September East Coast Prospect of the Month: Glen Tapia
Mark E. Ortega
BehindTheGloves.com
September 1, 2013
When Glen Tapia met Abie Han in an ESPN2 Friday Night Fights co-feature, the jury was still out on whether the Top Rank handled fighter was a prospect to keep an eye on.
To that point, Tapia (19-0, 11 KOs) was largely untested as well as buried on the untelevised portion of cards. Top Rank out him against Han, another untested and unbeaten prospect, in order to figure out what they had.
After eight brutal rounds, Top Rank found out they had two gutsy young fighters with tons of heart. It was Tapia who emerged the victor after battering a bloodied Han around the ring in a fight that stole the attention from a competitive main event.
It's no coincidence that Tapia is from New Jersey and idolized the late Arturo Gatti, who was the king of Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall after building a career full of Fight of the Year winners.
"How could you not love him?" said Tapia to me the day before his war with Han.
"So much heart, so much intensity. I feel I have that same intensity and hope to prove it in the ring."
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