Johnny Tapia vs Roman Gonzalez/Juan Francisco Estrada/ Srisaket Sor Rungvisai @ Super Flyweight

I think he beats them both more often than not. A fight between he and Estrada would be a great action bout, but this is a guy who soaked up everything prime Barrera had up at Featherweight in his mid 30s. Clearly proved his superiority against the harder hitting Romero in a technical slug fest at 115. Gave Konadu a boxing lesson at Bantamweight.

Gonzalez in particular is out of his depth, in my opinion. Tapia was like a superpowered Cuadras. Never a dynamic puncher, though, despite the obvious conviction he put in his shots. Kinda like a little Gavilán in that regard.

 

Gonzalez was great, but not at 115. Even in his razor close win against Cuadras or the controversial loss against Sor Rungvisai. You didn’t get the sense that he was the better man in either fight. Just the smaller man with the bigger heart that might be enough to pull it off on the cards for this one fight. Then the rematch with SSR proved that. Good on him for his comeback against Yafai, but that just further proved his heart and resolve, not his abilities. Sometimes that’s enough. Unless the bigger, more versatile man has every bit as much of it, to go with a better chin.

 

This.

Tapia, exciting fighter, but also one of the most overrated fighters in history.

 

I’m all ears.

 

I'd say he's vastly UNDERRATED. Sizzling hand speed.
Cement chin. Huge heart. Great boxing IQ. Threw punches in bunches. Can box when he wants but will gladly go toe to toe.
I mean I thought he beat Paulie to be honest.