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"Magic Man” Tarver Has Fire In His Boxing Belly; First Trainer Casts Discerning Eye On New WBC Bad Chad Dawson
05.02.07 - Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com: KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA --Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver was not in the house at the Silver Spurs Arena Saturday night as a new star was born in the light heavyweight division. But the former champ, preparing to rebound from a desultory decision loss to ancient Bernard Hopkins, had a not so secret spy at ringside as challenger Bad Chad Dawson got up off the deck to take a 12-round unanimous decision and the WBC title away from plucky Pole Tomasz Adamek.
It was my pleasure to stand at the back of the ringside area and watch Gary Shaw's hard-working, 24-year-old fighter box and move and, on occasion, brawl a bit to capture his first but probably not last title belt. Standing beside me was 79 going on 49 trainer Jimmy Williams..
Williams, who has also handled such ring forces as John "The Beast" Mugabi, is strictly Old School. And he was the boxing tutor who molded the very young Tarver.
"I built that house (Tarver) from when he was seven years old," Williams said. "I built the house and then I put the shingles on it."
Before getting down to assessing young Dawson, Williams told me that the "Magic Man" is back in the gym and has the old competitive fires burning in his boxing belly once more.
"Oh, yes, definitely so," Williams said. "Antonio has the fire back. The flame is not weak. The flame is not flickering. It is burning brightly again, we had a talk and I asked Antonio if he was satisfied and if he felt that beating Roy Jones was the peak of his career. Antonio asked me to break it down so I told him is your best behind you or is your boxing best yet to come? He did not hesitate. He told me the best is yet to come and I am seeing that in his workouts, in how he is sparring."
Tarver has no certain ring date or opponent but it's no secret that industrious promoter Joe DeGuardia is trying to make a time deal buy on ABC.
"That's not my department," the sagacious Williams said. "But I can tell you that Antonio is coming back strong and soon!"[...]
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=9773&more=1
"Magic Man” Tarver Has Fire In His Boxing Belly; First Trainer Casts Discerning Eye On New WBC Bad Chad Dawson
05.02.07 - Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com: KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA --Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver was not in the house at the Silver Spurs Arena Saturday night as a new star was born in the light heavyweight division. But the former champ, preparing to rebound from a desultory decision loss to ancient Bernard Hopkins, had a not so secret spy at ringside as challenger Bad Chad Dawson got up off the deck to take a 12-round unanimous decision and the WBC title away from plucky Pole Tomasz Adamek.
It was my pleasure to stand at the back of the ringside area and watch Gary Shaw's hard-working, 24-year-old fighter box and move and, on occasion, brawl a bit to capture his first but probably not last title belt. Standing beside me was 79 going on 49 trainer Jimmy Williams..
Williams, who has also handled such ring forces as John "The Beast" Mugabi, is strictly Old School. And he was the boxing tutor who molded the very young Tarver.
"I built that house (Tarver) from when he was seven years old," Williams said. "I built the house and then I put the shingles on it."
Before getting down to assessing young Dawson, Williams told me that the "Magic Man" is back in the gym and has the old competitive fires burning in his boxing belly once more.
"Oh, yes, definitely so," Williams said. "Antonio has the fire back. The flame is not weak. The flame is not flickering. It is burning brightly again, we had a talk and I asked Antonio if he was satisfied and if he felt that beating Roy Jones was the peak of his career. Antonio asked me to break it down so I told him is your best behind you or is your boxing best yet to come? He did not hesitate. He told me the best is yet to come and I am seeing that in his workouts, in how he is sparring."
Tarver has no certain ring date or opponent but it's no secret that industrious promoter Joe DeGuardia is trying to make a time deal buy on ABC.
"That's not my department," the sagacious Williams said. "But I can tell you that Antonio is coming back strong and soon!"[...]
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=9773&more=1
