Antonio Tarver v Lateef Kayode, LIVE on BoxNation this Saturday
Tarver vs Kayode
Tarver
Kayode
3rd June 2012 , 02:00 BST
The IBO Cruiserweight Championship
Tarver and Kayode share the spoils
Antonio Tarver and Lateef Kayode fought out an entertaining split decision draw that left neither boxer satisfied and their grudge very much alive.
It was a cagey opening as defending champion Tarver was committed to slowing the fight down against an opponent 14 years his junior.
There was little to separate the two men for the duration of the fight, and so we reached a slightly underwhelming conclusion as the scorecards came in 114 - 114, 115 - 113 to Tarver and 115 - 113 to Kayode.
There's bad blood between Tarver and Kayode
"Magic Man" Antonio Tarver returns to the ring at the age of 43, and after a year-long absence, to take on 29-year-old Nigerian Lateef "Power" Kayode.
The war of words started last September when the American Tarver was commentating on Kayode's underwhelming win against Felix Cora Junior. The Former WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO World Heavyweight Champion criticised Kayode, leading the Nigerian to say he was going to "prove [Tarver] wrong".
The war of words continues
At a pre-fight press conference in last week, the war of words between the two men continued.
Kayode: "If this fight were in the streets, I know I would win. I come from far away and have struggled all my life," he said.
"My prediction is that I think I'm going to knock him out in the fifth round or the sixth round… He's going to get hurt so bad, so bad. I'm coming for him."
Tarver: "He showed his inexperience and his youth by getting all emotional and out of whack approaching me and confronting me," he replied.
"Right there that tells me that his emotions got the best of him and now he's bit off more than he can chew. So now instead of trying to tell him what I thought he should do to improve, now I've got to show him.
"This is going to be an experience of a lifetime for Lateef and he's going to remember this fight for his lifetime."
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