Feeling like he has much more to give the world of boxing, four-time light heavyweight world champion Antonio Tarver will jump two weight classes to the heavyweight division in his comeback to the ring on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Oct. 15, LIVE on SHOWTIME? (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) of Tampa, Fla., will get his first heavyweight test in a 10-round tilt at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla., when he squares off against 24-year-old Nagy ?Dominican Dynamite? Aguilera (16-4, 11 KOs) of Newburgh, N.Y. by way of the Dominican Republic.
In an exciting 10-round welterweight co-feature, former Manny Pacquiao sparring partner and promising, unbeaten Shawn Porter (16-0, 12 KOs) of Cleveland, Ohio, takes on a game Hector ?El Huracan? Munoz (18-3-1, 11 KOs) of Albuquerque, N.M.
Tarver is making the move from the SHOWTIME broadcast booth back to the ring, where he hasn?t fought since May 2009. Tarver?s comeback is an attempt to become only the third fighter to move from light heavyweight to win a world title in the heavyweight division. It?s a long road but if he?s successful, Tarver would join elite company with Michael Spinks, who won the IBF heavyweight world title in 1985, and Roy Jones Jr., who won the WBA heavyweight world title in 2003.
A 13-year pro and just a month shy of 42, Tarver is a former WBC-IBF light heavyweight world champion. ?People either think I?m crazy or they think I?m brilliant,? said Tarver. ?They?re excited because there?s not a marquee name that is carrying the torch for the Americans. I just need about two or three fights to show I?m a real threat.?
Aguilera boasts an impressive opponent list throughout his three years as a professional. The 24-year-old holds a career-best first-round knockout ov
