{"id":3033,"date":"2010-10-03T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2010-10-03T13:14:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T17:14:18","slug":"antonio-tarver-praises-sly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/03\/antonio-tarver-praises-sly\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Tarver Praises Sly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2010\/oct\/100310sly_tarver.png?resize=475%2C328\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>September 30, 2010<\/strong>, <strong>Antonio Tarver<\/strong>, who is in training for his upcoming <strong>heavyweight fight<\/strong> in his run at the <strong>heavyweight title<\/strong>, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightnews.com\/Boxing\/qa-antonio-tarver-61754\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>interviewed<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 As you could expect, there was a question about working with <strong>Sly<\/strong> and the filming of <em><strong>Rocky Balboa<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how it went down&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>Not only  are you a world class boxer, but currently a boxing analyst for SHOWTIME  and movie actor. You where the co-star in the last Rocky Balboa movie.  Talk to us about making the movie and working with Sly Stallone?<\/strong>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That was such a great experience, I have to pinch myself even today, I  just can\u2019t believe I had that opportunity. When I look back as a young  man growing up wanting to be a boxer, the <em><strong>Rocky<\/strong><\/em> movies where huge and  had a big effect on me. Just to be considered for the part sent chills  through my body. Still does today when I think about it. <strong>Sly<\/strong> was great  to work with, he made me feel very comfortable. I take a lot of pride in  making that movie. <strong>Sly<\/strong> trusted me to help direct the fight scenes. I  had a lot of offers for other parts that I turn down because I still had  boxing in my blood. Acting is something that I would like get more  involved with after I retire from boxing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Antonio Tarver <\/strong>is a class act.\u00a0 I had the good fortune to meet him years before winning the <strong>light-heavyweight championship<\/strong>, knocking out <strong>Roy Jones Jr.<\/strong> and the filming of <em><strong>Rocky Balboa<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 I also met him again when he was the <strong>champ<\/strong> as well as right after filming <em><strong>Rocky Balboa<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 <strong>Antonio Tarver <\/strong>was still the same humble, appreciative man.\u00a0 I wish him the best in his quest to win the <strong>heavyweight championship<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Go Tarver!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 30, 2010, Antonio Tarver, who is in training for his upcoming heavyweight fight in his run at the heavyweight title, was interviewed.\u00a0 As you could expect, there was a question about working with Sly and the filming of Rocky Balboa.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how it went down&#8230; Not only are you a world class boxer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,20,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-85","category-celebs","category-rocky-balboa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3r2Pe-MV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3034,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}