ESPN Hollywood has reported that Antonio Tarver is slated for the role of Mason Dixon in the new movie "Rocky Balboa." Despite rumors that Roy Jones Jr. had the part, Tarver claims on camera, "You're looking at Mason Dixon. I'm the heavyweight champion of the world and unfortunately Rocky's got to come back to see me. ..I want to dispel a rumor Roy Jones may be in the film. We will need folks to knock out along the way but that's the biggest part he'll get, ha ha.

On shoot date: "I believe we're gonna go around December 1st. I believe that's gonna happen. Very very aware that start date is a real possibility."

On filming: "We are doing this reality style. We'll be filming in Las Vegas the weekend of the Jermaine Taylor Hopkins fight after they jump off the scale, we'll jump on, after they do their presser, then we'll do ours."

On his 10-year friendship with Sylvester Stallone: "He's the director, he wrote the film so he told me he wrote it with me in mind, that's a big compliment."