ROY JONES JR vs. ANTONIO TARVER (3) HBO 

Description : Here we have an original full-size HBO boxing pay-per-view fight poster for the 3rd meeting between these two. Billed as "No Excuses" for the "The Ring" world light/heavyweight championship held at the St Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, on 1st October 2005.

The fight's bill comes from a remark made by Tarver to Jones at center ring after the referees' instructions before the 2nd fight. The referee asked both fighters, as is customary, if they had any questions, and Tarver stated: "Yeah, I got a question. You got any excuses tonight, Roy?"

Tarver served as the aggressor for nearly the entire fight as Jones kept his distance and simply did not mount enough offense. There were no knockdowns in the fight, but Tarver came close to scoring one over Jones in the 11th round. Tarver spent the first minute wildly throwing punches at Jones, who covered up and clinched Tarver. After the referee ordered a break, Tarver landed a right hook to Jones' head that left him severely stunned. Sensing an opportunity at a knockout victory, Tarver quickly attacked Jones, who was now against the ropes, with a left uppercut, but Tarver's momentum sent him over the ropes and nearly out of the ring. Jones retreated but Tarver quickly followed up with a 25-second flurry of punches in an effort to score the knockdown, Jones survived as Tarver soon tired from throwing so many punches. Jones then turned the tables and stalked towards the exhausted Tarver who was able to dodge most of Jones' attempts and both men were able to survive the round. All three judges scored the fight in favor of Tarver, who won with two scores of 116112 and one score of 117111

These HBO & Showtime PPV posters are not made available for public consumption & can only be sourced from a participating PPV outlet hence the scarcity as once the televised event if over, then these posters go straight to skip.

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