Woods fails to fire in Tarver defeat

Clinton Woods lost his IBF light-heavyweight title in desperately disappointing fashion in Tampa on Saturday when he was comprehensively outpointed by home favourite Antonio Tarver.

Woods dropped a wide 116-112, 117-111, 119-109 decision in a poor affair in which the Sheffield star failed to do enough to drain the American's questionable reserves of stamina.

"I fought the best light-heavyweight in the world," said Woods. "I'm just a skinny boy from Sheffield and I never dreamed of things like this. All credit to Tarver, he did a fantastic job."

He added: "I'm happy with my career but I don't know if I'll stop. I've done everything I wanted to do.

"I'll go home, see my wife and play with my kids and make the decision. Maybe I have something left."