). After him are Jackie Fields (1908), Shannon Briggs (1971), Chris Byrd (1970), Laila Ali (1977), Ryan Garcia (1998), and Shane Mosley (1971).

American born Boxers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous