John Lee Tapia (born Feb 13, 1967 in Albuquerque, NM), well-known as Johnny Tapia, is a five-time world boxing champion. He is nicknamed "Mi Vida Loca".
Tapia had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 1983 National Golden Gloves Light flyweight champion and the 1985 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion.
His professional career began on March 25, 1988, when he beat Efren Chavez by a knockout in round four in Irvine, California. He won ei...
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John Lee Tapia (born Feb 13, 1967 in Albuquerque, NM), well-known as Johnny Tapia, is a five-time world boxing champion. He is nicknamed "Mi Vida Loca".
Tapia had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 1983 National Golden Gloves Light flyweight champion and the 1985 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion.
His professional career began on March 25, 1988, when he beat Efren Chavez by a knockout in round four in Irvine, California. He won eight fights that year, five by knockout, of which four were in the first round. In 1989, he won seven more fights, including a first round knockout of Abner Barajas and an eight round decision against John Michael Johnson.
In 1990, he kept his winning ways, winning seven more bouts, including an eight round decision over Jesus Chong, an 11th round technical knockout of Roland Gomez in Reno that gave him the United States Junior Bantamweight title, and a twelve round decision over Luigi Camputaro, to retain that title. Tapia was, by the end of...
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