Fight:1541798
Glen Tapia 153 lbs beat Quinton Whitaker 153 lbs by UD in round 6 of 6
- Date: 2010-10-30
- Location: Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Referee: Brian O'Melia
- Judge: Steve Weisfeld 59-55
- Judge: Emil Conforti 59-55
- Judge: Donald Givens 59-55
On the undercard of a six bout card held in the Grand Ballroom at Bally's Hotel and Casino, October 30, 2020, promoted by Pound for Pound Promotions, top Junior Junior middleweight Glen Tapia of Passaic, New Jersey, got taken to school by opponent Quinton Whitaker of San Antonio, Texas, now 7-8, 5 kayos, who proved to be a far more dangerous opponent than his record indicated. Tapia, who spent the month before this bout sparring with Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines, spent the last three rounds of the six rounder fighting in pain with a chipped tooth and a fractured jaw. Both fighters spent round one in center ring furiously trading left and right jabs, jockeying for foot position. Edge to Tapia, who won the round by landing more straight punches-but the round was close. In round two, Whitaker, holding a low left, moved in circles to the left trying to counterpunch. Tapia pursued Whitaker around the ring but could not get inside close enough to land. Tapia patiently waited for Whitaker to load up on wild lefts, and then counterpunched and scored with his right over the top. Round three opened up into a slugfest. Tapia and Whitaker began to swing wildly. Settling down in center ring midway through the round, Tapia jabbed patiently with his left, while Whitaker kept throwing bombs. Tapia slipped most punches, but one straight right by Whitaker landed with power and sent Tapia bouncing off the ropes with a fractured jaw, a memory he'll not soon forget as he was 'taken to school'. Whitaker began leaning with his head, try to butt and cut. Both fighters jabbed furiously with both hands in the fourth round, when Tapia doubled over Whitaker with a low blow. Tapia landed a number of accurate counter rights over Whitaker's low left. Whitaker caught another break when Tapia got warned a second time for low blows. Whitaker's best round was the fifth round. Whitaker nailed Tapia with a good left coming in. Both fighters engaged in furious counterpunching. Whitaker came forward, trying to walk Tapia down. Tapia, who was starting to tire, switched gears and moved left and right as the counterpuncher, and shook Whitaker with a good overhand right to the head while on the move. The bout moved in circles around the ring as neither fighter cut the ring off. In round six, Whitaker kept coming forward, but missed with a lot of punches. After a minute, Tapia began coming forward again. Both fighters then had it out in center ring, Tapia landing jabs to the head, Whitaker throwing body shots. In the last half minute, Tapia threw nonstop head and body shots in the enemy corner with Whitaker tiring on the ropes to close the bout strongly. Tapia was taken to the hospital in Atlantic City after this bout.