Glen Tapia rushed to trauma center after fight

[Hulk]

Fuck Kirkland for hitting Tapia like that after he clearly knew the fight was over. His lazy outta shape ass had to sink that low to get the KO. Fuckin pathetic.

I like Kirkland and was rooting for him to destroy this kid, but he behaved like a classless cunt. It was clear his "5 weeks" with Ann Wolfe was all catch up work for not being in shape. He was slow, sluggish, lacked power and unbelievably easy to hit.

His strategy of letting the guy wear out beating his ass in the first round worked again. Lucky for him he was fighting Tapia and not Lara or Trout. Or Cotto. Or Canelo....

[Scott22]

Fuck Kirkland for hitting Tapia like that after he clearly knew the fight was over. His lazy outta shape ass had to sink that low to get the KO. Fuckin pathetic.

I like Kirkland and was rooting for him to destroy this kid, but he behaved like a classless cunt. It was clear his "5 weeks" with Ann Wolfe was all catch up work for not being in shape. He was slow, sluggish, lacked power and unbelievably easy to hit.

His strategy of letting the guy wear out beating his ass in the first round worked again. Lucky for him he was fighting Tapia and not Lara or Trout. Or Cotto. Or Canelo....

I don't think the last punch Kirkland landed was a cheap shot. He was already throwing the punch when Smoger came between them. I don't hold it against him.

[Hulk]

Fuck Kirkland for hitting Tapia like that after he clearly knew the fight was over. His lazy outta shape ass had to sink that low to get the KO. Fuckin pathetic.

I like Kirkland and was rooting for him to destroy this kid, but he behaved like a classless cunt. It was clear his "5 weeks" with Ann Wolfe was all catch up work for not being in shape. He was slow, sluggish, lacked power and unbelievably easy to hit.

His strategy of letting the guy wear out beating his ass in the first round worked again. Lucky for him he was fighting Tapia and not Lara or Trout. Or Cotto. Or Canelo....

I don't think the last punch Kirkland landed was a cheap shot. He was already throwing the punch when Smoger came between them. I don't hold it against him.

Watch it again friend.

[Dia bando]

Corner men should protect there fighter,! Tapias bunch were a disgrace he was taking far to many
head shots, he was spent Tapia should dump them A holes.

[amat]

Thaat was scary to watch. Failure to protect a guy on multiple fronts, that's been covered. I would have loved to see the ring doctor step in and tell Tapia's corner to shut the hell up.

They honored Eddie Hazzard a bit for his birthday on the telecast. He would have stopped that bout himself if he wasn't unjustly let go, he had done it before. Tired of passive commissions.

[Memphis]

Havent watched it yet but saw a giff of the finish. It really did look like Smoger wanted him to get hurt, he had such a long look at Tapia, gave himself all the time in the world to stop it yet when he did fails to stop Kirkland landing a further two flush clumps. Insane.

[Beanflicker]

Fuck Kirkland for hitting Tapia like that after he clearly knew the fight was over.

I agree they were late, but I think it's easier said than done to go from complete kill mode to civilian mode in the span of a second.

It goes to my point though that it's not Kirkland's job to protect Tapia, it's the referees. If you look at the UFC fights, the referee is in there with authority to either get in between the fighters or physically grab a guy.

If they had a Herb Dean, Dan Mirgliotta, or Big John McCarthy in there, Kirkland doesn't land those extra shots.

I appreciate and respect Smoger's experience and knowledge, but that doesn't cut it alone IMO. You really need a younger, athletic guy with good reflexes. Someone who can really jump in there and assert himself physically.

Smoger is old, he's slow, and he was very tentative hesitant getting in between those guys.