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Glen Tapia’s win in his last fight marked the most important, impressive victory of his four-year pro boxing career.
Stopping previously unbeaten Abie Han after eight rounds in an entertaining, bloody brawl broadcast by ESPN2 established Tapia as a legitimate contender at 154 pounds. Passaic’s Tapia responded exactly the way his handlers at promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. had hoped when faced with an opponent clearly better than anyone Tapia had fought in his first 18 professional fights.
Tapia’s next opponent, Elco Garcia, is 42, has lost eight fights, and has been knocked out five times during a pro career that began when Tapia was 7. In certain respects, that makes Tapia’s task Saturday night in Atlantic City almost as challenging as fighting Han (19-1, 12 KOs) — perhaps even more demanding mentally.
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Stopping previously unbeaten Abie Han after eight rounds in an entertaining, bloody brawl broadcast by ESPN2 established Tapia as a legitimate contender at 154 pounds. Passaic’s Tapia responded exactly the way his handlers at promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. had hoped when faced with an opponent clearly better than anyone Tapia had fought in his first 18 professional fights.
Tapia’s next opponent, Elco Garcia, is 42, has lost eight fights, and has been knocked out five times during a pro career that began when Tapia was 7. In certain respects, that makes Tapia’s task Saturday night in Atlantic City almost as challenging as fighting Han (19-1, 12 KOs) — perhaps even more demanding mentally.
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