RARE stunning 1996 Atlanta Olympic official onsite pennant multi signed by USA Olympians:-

* FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR (Bronze)
* ANTONIO TARVER (Bronze)
* DAVID REID (Gold)
* LAWRENCE CLAY-BEY ( USA Team Captain)
* NATE JONES (Bronze)

Floyd Mayweather Jr has signed & inscribed 96.
Antonio Tarver has signed & inscribed 178 lbs Orlando FL.
Lawrence Clay-Bey has signed & inscribed 201 lbs.

Floyd Mayweather had an astounding amateur career: 84-6 overall, winning National Golden Gloves Championships in 1993, 1994, 1996. He was National P.A.L. Champion and the U.S National Champion in 1995. He was the Golden Gloves “most outstanding boxer” in 1994. To make it to the 1996 U.S.A Olympic Team, he twice defeated Las Vegas born Augie Sanchez during the box-off’s and during the Olympics, the bronze medallist Mayweather was spectacular:
>Stopped Bakhitiyar Tileganov, Kazahastan in the 2nd
round.
>Decisioned Arthur Gevorgyan, Amenia 16-13.
>Scored a stunning 12 - 11 win over Lorenzo Aragon,
Cuba.
>Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) PTs (9-10).



Antonio Tarver won the Light Heavyweight bronze medal for the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. His results were:
>Defeated Dmitry Vybornov (Russia) 5-2
>Defeated David Kowah (Sierra Leone) RSC 1 (2:43)
>Defeated Enrique Flores (Mexico) RSC 3 (1:54)
>Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 9-15



David Reid won the Light Middleweight gold medal for the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. His results were:
>Defeated Wan-Kyun Lee (South Korea) 20-4
>Defeated Pavel Polakovič (Czech Republic) 12-5
>Defeated Mohamed Marmouri (Tunisia) 13-8
>Defeated Karim Tulaganov (Uzbekistan) 12-4
>Defeated Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba) KO 3 (0:36)



Nate Jones won the Heavyweight bronze medal representing the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. His results were:
> 1st round bye
> Defeated Fola Okesola (Great Britain) RSC 3 (2:53)
> Defeated Jiang Tao (China) 21-4
> Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada) 10-16


Condition very good (slight creasing in middle and towards tip with 4 extremely small pin holes)

Measures 12"x 29"
The photo image focuses on the signatures therefore, only depicts part of the pennant.

Price: £395

Floyd Mayweather Jr is universally regarded “pound for pound” one of the all time greats!

Born on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has boxing in his blood. His father, Floyd Sr. fought Sugar Ray Leonard in the late '70s, while Junior's uncle Roger was a Junior Lightweight and Super Lightweight champion. It was no surprise then, that Floyd Jr. showed an aptitude for boxing from a very young age.

When he had received enough training (courtesy of his dad and uncle) Floyd entered the world of amateur boxing as an adolescent. Fighting at 126 pounds, Mayweather put together an amazing 84-6 record as an amateur, winning Golden Gloves Championships in 1993, 1994 and 1996.

Mayweather made the Olympic team in 1996 and at the Atlanta Olympics, he beat boxers from Kazakhstan, Armenia and Cuba before falling to a Bulgarian in a highly controversial semi-final bout. Mayweather had to settle for the bronze medal.

Turning professional after the Olympics, Mayweather immediately made an impression by defeating champion Genaro Hernandez in eight rounds and winning the WBC Super Featherweight title. He successively defended the title eight times before moving up to the lightweight division. In 2002, he won the WBC Lightweight title by defeating Jose Luis Castillo in a long, bloody match and then retained the title by beating Castillo again in December.

After successfully retaining the title belt in two matches in 2003 and winning a 12-round non-title bout in 2004, Mayweather moved up to the Light Welterweight division in 2005. Following a TKO victory of Henry Bruseles in January, Mayweather faced Arturo Gatti in Atlantic City in June. Mayweather was so dominant that Gatti's trainer was forced to call the fight after six rounds, meaning Mayweather had won the WBC Light Welterweight title

After defeating Sharmba Mitchell TKO6. On April 8, 2006, Mayweather defeated Zab Judah for the IBF and vacant IBO world welterweight titles by unanimous decision

In his next fight he faced The Ring welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir on November 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.
Mayweather would ultimately defeat Baldomir by unanimous decision for both titles

Mayweather's next match was the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC junior middleweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt was on the line, which required Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154. Mayweather Jr. won the bout by a split decision, winning the title and improving his record to 38-0.

