"I got a question, you got any excuses tonight, Roy?"

I was never a fan of Antonio Tarver while he was an active fighter. I didn't like his trash talk and I hated how he starched Roy in their second fight. Since then, I've grown to like his commentating style where he does a class job.

My question in this thread is: Has there ever been a better example of someone calling another fighter out and then delivering in such emphatic fashion? Looking back now, that is one of the greatest call-outs in history given how he delivered on it. Credit to Tarver.

 

He said the weight loss hurt him after Ruiz.

Edit: In other words, he was discounting Tarver's performance in the first fight by saying that it wasn't Tarver being good but him being drained that made the fight be close.

 

No problem. Tarver was obviously offended by that and already had a grudge against Roy because he felt Roy avoided him for years and they knew each other from many many years before.

 

I'd LOVE to see him starch David Haye with another big left hand like he did to Roy.

 

If we're going other sports also, I'd throw in the "Messier Guarantee" from hockey where he guaranteed a win against the New Jersey Devils (Messier was Captain of the New York Rangers). In the actual game, the Rangers were losing by two goals going into the third and final period. Messier hoisted his team on his shoulders and scored three goals and got an assist in that final period. It doesn't get more epic.

 

...You were in Edmonton during the 80s Oilers? Life must feel so ordinary, now. That was one of the greatest sports teams in history of any sport.