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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Junior middleweight (154 pounds) prospect Glen Tapia (8-0, five knockouts) served as a sparring partner for WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) as he prepared for his Top Rank Promotions, Nov. 13, WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) victory and his eighth championship over as many weight divisions with an HBO televised unanimous decision over ex-titlist, Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs).
But Tapia said that his favorite boxer is WBC middleweight (160 pounds) Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs), who dethroned Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) by unanimous decision in April, and then scored a November, second-round knockout of rival southpaw, Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KOs), that avenged a December, majority decision loss in which both fighters were floored in the first round.
In this FanHouse video interview, Tapia talks about Martinez as well as what it was like to train with Pacquiao in the Philippines.
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Source: http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/12/30/glen-tapia-talks-manny-pacquiao-sergio-martinez/
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