Tapia-Garcia headlines A.C. card on Sept. 28
New Jersey junior middleweight Glen Tapia will put his unbeaten record on the line against Elco Garcia in Atlantic City on Sept. 28.
read moreQ&A Tapia: ‘I’m just a warrior’
“I’m not happy about my overall performance,” said Glen Tapia, who still sees room for improvement following Friday’s eighth-round TKO victory over Abraham Han. “I am happy with what I know has happened, which is that I got through it.”
read moreLem’s latest: Tapia’s KO of Han steals show
Junior middleweight prospect Glen Tapia won bloody clash of unbeatens by stopping game Abraham Han in a Friday Night Fights main event in Las Vegas.
read moreVerdejo, Monaghan score first-round KOs
Felix Verdejo and Sean Monaghan scored back-to-back first-round knockouts on Saturday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
read moreHart stops Farr in third round
Philadelphia-born super middleweightt prospect Jesse Hart rose to 7-0 with his fifth knockout against Marlon Farr on the Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux undercard at Radio City Music Hall.
read moreDonaire 121.6; Rigondeaux 121.5
Nonito Donaire on his staredown with Rigondeaux: “I felt like he just couldn’t look at me in the eyes for that long. It’s just one of those things.”
read moreLem’s latest: Donaire is focused for Rigondeaux
Nonito Donaire says he’s focused on Guillermo Rigondeaux despite being honored as Fighter of The Year two days prior to their fight and the impending birth of his first child in July.
read moreBernstein croons posthumous tribute to Steward, Dundee, Tapia, others
“It just felt very, very personal to me,” said broadcaster Al Bernstein, who sings “What a Wonderful World” in honor of boxing dignitaries such as the late Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel “Manny” Steward during a musical tribute on The Boxing Channel.
read moreLem’s latest: Rios, trainer Garcia support children with cancer
Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios is an ambassador for the non-profit organization, Padres Contra El Cancer, or, Parents Against Cancer.
read moreLem’s latest: Tapia died of heart-related issues
An autopsy has determined that former five-belt, three-division champion Johnny Tapia died of heart problems related to his medication.
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