Mayweather has recently decided to relinquish his WBC junior middleweight championship and kept his WBC welterweight championship. On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather will come out of his short retirement to face junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. The fight, which will take place December 8, 2007 in Las Vegas. The bout will aptly be labelled "UNDEFEATED".





Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968), nicknamed the "Magic Man", from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion. He stands at 6' 2" and was the first man to beat Roy Jones Jr (Aside from a disputed loss to Montell Griffin, via disqualification). He built an impressive amateur career, including winning a bronze medal while representing the United States at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. In 2006, Tarver starred as Mason "The Line" Dixon, the heavyweight division champion in the film Rocky Balboa. Additionally, Tarver played in the Main Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Professional Career
Early years
Tarver made his professional debut at the age of 28 on February 18, 1997, with a second-round knockout of Joaquin Garcia at the legendary "Blue Horizon" in Philadelphia.
Tarver won his first 10 fights, eight by knockout, before stepping up his level of competition. After taking most of his first 10 fights in either his native Florida or at the "Blue Horizon", for his 11th fight he met veteran Rocky Gannon in Chester, West Virginia, on August 30, 1998. Tarver knocked out Gannon in the second round. On February 29, 2000, Tarver fought Ernest Mateen, who had previously fought and lost to James Toney, over whom he proceeded to score a first-round knockout in Las Vegas.
Later that year, Tarver suffered his first loss when he was knocked down in the 11th round by Eric Harding, en route to a unanimous decision on June 23 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
However, he rebounded from this defeat with six straight wins, including a knockout of Harding in round five of their rematch.

Winning The Light Heavyweight Titles
On April 26, 2003, Tarver received his first world title shot, when he faced former world champion Montel Griffin for the IBF and WBC world light-heavyweight titles that had been vacated by Roy Jones Jr., who had gone on to beat John Ruiz for the WBA world heavyweight title the previous month. After dropping Griffin in the first and last rounds, Tarver was crowned world Light Heavyweight champion after winning a unanimous decision.

Tarver vs. Jones I & II
Next, Roy Jones Jr. decided against defending his heavyweight title and instead announced his plan to return and take back the Light Heavyweight belts. Given little chance of winning, Tarver surprised fan and expert alike by taking Jones the distance and losing the fight and WBC title by a close majority decision on November 8, 2003, in Las Vegas, Nevada (Tarver had relinquished the IBF title a few days earlier in anticipation of being unable to make a mandatory defense.) Because some of those that saw the fight thought that Tarver had actually done enough to win the fight, a small but well-publicized controversy ensued, leading to the pair's second fight. Because of Jones's proven ability to adjust to opponents' styles during rematches, experts did not believe Tarver would pose much of a threat in the second fight on May 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevertheless, Tarver produced the upset and recovered the world titles by knocking Jones out in the second round. In the eyes of most observers, it wasn't as shocking that Tarver had beaten Roy Jones Jr. as it was that he had knocked him out; in fifty previous fights, Roy Jones Jr. had been sent to the floor only once, and he had never lost a fight by knockout.
In addition to the surprising result, Tarver-Jones II will also be remembered as the "No Excuse Fight" as a result of Tarver's memorable comments in the middle of the ring just prior to the match. When referee Jay Nady asked if the fighters had any questions, Tarver surprised everyone (though he had told his trainer, James (Buddy) McGirt, he would do this) by replying: "I have a question." Then, looking straight at Jones, asked, "You got any excuses tonight, Roy?"

Rise in Popularity
Tarver became a mainstream celebrity after his rematch win over Jones, making appearances at late-night shows, appearing on the cover of both Ring and KO Magazine, being spotted by television cameras as a spectator at various boxing fights, and co-hosting ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" for one telecast.

Tarver vs. Johnson I & II
Later in 2004, the WBC decided to strip Tarver of the world title after he decided against fighting their mandatory challenger, instead choosing to fight IBF world champion Glencoffe Johnson December 18 in Temecula, California; Tarver had already been removed as Super Champion by the WBA in their July rankings. Interestingly, Johnson himself had been stripped of his IBF world championship before the bout with Tarver for not fighting his mandatory challenger. Both fighters were celebrated for their decision to fight each other rather than bow to the pressure from what has become known as "The Alphabet Soup" sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA and IBF). Instead, Tarver and Johnson, who most believed to be the top two fighters in the Light-Heavyweight division, fought each other. Ring Magazine announced that the winner would be declared its recognized champion. Tarver, considered a favorite to win the fight, suffered an upset loss to Johnson by way of a split decision in a fight that he did not appear to be in top shape for. However, he avenged the loss six months later with a unanimous decision over Johnson at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. After out-boxing and out-working the aggressive Johnson, Tarver won the bout handily and regained The Ring championship.

