By Ryan Burton
Super bantamweight prospect Roy "Pitbull" Tapia (10-0-2) returns to the ring on August 6th at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles when he takes on Juan Hernandez (18-5-1) in the latest edition of Golden Boy's series, LA Fight Club. Fox Deportes will broadcast the televised fights.
In his last fight in March, Tapia struggled to a majority draw against Ali Gonzalez. After the fight Tapia made changed to his team and enlisted the services of Gilbert Valdez.
"My trainer now is Gilbert Valdez," said Tapia. "Most of my career I have had the same style so regardless of my opponent I am going to go in there and put on a lot of pressure and throw a lot of punches. After my last fight I wasn't able to do that - for more than one reason - and I decided to leave my coach and go with Gilbert."
Tapia said that he has bonded with his new coach and is now a more versatile fighter. He said that Valdez isn't changing his style, but adding to it.
"He has a real good eye for boxing and he knows how to adjust on the spot. He knows I am a brawler and he can train me that way but he also knows how to box as move and how to set everything up. He has given me a 'Plan B' now that I didn't have before," Tapia explained.
As for what the fans can expect on Thursday night, Tapia said they won't see the same fighter who fought to a draw in his last fight.
"They will see a real sharp, fast Tapia. They will definitely not see the fighter they saw last time," Tapia told BoxingScene.com.
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