It's a pleasure to have Andre Ward on the Tarver-Jones 3 card. His accomplishments, including his spectacular gold medal winning performance in the Olympics, have shown that Andre is destined to be a world champ. In as much as Andre is a class gentleman outside the ring as well, I expect that he will be a champ to be proud of, and the HBO PPV fans should tune in early to catch a glimpse of this future star.

It feels great to be back in the brown and gold uniform again and it is a real pleasure to coach these young men. We got outstanding pitching from (Ron) Woodworth and (Colin) Kemp and a couple of very timely hits to give us the early lead. As a coach, I can't ask for much more than that in our first game of the year.

Tampa is not a hillbilly city. They know who Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver are. They know the deep lines of hatred these guys have for each other. That is what sells this fight. Sure, I'd love to have them in the same room because you can feel the tension. You can feel it. I'd love for the fans to see it, but if Roy doesn't show up until the week of the fight, or the night of the fight, what everybody will see is their hatred when they are in the ring.

I feel comfortable saying that the fight is on the horizon. I feel comfortable saying the fight is a 'go.' We've agreed to everything.

Their desire to fight each other outweighed the dollar percentages. That's really what's enabled this fight to take place. They want each other.

[The contract was signed Wednesday and gives each fighter 50% of the revenue. Tarver felt he deserved more, but settled on 50%.] Their desire to fight each other outweighed the dollar percentages, ... That's really what's enabled this fight to take place. They want each other.