What is Antonio Tarver's record?

Antonio Tarver's professional record is 33-6-1, 1 NC with 23 knockouts.

Light heavyweight · United States

Antonio Tarver

33-6-1, 1 NC 23 KO · 1997–2015

Photo: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Antonio Tarver was a light heavyweight boxer from United States, born Nov 21, 1968. Record 33-6-1, 1 NC with 23 knockouts over 1997–2015. World titles: IBF light heavyweight (2008), WBA light heavyweight (2004), WBC light heavyweight (2004), WBC light heavyweight (2003) and 1 more. Antonio Tarver last fought Steve Cunningham on Aug 14, 2015 and the bout was a draw.

Also: Антонио Тарвер · Антоніо Тарвер · آنتونیو تارور

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أنطونيو تارفير · ئەنتۆنیۆ تارڤەر · انطونيو تارفير · アントニオ・ターバー · 安东尼奥·塔沃尔 · 安東尼歐·塔弗 · 안토니오 타버 · Antonio Deon Tarver · Тарвер, Антонио

BornNov 21, 1968

Country🇺🇸 United States

StanceSouthpaw

Height188 cm

Reach190.5 cm

NicknameThe Magic Man

DebutFeb 18, 1997

Career1997–2015

Rounds boxed308

KO share70%

Born inOrlando, Florida, U.S.

TitlesIBF, WBA, WBC light heavyweight · 2003–2008

Boxerbook rating2240 ± 168 · inactive since Aug 2015Why here ›

Confirmed bouts16 of 41 · 5 official

Career record

Record

33-6-1, 1 NC, 23 KOs · 1997–2015

Last result

Steve Cunningham 🇺🇸

SD 12/12 · Prudential Center, Newark, 🇺🇸

2015-08-14 ›
✓✓ two sources

The record

41 bouts, 1997–2015, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 40, Wikipedia (ja) · 39, Wikipedia (ru) · 20, Nevada State Athletic Commission — Results · 4, California State Athletic Commission — Results (archive) · 1, WBA Fights Master Scores · 1

Steve Cunningham 🇺🇸

SD 12/12 · Prudential Center, Newark, 🇺🇸

Tarver 33-6-0 · Cunningham 29-7-0

2015-08-14 ›
✓✓ two sources

Johnathon Banks 🇺🇸

KO 7/10 · Pechanga Casino, Temecula, 🇺🇸

Tarver 32-6-0 · Banks —

2014-12-11 ›
official ★

Mike Sheppard

Won WBA–NABA interim heavyweight title

TKO 4/10 · BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida, 🇺🇸

Tarver 31-6-0 · Sheppard —

2013-11-26 ›
✓ one source

Lateef Kayode 🇳🇬

IBO cruiserweight title at stake

SD 12/12 · Home Depot Center, Carson, California, 🇺🇸

Tarver 31-6-0 · Kayode —

2012-06-02 ›
! sources disagree

Danny Green 🇦🇺

Won IBO cruiserweight title

RTD 9/12 · Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 🇦🇺

Tarver 30-6-0 · Green 31-4-0

2011-07-20 ›
✓ one source

Danny Green 🇦🇺

Won IBO cruiserweight title

RTD 9/12 · Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 🇦🇺

Tarver 29-6-0 · Green 31-3-0

2011-06-20 ›
✓ one source

Nagy Aguilera 🇩🇴

UD 12/12 · Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸

Tarver 28-6-0 · Aguilera 16-5-0

2010-10-15 ›
✓✓ two sources

Nagy Aguilera 🇩🇴

UD 10/10 · Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, 🇺🇸

Tarver 27-6-0 · Aguilera 16-4-0

2010-09-15 ›
✓ one source

Chad Dawson 🇺🇸

For IBF light heavyweight title

UD 12/12 · Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸

Tarver 27-5-0 · Dawson 28-0-0

2009-05-09 ›
official ★

Chad Dawson 🇺🇸

For IBF and IBO light heavyweight titles

UD 12/12 · Pearl Concert Theater, Paradise, Nevada, 🇺🇸

Tarver 27-4-0 · Dawson 26-0-0

2008-10-11 ›
✓✓ two sources

Clinton Woods 🇬🇧

Won IBF light-heavyweight title

UD 12/12 · St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, 🇺🇸

Tarver 26-4-0 · Woods 41-3-1

2008-04-12 ›
✓✓ two sources

Danny Santiago 🇺🇸

Retained IBO light heavyweight title

TKO 4/12 · Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, 🇺🇸

Tarver 25-4-0 · Santiago 29-3-1

2007-12-01 ›
✓✓ two sources

Elvir Muriqi 🇺🇸

Won vacant IBO light heavyweight title

MD 12/12 · Convention Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 🇺🇸

Tarver 24-4-0 · Muriqi —

2007-06-09 ›
✓ one source

Bernard Hopkins 🇺🇸

For IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles

UD 12/12 · Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸

Tarver 24-3-0 · Hopkins 46-4-1

2006-06-10 ›
✓✓ two sources

Roy Jones Jr. 🇷🇺

Retained IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles

UD 12/12 · St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, 🇺🇸

Tarver 23-3-0 · Jones Jr. 49-3-0

2005-10-01 ›
✓✓ two sources

Glen Johnson 🇯🇲

Won IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles

UD 12/12 · FedExForum, Memphis, 🇺🇸

Tarver 22-3-0 · Johnson 42-9-2

2005-06-18 ›
✓✓ two sources

Glen Johnson 🇯🇲

For IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles

SD 12/12 · Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸

Tarver 22-2-0 · Johnson 41-9-2

2004-12-18 ›
✓✓ two sources

Roy Jones Jr. 🇷🇺

Won WBA, WBC, IBO, IBA, The Ring, and inaugural WBF light heavyweight titles

TKO 2/12 · MANDALAY BAY RESORT, LAS VEGAS, 🇺🇸

Tarver 21-2-0 · Jones Jr. 49-1-0

2004-05-15 ›
official ★

Roy Jones Jr. 🇷🇺

Lost WBC light heavyweight title

MD 12/12 · Mandalay Bay Arena, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸

