41-year-old Antonio Tarver could be making his heavyweight debut on October 15th

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    Former IBF/WBA/WBC light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KO’s) could be making his heavyweight debut on October 15th on Showtime, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. This isn’t the kind of boxing news that will make some fans happy, though, because Tarver is 41 now, and has lost three out of his last six fights, including his last two to Chad Dawson. At only 6’2″, Tarver doesn’t appear to have the kind of frame that would allow him to move up in weight and compete with the huge 240+ pound Klitschko brothers or even the faster WBA heavyweight champion David Haye.

    To be sure, former light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek has been doing well at heavyweight since moving up in weight last year, but Adamek has been facing less than the very best heavyweights thus far and he looked as mediocre as you can look without losing in his recent win over 38-year-old Michael Grant last weekend. Adamek was a big puncher at light heavyweight and cruiserweight. Tarver isn’t an huge puncher and would be skipping the cruiserweight division altogether in moving up to heavyweight. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Tarver will fail miserably in his efforts.

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