42-year-old Antonio Tarver wants Wladimir Klitschko title shot

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    42-year-old IBO cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) says he’s ready to move up to the heavyweight division again if IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is interested in defending his titles against him.

    Tarver will be turning 43 in November, and it’s highly unlikely that Wladimir is going to show interest in facing someone that old, even though Wladimir is poised to fight the hand-picked former cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck on December 10th in what is almost guaranteed to be a sick mismatch with Wladimir whipping the deck with the short 5’11″ Mormeck in a round or two.

    Tarver, in an interview at fighthype.com, said “Wladimir, if you want to get beat, fight me. I got the recipe to beat him. I’m a southpaw. His fight hand won’t touch me.”

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