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hamed2 · 02-25-2017, 04:21 PM

Recently Julian Williams went to Poland & took the IBF title from Pawel Wolak with an 8th round DQ - a low blow. A fight Julian trailed on all 3 cards: 69-64.

Glen Tapia took the WBA belt with a 15th round DQ of Sechew Powell - ref Steve Smoger DQ'd Powell due to hitting on the break. A fight Powell was dominating: 136-126 on 2 cards & 136-127 on the 3rd.

So the 2 new champs agreed to a unification bout in Atlantic City.

The 1st 4 rounds were rather mundane but in the 5th, the ref warned Julian for holding & hitting. Tapia didn't appreciate it so he head butted the IBF champ. Julian backed up & pointed to his head where he'd been butted & Tapia took a swing @ him. Then the ref stepped in, warned both fighters & told them to act like pros.

When things settled down, the fight resumed & an enraged Tapia walked right in a vicious combo that ended the fight @ 1:13 of the 5th.

Julian trailed on 2 cards (37-39) with 1 even @ 38-38.

He's now 7-0 (6 KO's) & Tapia falls to 8-3.

02-25-2017, 04:21 PM	#364
hamed2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,225	IBF/WBA JMW unification Recently Julian Williams went to Poland & took the IBF title from Pawel Wolak with an 8th round DQ - a low blow. A fight Julian trailed on all 3 cards: 69-64. Glen Tapia took the WBA belt with a 15th round DQ of Sechew Powell - ref Steve Smoger DQ'd Powell due to hitting on the break. A fight Powell was dominating: 136-126 on 2 cards & 136-127 on the 3rd. So the 2 new champs agreed to a unification bout in Atlantic City. The 1st 4 rounds were rather mundane but in the 5th, the ref warned Julian for holding & hitting. Tapia didn't appreciate it so he head butted the IBF champ. Julian backed up & pointed to his head where he'd been butted & Tapia took a swing @ him. Then the ref stepped in, warned both fighters & told them to act like pros. When things settled down, the fight resumed & an enraged Tapia walked right in a vicious combo that ended the fight @ 1:13 of the 5th. Julian trailed on 2 cards (37-39) with 1 even @ 38-38. He's now 7-0 (6 KO's) & Tapia falls to 8-3. Last edited by hamed2; 02-25-2017 at 04:22 PM.