Rubber Match Against Jones
In their third fight, Tarver won a unanimous decision over Roy Jones Jr. on October 1, 2005 in Tampa, Florida, almost knocking Jones out in the 11th round but also finding himself in trouble at times during the fight. He thus retained his IBO Light Heavyweight title and took the vacant NBA Light Heavyweight title.

Tarver vs. Hopkins
On June 10, 2006, Tarver faced former Undisputed Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins for Tarver's Light-Heavyweight title at The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Hopkins, a 3-to-1 underdog, dominated the fight winning via unanimous decision. The fight was scored 118-109 by all three judges. Tarver was knocked down in the 5th round. As a result of a clause in the fight contract, Tarver was forced to pay $250,000 to a charity of Hopkins' choice since he did not knock Hopkins out before the fifth round. Hopkins announced his retirement immediately following the fight. Tarver's record would now stand at 24 wins and 4 losses, with 18 wins coming by way of knockout.

Return To The Ring
Tarver returned to the ring nearly one year after his loss to Hopkins, defeating Albanian-fighter Elvir Muriqi on June 9, 2007 by way of a majority decision capturing the IBO light heavyweight championship in the process. In his next fight, held at Foxwoods Resort Casino on December 1, 2007, Tarver registered a win over Danny Santiago by way of a 4th round TKO. Tarver then captured the IBF title by hammering and outpointing a one-dimensional Clinton Woods.

Tarver vs. Dawson
On October 11, 2008, Tarver faced rising star Chad Dawson for Tarver's IBF and IBO Light-Heavyweight belts. The fight took place at Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Tarver lost the fight via unanimous decision, with wide margins of 118-109 and 117-110 (twice). The outcome was not disputed. With this latest loss it remains to be seen whether or not Tarver will continue to fight.

Tarver vs. Dawson II
Tarver will again fight Dawson because of a rematch clause. The fight will begin on May 9, this time the fight will be televised by HBO.

Rocky Balboa
Tarver starred as heavyweight champion Mason "The Line" Dixon in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa. In the film, the current, unpopular champion Dixon fights former champion Rocky Balboa, who decides to come out of retirement. Dixon wins the match by split decision, and after breaking his hand in the second round of the bout but still managing to stand toe to toe with Rocky for the full 10 rounds, proves to doubters that he has the heart of a champion. The DVD of the movie offers an alternate ending, in which Rocky wins the split decision. Dixon's record before the fight is 33-0-0. Also on the DVD, the film's writer and director, Sylvester Stallone, wanted to cast a real boxer in the role of Dixon, as he thought it would be easier to teach a boxer how to act than to teach an actor how to box convincingly.

Philanthropy.
Tarver has recently adopted the Royal Theater Academy Boys & Girls Club in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Club is the only all performing arts Boys & Girls Club in the country. After making an appearance there he was impressed with the outstanding performances of the youth.






David Terrell Reid (born September 17, 1973) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Amateur Career
Reid had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating with a gold medal at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, after having won the title a year earlier at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Because he was, like Oscar De La Hoya four years before, the only Olympic gold medallist in boxing for the United States, comparisons by writers and critics to De La Hoya were practically inevitable. De La Hoya's nickname is "The Golden Boy"; Reid was dubbed as "The American Dream". It could be said that Reid's professional career, however, resembled that of the second Davey Moore instead of De La Hoya's.

Pro Career
Reid began his professional career, with much attention from boxing magazines, when he defeated Sam Calderon on March 21, 1997, by a unanimous four round decision, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He followed his debut victory with four knockout wins in a row, before meeting former world Welterweight champion Jorge Vaca, on October 3 of the same year, also at Atlantic City. He knocked Vaca out in the first round. His next bout, against Dan Conolly, was showcased on HBO Boxing, and it was also covered, round by round, by Ring Magazine. Reid earned his sixth victory in a row, knocking out Conolly (who was described by The Ring magazine as a "game opponent") in five rounds.
On January 31, 1998, he dropped Robert Frazier in the first round. Despite losing a point in round six due to what the fight's referee thought was dirty tactics, Reid went on to beat Frazier by an eight round unanimous decision.
After two more wins, he faced former world champion Simon Brown, knocking him out in four rounds on June 27, at Reid's hometown. On October 24, he claimed his first belt, defeating James Cocker by a twelve round unanimous decision, to win the WBC's Continental Americas Jr.

