By Ryan Burton

An interesting crossroads battle featuring former middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-3) and Glen Tapia (23-2) will take place Saturday evening in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena.  The bout will support the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan pay-per-view main event.

The 26-year-old Tapia feels a lot stronger now that he has moved up to the middleweight division.  The New Jersey native has been out of the ring for 12 months but plans on taking advantage of the opportunity that fighting on a Canelo Alvarez card brings.

"My training camp has been amazing. This is the best I have felt ever.  I think everybody was surprised. It is a great opportunity and a big card and coming off of what I am coming off of (a knockout loss) - something like this is a blessing.  I am going to take the opportunity that God put in front of me and I going to take it. I am going to show everybody," said Tapia.

Lemieux is known for his world class power but has also been stopped twice among his three losses, including his last fight against Gennady Golovkin in October.  Tapia didn't have anything bad to say about the former champion, stating that the Canadian has accomplished more than he has so far in his career.

"Lemieux is a fun guy to watch. I said before, he has a better resume than me so it would be dumb for me to say anything bad about him or criticize him. I can't because like I said he has a better resume but he does things that I can take advantage of. If you watch 10 of his fights, he fights the same way. He doesn't fight different.  He comes in there and tries to knock you out.  It is fun for the fans. It gives the people what they want. I know he is coming like that. There is no other skill or nothing else that he can bring.  There is nothing that you can change. It is not like he is going to turn around and start boxing," Tapia explained.

On the other hand Tapia feels that he hasn't once put everything together in his biggest fights.  He believes that will all change on Saturday in Sin City.

"I feel like he hasn't really seen what I can do.  I can box. I can brawl. I can do a lot of things.  I want to show people what I am capable of. I think nobody has seen me fight the way I am fighting right now," Tapia told BoxingScene.com.

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