The major names in the division include Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver, Glen Johnson and Chad Dawson.
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Nazim Richardson, Hopkins' long-time trainer, favorably compared Cloud's punching power to Antonio Tarver and Felix Trinidad.
Tarver could barely his his disappointment at the defeat and declared himself "the new people's champion".
Greg Tarver, a state senator, was indicted on federal wire-fraud charges, though the jury acquitted him.
Eight months later, Jones challenged Antonio Tarver for his WBC light-heavyweight belt and nicked a contentious majority decision.
The move has been a boon for Kuwait's economy, says HSBC's Tarver, and the dinar has appreciated 3.5% against the dollar.
But six months later in the return, Jones finally met his match, knocked bandy by a Tarver left hook in the second round.
Johnson beat Tarver on a split decision in December 2004 but Tarver gained revenge with a split decision of his own last June.
The Philadelphian has recorded wins over Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright in his last two fights, both former world champions and both left-handers.
"He seems to be pushing a message of love, " said Darian Tarver, 21 and a senior, after hearing Bradley's stump speech at Atlanta's Morehouse College.
However, Jones suffered an even more chilling knockout against Jamaica's Glen Johnson four months later before being outpointed by Tarver in a decider in 2005.
Tarver is old enough to know boxing is the most showbiz of sports with an VIP guest list dripping with Hollywood A-listers and sporting glitterati.
"We are deeply saddened to learn about Richard's death, " Lisa Tarver, chief operating officer of the One World Futbol Project said in a statement to AP.
Antonio Tarver, the now dethroned undisputed light-heavyweight champion, unleashed a low blow on the tussle of the old-timers for The Ring Magazine light-heavyweight belt on Saturday.
Johnson beat Tarver on a split decision in an IBO title bout in December 2004, but Tarver gained revenge with a split decision of his own last June.
He seemed keen to go for an early knockout, and the strategy almost backfired as Tarver scored points by trapping Jones on the ropes and landing punches with both hands.
Johnson's win over Woods saw him claim the vacant IBF title, which he defended against Roy Jones Jr in September 2004 before relinquishing it to fight the division's other main protagonist, America's Antonio Tarver.
Richardson said the only time he ever advised Hopkins to retire was after the Tarver win in 2006, not because of fading skills, but to build on the legacy his star fighter talks so often about preserving.
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