On December 7, 2013, James Kirkland (31-1, 27 KOs) and Glen Tapia (20-0, 12 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
James Kirkland is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a undefined win over Carlos Molina, 1 year, 8 months, and 13 days ago. Glen Tapia is on a 20-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Elco Garcia, 2 months and 9 days ago.
The winning odds are at 72.5-27.5 in favor of Glen Tapia, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and James Kirkland will put on a really good performance, Tapia will be required to be at his best.
James Kirkland stopped Glen Tapia via KO in the 6th round. Kirkland improves his record to 32-1 (28 KOs), while Tapia adds a loss to his record at 20-1.