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Antonio Tarver vs Joaquin Garcia — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Antonio Tarver

UNKNOWN

Joaquin Garcia

Antonio Tarver (31-6-1) and Joaquin Garcia (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tarver

31

Wins22 KO · 71%

6

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Garcia

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tarver leads 1–0

Antonio Tarver and Joaquin Garcia have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.

Antonio Tarver and Joaquin Garcia have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.
Met1997Feb 18Series
Antonio TarverFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joaquin GarciaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Tarver 5 · Garcia 0 of 5 measurable rows
TarverGarcia
Record†
31-6-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
82.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 11
11 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Antonio Tarver: 6′2″
Joaquin Garcia: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Tarver: 75″
Joaquin Garcia: No reach on file
Agenot held
Antonio Tarver: 57
Joaquin Garcia: No date of birth
Stance
Antonio Tarver: Southpaw
Joaquin Garcia: Not recorded

Antonio Tarver left, Joaquin Garcia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Tarver31 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Antonio Tarver: 31 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (71%) and 9 on the cards (29%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 29%

Joaquin Garcia0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joaquin Garcia: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Garcia yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Tarver 40, Joaquin Garcia 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Antonio Tarver last boxed on Aug 14, 2015 — 4,087 days ago. Tarver had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Steve Cunningham.NCNCWWD

Kayode Mar 2012Kayode Jun 2012Sheppard Nov 2013Banks Dec 2014Cunningham Aug 20152.2 tracked bouts per year

Joaquin Garcia last boxed on Feb 18, 1997 — 10,838 days ago. Garcia had lost the most recent, to Antonio Tarver.L

Tarver Feb 1997

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Tarver and Joaquin Garcia ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Tarver and Joaquin Garcia met once on February 18, 1997, and Antonio Tarver won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WFeb 18, 1997 · Tarver · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tarver or Garcia?
Antonio Tarver is 31-6-1 and Joaquin Garcia is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Antonio Tarver has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tarver31–6–182.9%

Garcia0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tarver or Garcia?
Antonio Tarver has 22 knockout wins and Joaquin Garcia has 0. Antonio Tarver has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tarver2271%

Garcia0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tarver and Garcia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Tarver and Joaquin Garcia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tarver and Garcia?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Antonio Tarver and 1 bout tracked for Joaquin Garcia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tarver40bouts

Garcia1bout

How They Win ↓

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