Light Heavyweight Antonio Tarver, defeated Elvir Muriqi

Joe LaGuardia's Star Boxing, Gary Shaw Productions and Mohegan Sun presented in Connecticut live at the Convention Centers Exhibit Hall, a double header, Light Heavyweight bout card, this past Saturday June 9th 2007, the main event was Antonio "The Magic Man" Tarver, better known for defeating mega boxing-star Roy Jones, fresh off his brief stint on the silver screen in "Rocky", and a lethargic defeat by Bernard Hopkins last year, former WBA, WBC, & IBF champ, Antonio "The Magic Man" Tarver (25-4-0) returned to the ring to defeat, Elvir The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi (34-4-0), by a majority decision for the IBO light heavyweight championship। Referee Michael Ortega determined that in the 5th round Tarver had accidentally head but Muriqi, who feels he won eight rounds of the fight despite the decision. The co feature was Chad "Bad" Dawson (24-0-0), a New Haven, Connecticut native, an emerging champion and the newest star in the 175 pound weight division stopped Jesus Ruiz (19-5-0)with an accumulation of punches, by TKO two minutes into the 6th round, retaining the WBC light heavyweight championship crown. Chad Dawson, undefeated is the son of a former fighter and corner included Floyd Mayweather Sr. Will Chad Dawson make his second defense against Tarver.