Middleweight Title.
After that victory, he was deemed as ready for a world title try by his management team, and so, on March 6, 1999, Reid became a world champion in only his tenth professional bout (making him one of the boxers to win a world title in the fastest time, also like the second Davey Moore), by beating WBA world junior middleweight champion Laurent Boudouani by a twelve round unanimous decision in Atlantic City.
Reid would defend his title successfully twice, one of them, a twelve round unanimous decision over Keith Mullings in Las Vegas. By then, Reid had already made Las Vegas his new home. There was much talk about facing him against a number of opponents, including Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad.

The only fight out of those four possible match-ups came on March 3, 2000, when he defended his crown against Trinidad in Las Vegas. Reid enjoyed some advantage during the first six rounds, having dropped Trinidad in the third, and with the fight being close on all three judges' scorecards. He was dropped in round seven, however, and subsequently suffered a detached retina and three more knockdowns in round eleven, before losing the world title by a twelve round unanimous decision.
Many fans then questioned his management's judgement by letting Reid defend his title against a veteran like Trinidad in only his twelfth professional bout, a fact that reminded many of the case of the second Davey Moore 17 years before, when he defended the same WBA Jr, Middleweight title, in only his thirteenth bout, against the far more experienced, Boxing Hall of famer Roberto Duran. Many critics say that the reason for Reid's falldown after his defeat to Trinidad could be due to a psychological break-down, but the fact is that his detached retina affected him for the rest of his short career.

Retirement
He returned to the boxing ring for four bouts. He won three fights against insignificant opposition, then lost to Sam Hill by a knockout in nine rounds, in what would turn out to be his last bout, on November 11, 2001, at Elizabeth, Indiana. His retina was causing him more trouble, and he retired before losing his eyesight. Reid had a professional record of 17 wins and two losses, with 7 wins by knockout






Lawrence Marvin Clay-Bey (born December 14, 1965 in Bloomfield, Connecticut). Although he had a very promising amateur career, as a pro, Clay-Bey is a fringe contender and has yet to land a major title shot.

Amateur Career
Lawrence Clay-Bey started to box late in life in his 20's. He lost his first two amateur fights but stuck with it and eventually won the National Golden Gloves in his next eight fights. At this point he weighed around 260 pounds.
Clay-Bey won a super heavyweight bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin,later KOd Joe Mesi to win the right to go to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and was also team USA's captain. However he was put out of the tournament in his first fight by a close/controversial 10-8 decision to eventual Gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko. He was the only fighter Klitschko had problems with as he managed to rattle Klitchko prompting the ref to issue a standing 8 count. After the fight he raised some eyebrows downplaying it as "just a loss" which let journalists question his dedication. He finished the amateurs with a 60-9 record.
> United States amateur (AAU) Super Heavyweight champion (1995, 1996)

Professional Career
After a year of debating if he wanted to turn pro Lawrence Clay-Bey decided he wanted to see how far he could go. He got into much better shape and shed 25-30 pounds to a better fighting weight of 235. He turned pro in 1997 and he easily blew past his early opponents despite them having more experience and glossy pro records. Clay-Bey was thought very highly of, and was being groomed to be a future title holder until he met the streaking Clifford Etienne in 2000. The two traded shots round after round with Etienne being the more active of the two, and Etienne took the decision. After the loss to Etienne, Clay-Bey began putting on weight and coming into fights out of shape. But he stayed busy and took a victory over promising prospect Charles Shufford in 2003, setting up a fight against Eliecer Castillo. Castillo KO'd Clay-bey in the 9th round. Clay-Bey's once promising career drifted into obscurity. Although he was able to beat former cruiserweight champ Imamu Mayfield in 2004, he dropped a decision to Sinan Samil Sam and drew with Derek Bryant in 2005.







Nathaniel ("Nate") Henry Jones (born August 18, 1972). Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Amateur Career
> Won the Heavyweight bronze medal representing the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. His results were:
> 1st round bye
> Defeated Fola Okesola (Great Britain) RSC 3 (2:53)
> Defeated Jiang Tao (China) 21-4
> Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada) 10-16
> National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion (1994, 1995)

Pro Career
Jones began his career undefeated in 17 fights over carefully selected opponents. In his first test against Friday Ahunanya, Jones lost a split decision. After two victories over limited foes, Jones stepped up against future titlist Lamon Brewster, who destroyed Jones in a TKO 3. Shortly after the devastating loss, Jones retired after doctors diagnosed him with diminished reflexes and speech.

Life After Boxing
Jones appeared on an episode of HBO's Hatton-Mayweather 24/7 series as a training partner of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather, a friend of Jones from the US Olympic Team, offered Jones a job after Jones had trouble finding work after his boxing career ended.