This is the guy who essentially ended Roy Jones’s career (Roy will never retired) with one punch. The “Tarver Punch” is a phrase created by me for whenever a boxer is never able to recover from a KO.
At the moment though his legacy is bigger than his pockets according to his teenager daughter’s mother.
Antonio Tarver is a five time world champion boxer but at the age of 46 he’s now on the ropes for failing to pay $669,000 in child support to his former girlfriend Toni Rolle.
A family court magistrate in Tampa today held Tarver in contempt for not supporting his teenage daughter. The magistrate ordered Tarver to hand over a $10,000 cashiers check, his Land Rover, his home and even a luxury watch that Tarver insisted was a “knock off.”
“I’m not sitting here ducking or running away from my responsibility, I just can’t afford the money,” Tarver said later.
“I am a great father and I love my daughter,” Tarver said. “I can’t afford it, do you want me to rob a bank?”
Tarver has had money issues like a lot of boxers when they hit the end of their career. The question begs can they come with an amicable agreement on what he can afford.
H/T NBC 8 Florida