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Christian Tapia Takes On Luis Lebron March 12
Championship boxing comes to Live! Event Center at Live!
Casino & Hotel Philadelphia as undefeated rising star
Christian Tapia takes on Luis Lebron in a 10-round contest
for the WBC Super Featherweight title on Saturday night,
March 12th.
The card is promoted by Hard Hitting Promotions.
Tapia of Coamo, Puerto Rico, has an impressive record of
13-0 with 12 knockouts. The 27 year-old is a five year
veteran who has stopped his last eight adversaries. On July
31, 2021, Tapia won the NABA Super Featherweight title with
a 2nd round demolition over former world-ranked contender
Mason Menard (36-5). In his last bout, Tapia took out
previously undefeated and highly regarded Iron Alvarez
(14-0) in the 10th and final round on December 4, 2021 in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. In that fight, Tapia dominated
the previously undefeated Alvarez, as he was up on all cards
with Alvarez barely winning a round, before Tapia ended the
fight in the 10th.
Lebron of San Juan, Puerto Rico is 18-2-1 with 11 knockouts.
The 28 year-old Lebron is a nine-year veteran has wins over
Glenford Nickey (2-0-1), Pedro Marquez Medina (1-0), Joshua
Santos (2-0-1), Manuel Botis (23-0-1), Alan Guzman (19-3),
Luis Ruiz (9-1) and his last bout when he stopped Frank Diaz
(9-0) in the 7th round to win the WBA Fedecento Super
Featherweight title on November 20, 2021 in Miami, Florida.
Also seeing action will be super lightweight Brandon Pizarro
(16-1, 9 KOs) of Philadelphia; welterweight Alex Perez
(18-3, 10 KOs) of Newark, NJ; welterweight Dezmond Lucas
(5-0, 2 KOs) of Bronx, NY; welterweight Tahmir Smalls (6-0,
3 KOs) of Philadelphia; welterweight Jan Carlos Rivera (4-1,
4 KOs) of Philadelphia; Pro debuting bantamweight Jeffrey
Villanueva of Reading, PA and junior welterweight Anthony
Ramirez of Connecticut.
Opponents will be named shortly
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