By Jason Kim: Former light welterweight champion Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KO’s) fights for the first time this year against 38-year-old IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KO’s) on Wednesday night at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.

This will be a home fight for Green, but it might not mean much if he’s unable to bomb the 42-year-old Tarver out like he’s been doing with his other opposition. Tarver is clearly the better boxer in this fight with the better jab and the superior skills.

Tarver has a better chin than the guys that Green has been blasting out in the past two years, meaning that it might require for Green to fall back onto a Plan B if he’s unable to trouble Tarver with his power shots. Tarver is already saying that he plans on sticking and moving during the fight. He’s not going to just stand in front of Green and let him plow through him the way that he did 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. in 2009.

“When I start catching Danny, the end is near because I don’t think he’s ever felt the type of short, crisp power that I have,” Tarver said to The West Australian.

Tarver could be right. Although Green has done well in his fight since his comeback in 2009, he really hasn’t faced anyone nearly as good as Tarver. Jones was obviously a better fighter than Tarver during his prime but by the time that Green fought him, Jones was totally shot and had nothing left to threaten Green with in terms of boxing skills. Tarver comes into tomorrow night’s fight having lost two out of his last three fights, but both of those losses came against Chad Dawson, a much better skilled fighter compared to Green.

Tarver fought well against Dawson but was unable to handle his speed, movement and combinations. Green is more predictable in what he does. Tarver won’t have to guess what he’ll be trying to do because Green fights the same way every time. He likes to push forward and throw clubbing shots to take out his opponents. But you have to dig deep to find quality on Green’s resume because he’s really been matched against a lot of fodder in the past two years, and really throughout his entire career. There has been fights against Markus Beyer and Anthony Mundine, but that’s about it. His other bouts have come pretty much against 2nd tier and 3rd tier guys.