Laval's Lemieux stops Tapia in 4th round in Vegas

Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux of Laval (35-3, 32 KOs) got back on the winning track in stopping a game, but limited junior middleweight Glen Tapia (23-3, 15 KOs) in the fourth round Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Boxing News 24 reported Tapia used his jab well and was able to land some nice shots, particularly in the third round.
Tapia showed some promise on offence. Where he fell apart was on the defensive side of his game. Lemieux was able to hit Tapia with left hooks and right hands almost at will. The only time Tapia was able to avoid those shots was when he was jabbing and moving.

Nevertheless, Tapia chose to stand in front of Lemieux through most of the fight to try and beat him at his own game by slugging. That’s something that not even Gennady Golovkin tried to do with Lemieux.
Golovkin was smart to primarily use his jab to soften him up until opening up with body shots in the eighth round to get the stoppage.

Source: montrealgazette.com