Light Heavyweights : Antonio Tarver vs. Bobby Czyz

[Woldemar]

IMO Tarver by TKO 9

What your picks?

[giacomino]

IMO Tarver by TKO 9

What your picks?

Ugly beat down. Tarver batters him for a TKO7

[zuru]

No offense but I think Czyz was a real good fighter and yes it is an ugly beat down but with Czyz doing the beating. Czyz was fast hard punching good chin and punched in combinations. And big heart.

[margaret thatcher]

the light heavy bobby could hardly win a round against virgil hill, stopped twice by charles williams including losing nearly all rounds in the rematch. beat by pretty much every notable lhw he faced and had a completely padded title reign. he's not gonna give tarver a beating. tarver was far more skilled and would take a comfortable decision.

bobby was tough and game and would have his moments but gets outpointed

[DrDuke]

the light heavy bobby could hardly win a round against virgil hill, stopped twice by charles williams including losing nearly all rounds in the rematch. beat by pretty much every notable lhw he faced and had a completely padded title reign. he's not gonna give tarver a beating. tarver was far more skilled and would take a comfortable decision.

bobby was tough and game and would have his moments but gets outpointed

Gotta go with this.

[zuru]

the light heavy bobby could hardly win a round against virgil hill, stopped twice by charles williams including losing nearly all rounds in the rematch. beat by pretty much every notable lhw he faced and had a completely padded title reign. he's not gonna give tarver a beating. tarver was far more skilled and would take a comfortable decision.

bobby was tough and game and would have his moments but gets outpointed

Gotta go with this.

Possible. My best memory of Tarver was beating Jones but other than that he didnt look special. And Maybe im focusing on the Sandman Edwards and Tim Broady fights ill have to watch again because the 1st Williams fight was a war .But im going to watch.

[zuru]

I will always admit when im wrong and think I may have been wrong about Tarver . He looks much more impressive than I remember with some deadly power.
Im still going with Czyz but think it would be a war with Czyz taking some beating but winning

[Nile4000]

Tarver beats Czyz by UD.

[Joson]

I grew up watching Czyz's bouts, and have a good idea of his abilities. But Tarver, I haven 't seen enough of him to make any judgments.

However, looking closely at Tarver's record, I'm comfortable that he would have defeated Czyz at 175 lbs. Tarver's big advantages in height, reach, and boxing ability would dictate the outcome.

Impressive too is that Tarver twice beat Roy Jones Jr. That tells us something about his talent level, and overall boxing ability.

Tarver would control the fight from long range, depriving Bobby of the opportunity to assert himself through effective infighting. He'd probably do some serious facial damage when he puts his punches together. But Bobby would take it all, and press on like a bulldog.

End result: Tarver by UD or by TKO anytime after the eighth.

[Joson]

the light heavy bobby could hardly win a round against virgil hill, stopped twice by charles williams including losing nearly all rounds in the rematch. beat by pretty much every notable lhw he faced and had a completely padded title reign. he's not gonna give tarver a beating. tarver was far more skilled and would take a comfortable decision.

bobby was tough and game and would have his moments but gets outpointed

Czyz definitely had a high ring IQ and could adjust his tactics in a variety of ways, depending on the other guy's style. Excellent infighting skills, hand speed, decent power, combination punching, durability, and tenacity were his other assets.

Normally I'd give Bobby a chance at figuring out how to overcome his height and reach disadvantages (he stood 5'9.75" with a 69.5" wingspan). However, his limitations fighting talented tall guys was indeed exposed against Williams and Hill.

So, I just can't picture Czyz overcoming a challenge like Tarver.

[giacomino]

Tarver by late TKO or wide UD. He baffled me a bit because he was super talented but sometimes seemed to get lazy in fights. Still, he'd have more than enough to bear Czyz, whom I always enjoyed watching

[scorpio83]

Tarver's southpaw punching style would be too much for Czyz to handle as Tarver would decision him or stopping him late with a big left hand.