I think Tapia's speed would be too much and also the fact that Tapia had an excellent chin.I think that Moon might actually get outclassed in this bout.The only thing that might save Moon from being outclassed would be Tapia's penchant for sometimes slugging when he didn't have to.
Tapia in his prime before leaving the sport for a bit, had the tools to be an ATG. i do not however, know enough of this Moon to weigh in in a knowledgable non-nutthugger way. Just thought i'd pay repects to the cat sarting the thread and remember kids, when in doubt, Pac ko1.
Moon was a big hitter and a big banger as well, which is why I am interested in this matchup. Tapia was faster though, and had the ability to outbox Moon, but I think he'd get dragged into a brawl as he so often did, and there's where it'd be very interesting.
:think It certainly has piqued my interest. Tapia has a very good chind to have taken bombs from a at the time, p4p best puncher in the sport, Danny Romero speaks true of that. I did however feel that it was an overated label given to an overated puncher at the time pre-Tapia.
Excellent contrast of styles. This one is kind of hard to picture, but I'll give the edge to Moon. Tapia attempts to use his handspeed and counterpunching skills to gain an early edge in momentum, but finds out that Moon is definitely on the world class level when he catches a few clubbing leads while stepping back to admire his work. Moon comes forward for 12 rounds never quite letting Tapia's more conventional style take over. Moon was kind of like a super flyweight Felix Trinidad, while Tapia was kind of like a super flyweight Fernando Vargas....that's how I picture this. I'd also give Moon the edge over Kahosai Galaxy I think.
I favor Johnny Tapia. Moon was quite scary with his combination of relentless pressure and destructive punching power, but I don't see anyone stopping Tapia at Super Flyweight, a fighter who moved up to 126lbs in the twilight of his career and smiled as a prime MAB battered him with 3-4 punch combination's. As others have said, Tapia has a speed advantage, and he showed the capacity to box effectively if he needed to, and I think he could make that work for him against Moon. There are going to be good spells for Moon in this one, but I favor Tapia to get through them on route to a close but clear 12 round decision.
Morning. On another note, I found this thread trying to find out info about Moons health nowadays; I hear it's bad, anyone shed any light on this?
