That win came by ten round split decision in Albuquerque. If I could take that all back I would.. I dont want it and theres the difference. So why not try and get over the bad stuff and try to make it a good ending?. He suffers from bipolar disorder and it makes it very difficult the highs are very high and the lows are very low. He was at his lowest, he was living on the streets. Get in on the latest boxing conversations in our Forum and comment on articles. Teresa loves it when her husband chuckles like that; it means he is in a good place. HOW OLD IS JOHNNY TAPIA? Tapia down in round 6, Pastrana down in round 8. After he defended his belt with a decision over Javier Torres, a rematch with Ayala to unify the belt was set up. I have been famous and infamous. Home Required fields are marked *. The day after he was admitted, his brother-in-law and nephew were killed in a car accident on their way to visit him. His 1999 loss by decision to Paulie Ayala was named the Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine. Tapia began 1998 by successfully defending his championships for the 11th time against former world champion Rodolfo Blanco of Colombia via decision, and then he vacated his world titles in order to move up in weight. No longer a top boxer, Tapia returned to the ring several more times before his final fightin June, 2011, when, overweight and sporting the weathered face of someone ten years older, he won by knockout in Albuquerque. His left jab was punishing, and he claimed not to mind being hit. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the unified IBF and WBO super flyweight titles between 1994 and 1998, the unified WBA and WBO bantamweight titles between 1998 and 2000, and the IBF featherweight title in 2002. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. He worked as producer of KOTV from 2006 until he joined
Boxing News in 2010. His first pro fight was in 1988. His past regularly came back to haunt him. Tapia had an outstanding amateur career, winning the 1983 New Mexico State Golden Gloves,[5] the 1983 and 1985 National Golden Gloves tournaments at light flyweight and flyweight, respectively. Johnnys cocaine habit has caused his heart to stop beating on five separate occasions, he has been in three comas, and he has been in and out of prison. It is said he was declared clinically dead five times in his life, a life that was ceaselessly, stubbornly, incurably difficult. That was a very, very emotional time and the hardest time for me, and for him, because he knew he had gone too far. But he went on with his careerand was paid two million dollars to face legendary champion Marco Antonio Barrera in 2002. The son slipped into a lifelong pattern of binging on cocaine and alcohol, struggling with bipolar disorder, and cycling in and out of jail and drug rehabilitation programs. There is a poignant moment toward the end of the film in which father and son sit together. Both sport dozens of tattoos, having used their skin as parchment on which to inscribe their own dramas. Tapia won his first 22 professional fights, then was suspended from boxing after failing three drug tests. Cocaine became my mistress. During this time, Tapias wife, Teresa, had authorities re-open his mothers murder case. from host boxrec.com from host www.boxrec.com: Linked from: fr.wikipedia.org Johnny Tapia. She didnt survive. Johnny Tapia made his professional debut in March 1988, so he has been a pro for 34 years. Anyone can read what you share. Then theres other times when I look at him and I think I probably wont have this man in my life for much longer because if youve lost your will to live then what do you have?. A 21-year-old Tapia made his professional debut on March 28, 1988 against Efren Chavez. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In a performance that summoned all of his skill, showmanship and gall, Tapia outfought and outlasted Romero and won a unanimous decision. Tapia ruled down in round eleven. 1967213 () . She couldnt leave him. Yet again, Tapia was facing death. Johnny Tapia was an American boxer, who competed in the super flyweight division. Out of it, their influence held sway. Its my fault, Tapia said. In 1999, Tapia suffered his first loss in his 48-bout career, losing a decision and the WBA title to Paulie Ayala in what The Ring Magazine called its "Fight of the Year." If he lost, they beat him, he said. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Amateur career 3 Professional career 4 Professional record 5 Sparring partners 6 References 7 External links Personal life [ edit] Tapia was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey to Dominican immigrants from Santo Domingo, DR. While the Martinez title-winning fight might be his greatest moment, there were other notable wins. The camera pans across the yellow landscape and settles on a solitary man, walking with his head down as though ruminating on a dark memory. He was 45 years old. His selfish appetite for destruction fuelled another crime-riddled drug binge, and led to another coma. [17] Tapia died of heart failure. If a human being is a vessel of emotions, Tapia was a powder keg, perpetually on the verge of implosion. [3], Tapia was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Mexican American parents. But when I ask Johnny how he sees himself in the future, he says hes not even sure hell wake up tomorrow., Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sports/johnny-tapia-champion-boxer-amid-chaos-dies-at-45.html. As a wife, as a woman, Ive learnt theres good and bad in everyone and you have to accept them. Tapia had recently wed Teresa Chavez, who would exercise a calming and supportive influence in his life, and wins came quickly for the newly married man. Benitez first won the 140-pound WBA light-welterweight title from Antonio Cervantes on March 6, 1976, at the age of 17. Tapia went to jail, struggled with depression, and attempted suicide. Raised thereafter by his grandmother, Tapia turned to boxing at the age of nine.[4]. Their rivalry had begun many years earlier when Romero's father trained both boxers. Later that year, Tapia tried to commit suicide with a drug overdose and required hospitalization. Blanco lost one point in round nine for low blows. Johnny Tapia fights Manuel Medina in a 2002 IBF featherweight championship bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. [11], Tapia was scheduled to make a comeback on May 2, 2008, in El Paso, Texas, but pulled out due to contractual disputes with promoter Ron Weathers.[12]. vacant International Boxing Council Americas Lightweight Title, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, International Boxing Federation World Featherweight Title, World Boxing Organisation World Bantamweight Title, World Boxing Association World Bantamweight Title, International Boxing Federation World Super Flyweight Title Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie Ayala (1st meeting) - BoxRec Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie Ayala (1st meeting) Paulie Ayala 118 lbs beat Johnny Tapia 118 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12 Date: 1999-06-26 Location: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Referee: Joe Cortez Judge: Guy Jutras 115-114 Judge: Duane Ford 116-113 Judge: Fernando Viso 116-113 I have a reputation, I can just make a phone call. He has been the editor of
