Tapia, Archuleta postponed . . . AGAIN
Bad, somewhat good and worse news for anyone interested in, someday, seeing the rubber match between Johnny Tapia and Frankie Archuleta. The bad news? They will NOT be fighting each other on September 25. Nor will they be fighting Sept. 24, which is the new date for the soon-to-be-announced card for Isleta’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
The good news is that a card will take place on the 24th at the Hard Rock; and that, both, Tapia and Archuleta, will co-headline the show – but they will be fighting separate opponents. What’s worse? While Tapia’s foe has not been discovered yet (though we hear it’s for a belt of some sort), Archuleta’s foe is none other than Jorge Reyes, seen by most commissions and boxing aficionados as unfit to fight.
For uninformed fans, Jorge Reyes, formerly Tapia’s sparring partner, has racked up a record of 21-28-3, 17 KOs – and is 1-18-1 in his last 20 bouts. In March, he ended a two-year retirement to give Tapia a win by fourth round TKO. At present time, it’s unknown whether the tribal commission at Isleta/Hard Rock will even approve such a fight as Archuleta vs. Reyes.
“I don’t know what’s going on,” says Archuleta, who spent six months in the gym preparing for a third Tapia fight that was postponed twice and nixed three times – at three different venues. “I’ll be ready to fight whoever on Sept. 24 – but it’s frustrating. I’m supposed to find out what’s going on this week.”
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