BOXER

Antonio Tarver

1968 - Today

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Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968) is an American former professional boxer and boxing commentator. In boxing he competed from 1997 to 2015, and held multiple light heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Unified), WBC, IBF and Ring magazine titles, as well as the IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight titles. As an amateur, Tarver represented the United States at the 1996 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division; he eventually lost to Vassiliy Jirov from Kazakhstan, whom he had previously defeated at the 1995 World Championships to win gold. Tarver also triumphed at the 1995 Pan American Games and 1995 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Tarver has received more than 2,301,730 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Antonio Tarver is the 173rd most popular boxer (down from 152nd in 2019), the 10,270th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,665th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Boxer.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Antonio Tarver ranks 173 out of 496. Before him are Wolfgang Behrendt, Manfred Wolke, Laila Ali, Jan Szczepański, Calistrat Cuțov, and Carlos Lucas. After him are Gabriel Elorde, Aziz Salihu, George Hunter, Otto von Porat, Anders Petersen, and Samuel Mosberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Antonio Tarver ranks 358. Before him are Rakim, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Clovis Cornillac, Espen Bredesen, Katarina Barley, and Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini. After him are Alejandra Guzmán, Francois Botha, Masahiko Harada, Aya Hisakawa, Oumou Sangaré, and Bill Burr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 10,270 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Muraco (1949), Richard Florida (1957), Samuel Huntington (1731), Richard Fortus (1966), Marilyn White (1944), and Bonita Granville (1923). After him are Horace Grant (1965), Amy Pascal (1958), Gintaras Grušas (1961), John N. Mitchell (1913), Harry A. Pollard (1879), and Leroy Carr (1905).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Antonio Tarver ranks 61. Before him are Ray Mercer (1961), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Bob Foster (1942), Frankie Genaro (1901), Miguel Cotto (1980), and Laila Ali (1977). After him are Hasim Rahman (1972), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Micky Ward (1965), Michael Moorer (1967), Wilfred Benítez (1958), and James Toney (1968).

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