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Antonio Tarver

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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Antonio Tarver is the 226th most popular boxer (down from 173rd in 2024), the 12,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,266th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Antonio Tarver ranks 226 out of 496. Before him are Clemente Rojas, Bruce Seldon, 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Antonio Tarver ranks 473. 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 Monchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 12,583 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).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 70. Before him are Tyrell Biggs (1960), Wilfred Benítez (1958), Terence Crawford (1987), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Bruce Seldon (1967), 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).

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