How do you think crack abuse effected antonio tarver's career?

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Is anyone old enough to have seen his earlier stuff? I'm really curious about this. Like how was his skills/speed/power before the drug abuse?
 

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It's my understanding that he was done with it by the time he went to the Olympics and then turned pro...could be wrong though.
Hmm. I'd like to see some of his amateur fights before the abuse. That kind of drug abuse really effects your brain and body. He probably lost a lot from it.
 

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Hmm. I'd like to see some of his amateur fights before the abuse. That kind of drug abuse really effects your brain and body. He probably lost a lot from it.


tarver was damn near the same fighter in the amateurs but in the pros he used his range and could crack with that left hand of his. that drug abuse couldn't have affected him that much. by time he turned pro, he was 28 and 6 months passed since the olympics. you can see in the olympics when he fought jirov, he had some speed, fresher legs but still the same guy who who went in there jabbing and looking to land a straight left.





 

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Him and Roy fought as teenagers in the sunshine games in Florida. Roy beat him but that gave Tarver the motivation to get to RJJ level once he saw where Jones career was going.
 

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Him and Roy fought as teenagers in the sunshine games in Florida. Roy beat him but that gave Tarver the motivation to get to RJJ level once he saw where Jones career was going.

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Tarver put hands on him as an amateur :mjpls:

And we know what happened as a pro

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His crack usage didn't effect his fighting more than his roid abuse did..........................
 
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