caption ko draws weight birth_place nationality height article_title total birth_date nickname realname wins image losses name style
tarver in 2011 22 1 light heavyweight cruiserweight heavyweight orlando , florida , u.s. american 6 ft 2 in m 2 on antonio tarver
 39 21 november 1968 the magic man antonio deon tarver 31 antoniotarverraisejuly2011.jpg 6 antonio tarver southpaw
antonio tarver

antonio deon tarver -lrb- born november 21 , 1968 -rrb- is an american professional boxer .
nicknamed the `` magic man '' , he is a former wbc , wba -lrb- super -rrb- , ibf and `` the ring '' magazine light heavyweight champion .
as an amateur , tarver won a bronze medal while representing the united states at the 1996 atlanta olympic games , eventually losing to vassiliy jirov , whom he had previously defeated in a match at the 1995 world amateur boxing championships .
he also captured the gold medal at the 1995 world amateur boxing championships in berlin , just two months after having triumphed by also winning gold at the pan american games in mar del plata ; tarver also won gold at the united states national amateur boxing championships in 1995 .
tarver is the first -lrb- and to date , only -rrb- fighter to have ever won gold in the pan am games , world amateur championship , and us national championship all in the same year .
in 2006 , tarver starred as mason `` the line '' dixon , the heavyweight champion in the film `` rocky balboa '' .
