Former UFC champ Frank Mir will face Antonio Tarver in a boxing match
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Even though Tarver was great (13 or 14 years ago) I dont think Frank will be a pushover.
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How about a little context there bud...
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For anyone like me who wondered WTF this thread was about
“Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday.
Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren and YouTube star Jake Paul, sources said. Triller, a social media company, is promoting the event, which is expected to take place in Atlanta, according to sources.
Mir tweeted about the fight with Tarver earlier Thursday. The bout will be Mir's professional boxing debut.
"I am a competitor," Mir wrote in his tweet. "I have been all my life. I take on challenges to grow and better myself as a person. I have always wanted to test myself in the boxing ring so when this opportunity arose I jumped on it."
The heavyweight bout will be a 10-round affair, sources said, and is still pending regulatory approval. A request for comment to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission was not returned Thursday evening.
Tarver has not fought since 2015 but is unbeaten in his past six fights. The Florida native is a former WBC, WBA and IBF light heavyweight champion, as well as a former IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion.
Mir last fought in MMA in October 2019, in a win over Roy Nelson under the Bellator banner. The Las Vegas native was on a four-fight losing streak before that. Mir was the UFC heavyweight champion in 2004 and an interim heavyweight champion in 2008, and he fought most recently for the UFC heavyweight belt in 2012.
Known for his grappling, Mir owns the most finishes (13) and most submission wins (8) in UFC heavyweight history.
“Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday.
Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren and YouTube star Jake Paul, sources said. Triller, a social media company, is promoting the event, which is expected to take place in Atlanta, according to sources.
Mir tweeted about the fight with Tarver earlier Thursday. The bout will be Mir's professional boxing debut.
"I am a competitor," Mir wrote in his tweet. "I have been all my life. I take on challenges to grow and better myself as a person. I have always wanted to test myself in the boxing ring so when this opportunity arose I jumped on it."
The heavyweight bout will be a 10-round affair, sources said, and is still pending regulatory approval. A request for comment to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission was not returned Thursday evening.
Tarver has not fought since 2015 but is unbeaten in his past six fights. The Florida native is a former WBC, WBA and IBF light heavyweight champion, as well as a former IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion.
Mir last fought in MMA in October 2019, in a win over Roy Nelson under the Bellator banner. The Las Vegas native was on a four-fight losing streak before that. Mir was the UFC heavyweight champion in 2004 and an interim heavyweight champion in 2008, and he fought most recently for the UFC heavyweight belt in 2012.
Known for his grappling, Mir owns the most finishes (13) and most submission wins (8) in UFC heavyweight history.
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I looked it up and I guess Frank Mir is boxing a 52 year old Antonio Tarver on the Undercard of the Jake Paul Ben Askren PPV.
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This isn't an MMA fight afaik. Tarvers experience in striking far out weighs Mir's. Unless Tarver basically can't move I highly doubt Frank has any hope to out maneuver him in a boxing match/ring. If this were an MMA fight like Toney vs Couture, absolutely Mir would tear his arm off.
Tarver by KO. Hope the ref doesn’t step in to bail Frank out. Obviously a lot off mma fighters are softer than boxers. Especially under Queensberry rules. And that’s no tale out of school.
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This is a freakshow fight that would make K1 HEROS envious
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yep. I’m totally going to stream it though. It’s going to be a bad night for Mir I think
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R.I.P Mur
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It wasn't enough with Ben Askren repping MMA, fighting a YouTuber that will probably beat him up badly. Now on the same card, a UFC champion in Mir is going to get beaten up as well by a former boxing world champion.
MMA will take a big hit after this when a 51-year-old and a Youtuber beats world champions in MMA.
MMA will take a big hit after this when a 51-year-old and a Youtuber beats world champions in MMA.