Tarver 21-1-0 · Jones Jr. 48-1-0

2003-11-08 ›
official ★

Montell Griffin 🇺🇸

Won vacant WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles

UD 12/12 · Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, 🇺🇸

Tarver 20-1-0 · Griffin 44-3-0

2003-04-26 ›
✓✓ two sources

Show all 41 bouts

Eric Harding 🇺🇸

TKO 5/12 · Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸

Tarver 19-1-0 · Harding —

2002-07-20 ›
✓ one source

Reggie Johnson 🇺🇸

Won NABF and USBA light heavyweight titles

SD 12/12 · Ramada Plaza O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois, 🇺🇸

Tarver 18-1-0 · Johnson 42-7-1

2002-01-25 ›
✓✓ two sources

Chris Johnson 🇨🇦

KO 10/10 · Yakama Legends Casino, Toppenish, Washington, 🇺🇸

Tarver 17-1-0 · Johnson —

2001-08-03 ›
✓ one source

Lincoln Carter

TKO 5/10 · Ice Palace, Tampa, 🇺🇸

Tarver 16-1-0 · Carter —

2001-02-24 ›
✓ one source

Eric Harding 🇺🇸

UD 12/12 · Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, 🇺🇸

Tarver 16-0-0 · Harding —

2000-06-23 ›
✓ one source

Ernest Mateen 🇺🇸

KO 1/10 · Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸

Tarver 15-0-0 · Mateen —

2000-02-29 ›
official ★

Mohamed Benguesmia 🇩🇿

TKO 9/10 · Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸

Tarver 14-0-0 · Benguesmia —

1999-10-02 ›
✓ one source

Jerry Williams

TKO 5/10 · Aleppo Shriners Auditorium, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

Tarver 13-0-0 · Williams —

1999-06-12 ›
✓ one source

Roy Francis

TKO 3/10 · Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, 🇺🇸

Tarver 12-0-0 · Francis —

1999-03-27 ›
✓ one source

John Williams

KO 4/12 · Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, 🇺🇸

Tarver 11-0-0 · Williams —

1999-02-05 ›
✓ one source

Rocky Gannon

TKO 2/10 · Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, Chester, West Virginia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 10-0-0 · Gannon —

1998-08-30 ›
✓ one source

Jose Luis Rivera

RTD 4/10 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 9-0-0 · Rivera —

1998-06-23 ›
✓ one source

Charles Oliver

UD 8/8 · Grand Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, 🇺🇸

Tarver 8-0-0 · Oliver —

1998-03-24 ›
✓ one source

Boyer Chew

TKO 7/8 · Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸

Tarver 7-0-0 · Chew —

1998-01-17 ›
✓ one source

Roy Francis

TKO 2/6 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 6-0-0 · Francis —

1997-12-02 ›
✓ one source

Benito Fernandez

TKO 3/6 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 5-0-0 · Fernandez —

1997-10-28 ›
✓ one source

Berry Butler

UD 6/6 · Circus Maximus Showroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸

Tarver 4-0-0 · Butler —

1997-10-04 ›
✓ one source

Shelby Gross

TKO 1/4 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 3-0-0 · Gross —

1997-08-12 ›
✓ one source

Tracy Barrios

TKO 3/6 · Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, 🇺🇸

Tarver 2-0-0 · Barrios —

1997-06-21 ›
✓ one source

Jason Burrell

TKO 3/4 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Tarver 1-0-0 · Burrell —

1997-04-29 ›
✓ one source

Joaquin Garcia

TKO 2/4 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Tarver 0-0-0 · Garcia —

1997-02-18 ›
✓ one source

Amateur career

🥉 Olympics 1996 light heavyweight🥇 World Championships 1995 light heavyweight🥇 Pan American Games 1995 light heavyweight

1996 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

Semi-finalLVassiliy Jirov 🇰🇿9:15

Quarter-finalWEnrique Flores 🇵🇷RSC R1

Round of 16WDavid Kowah 🇸🇱RSC R1

Round of 32WDmitry Vybornov 🇷🇺5:2

1995 Pan American Games – Men's light heavyweight

FinalWThompson García 🇪🇨RSC R2

Semi-finalWGabriel Hernández 🇩🇴RSC R1

Quarter-finalWVega 🇨🇺11:10

Round of 16WAmador 🇲🇽RSC R2

8 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

IBFLight heavyweight

2008-04-12 – 2008-10-11

WBALight heavyweight

2004-05-15 – 2004-07-03

WBCLight heavyweight

2004-05-15 – 2004-11-04

WBCLight heavyweight

2003-04-26 – 2003-11-08

IBFLight heavyweight

2003-04-26 – 2003-10-31

Facts

What is Antonio Tarver's record?: Antonio Tarver's professional record is 33-6-1, 1 NC with 23 knockouts.
Who did Antonio Tarver fight last?: Antonio Tarver last fought Steve Cunningham on Aug 14, 2015 and the bout was a draw.
Which world titles has Antonio Tarver held?: Antonio Tarver has held 5 world title reigns: IBF light heavyweight (2008), WBA light heavyweight (2004), WBC light heavyweight (2004), WBC light heavyweight (2003) and 1 more.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 13984 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/13984. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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