EX PACQUIAO SPARRING PARTNER TAPIA SCORES SENSATIONAL KO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 04 Dec 2011
Glen Tapia (R) with Manny Pacquiao.
Former pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao?s sparring partner Glen Tapia scored a sensational 2nd round knockout over Mike Ruiz on the Cotto-Margarito undercard at The Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Manila Time.
Tapia, a junior middleweight who served as a sparring partner for Pacquiao in the Philippines as Pacquiao prepared for his clash with Antonio Margarito, remained unbeaten and improved his record to 12-0 with 6 knockouts while Ruiz dropped to 15-7 with 7 knockouts.
The opening round was a give-and-take affair while Ruiz came out strongly at the start of the second banging Tapia on the ropes.
The young New Jersey fighter weathered the attack before nailing Ruiz with a devastating combination that sent him crashing to the canvas to be counted out by referee Eddie Claudio at 2:27 of the round.
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