On July 20, 2002, Antonio Tarver (19-1, 16 KOs) and Eric Harding (21-1-1, 7 KOs) meet in the ring for the 2nd, in a 12-round bout.
Antonio Tarver is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Reggie Johnson, 5 months and 25 days ago. Eric Harding is on a 2-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over George Khalid Jones, 7 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Antonio Tarver at 99-1 winning odds. Eric Harding really doesn't have much to present against Tarver.
In the rematch, Antonio Tarver stopped Eric Harding via TKO in the 5th round. Tarver improves his record to 20-1 (17 KOs), while Harding adds a loss to his record at 21-2-1.