Everyone who loves boxing will be looking to bet on the
fights coming up on June 9th. The first major one
is Muriqi Tarver odds which will be followed by
Cotto and Judah. Elvir Muriqi is Albanian boxer
nick named the Kosovo Kid. He comes into this bout
ranked around 40th in the light heavyweight division and
that is one of the biggest reasons that he is such a
major underdog to Tarver this weekend. The
28-year-old does come into this game with a 34-3 record
with 21 knockouts though so he shouldn't be taken too
lightly. He has won three straight fights and his
last loss came in April of 2005 against Oleksandr
Garaschenko. in a fight at Madison Square Garden.
This fight went the distance and Muriqi lost a split
decision, but the judges all scored it within a point.
This could be a nice underdog selection if you like big
chances bringing big paydays.
Anotonio Tarver is almost 40 years old
now so this match will be a little battle of the old
versus young. Tarver was the first guy to ever
beat the odds and knock out Roy Jones, Jr and was a star
in Rocky Balboa last year as Mason "The Line" Dixon.
Tarver is a southpaw who has gone by the names of Magic
Man and The Legend Killer. Tarver has been
fighting professionally since the age of 28, and he won
his first ten fights against relative cupcakes, knocking
eight of them out. His first loss came in 2000
against Eric Harding in a unanimous decision. He
then went on to win four straight fights, including a
fifth round knockout against Harding in their rematch.
Once Roy Jones vacated his light heavyweight titles in
2003, Tarver took on Montell Griffen and went on to win
by unanimous decision, crowing himself the champion.
When Jones decided to return to the light heavyweight
division, he went on to beat Tarver in a close majority
decision that some had thought should have went Tarver's
way. The rematch was held seven months later and
many experts thought Jones would handle him easily.
However, Tarver knocked Jones out in the second round.
Tarver is also coming off a fight last
June against Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins was a 3-to-1
underdog who dominated the fight against Tarver in
winning a unanimous decision. As a result of the
fight Tarver had to donate $250,000 to a charity due to
a clause in the contract in which gave that penalty for
not knocking him out by the fifth round. This
fight was his last in 2006, and at his age we will see
if he can get back to prime form and make a decent fight
against top-level competition.
