TARVER SAYS HOPKINS FIGHT WILL BE NAILED DOWN SHORTLY!

14 Feb 2006

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It now appears that HBO PPV will in fact televise the Antonio Tarver-Bernard Hopkins bout on June 10. After it appeared that the deal was in serious jeopardy over the weekend moments ago the light heavyweight king told Boxingtalk.com, "Once again I'm having to make concessions, but I stand on my talent and ability so we're going to make this fight. However the deal is structured, I promise you this is the last dime Bernard Hopkins is ever going to make in boxing. Roy went out on his skirt, we're going to make sure he goes out on his shield." More to follow, so stay tuned to our front page at all times for all the latest.

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News: Fight Antonio Tarver -VS- Bernard Hopkins

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