Boxing News since 2015. I dont miss her, Tapia claims. It was almost the last straw when Tapia was again hospitalized for drug abuse and his wifes brother and nephew died in a car crash on the way to visit him in the hospital. I would have, believe me, if I could have had him in front of me. Tapia fell to the canvas, clutching his ribcage, as referee Genaro Rodriguez reached the count of 10. Tapia was deducted 1 point in round 2 for a deliberate head butt. Your email address will not be published. John Lee Anthony Tapia (February 13, 1967 - May 27, 2012) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2011. I hurt, Im old, Im done, he says, almost poetically. The next day, he was in a hospital with an overdose. I have been wealthy and lost it all. Tapia doesnt dwell on their relationship for long, nor does it detail how strongly it developed prior to Johnnys death, but it must have been astonishing, and perhaps astonishingly sad, for Johnny to realize, after four decades, that he was not alone in the world, and that the man responsible for his creation had been close by all along. He has been honoured by the Sports Journalists Association and the Boxing Writers Association of America. I felt like my brothers life had been sacrificed for him because, again, everyone was always around Johnny, always there for him and his addiction never ended. That was his life.. This is perhaps the documentarys most poignant moment. Johnnylost again and this would be the final time he hovered close to boxings zenith. Miguel, an amateur boxing champion, taught him pugilistic skills. Tapia down in round 6, Pastrana down in round 8. Nobody puts their hands on my mama. When he trains she follows him, at his request, to the gym in Albuquerque. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. In his next fight, he defeated Puerto Rico's Andy Agosto via decision. His life, which ended at just 45, was spent trying not to fall into the abyss. Scores: 98-92, 96-94, 99-93. HBOs Tapia begins with an overhead shot of the New Mexico desert. Seven years later Johnny was on a bus that crashed, killing the pregnant woman who sat alongside him. Matt Christie has been hooked on boxing since he picked up a copy of
A Pictorial History of Boxing in 1985 as a seven-year-old. V roce 1998 bojoval s Markem Johnsonem o titul IBF mu vhy, . [15] After Tapia died in 2012, his widow briefly married his alleged half-brother, Jeffrey Padilla, in 2014. He sometimes stuck out his tongue to taunt opponents. In 2017 he won the Sam Kellerman Media Award in New York and The Reg Gutteridge Annual Award in London two years later. Tapia won a dubious decision, becoming a world title holder in three different divisions. "A family member . Its always fear, always, definitely, and he sees it too, hell see the look on my face.. When Johnny was only eight-years-old, his mother and only parent was raped and murdered at the age of 33, stabbed 22 times with an ice pick and left to die on the side of the road. [8] Tapia won the fight by majority decision, 9892, 9694, 9595. . Thanks God I have her. WHAT IS TAPIA'S REACH? HOW LONG HAS TAPIA BEEN FIGHTING? **This site uses cookies and other technologies, so we can remember you and understand how you and other visitors use our site. Tapias father had vanished before he was born, and Tapia had thought he was dead until he turned up in 2010 after being released from a federal penitentiary and DNA tests confirmed his paternity. Her killing would not be solved for almost 25 years. Tapia spent much of his adult life yearning to meet the man who destroyed her. Johnny Tapia was an American boxer, who competed in the super flyweight division. appreciated. He was 45. If I didnt have her Id be dead in a heartbeat.. The indelible writing has always been on the wall for this twisted love story. He retained the title with a nine-round technical draw with Ricardo Vargas and a decision in twelve against his onetime nemesis in the amateur ranks, Arthur Johnson. According to his wife, no drugs were found in his system. His father was murdered before he was born. In 1990, he won seven bouts, including an eight-round decision over Jesus Chong, an eleventh-round technical knockout of Roland Gomez in Reno that gave him the USBA super flyweight title, and a twelve-round decision over Luigi Camputaro, to retain that title. The bout was being promoted as The Final Fury and Tapia promised he would win. At the age of eight, he looked out of his bedroom window and saw his mother chained up in the back of a pick up truck, being driven away by her lover. He quit the ring several times, but could not seem to give it up. In 1988, he began is professional career, which was interrupted by bouts outside the ring with substance abuse followed by treatment in rehab centers. They were united by grief, welded with misery. In the second round, Marcos connected with a left hook to the body. HOW TALL IS JOHNNY TAPIA? His 1999 loss by decision to Paulie Ayala was named the Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine.Tapia was inducted during 2017, posthumously, to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Tapia was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Mexican American parents. Tapia was the 1983 National Golden Gloves light flyweight champion, and the 1985 Golden Gloves flyweight champion. According to Johnny, his grandfather was a rugged, tough, macho man and his influence resonated with his grandson, who quickly gained a reputation as a fearsome street fighter. As I walk away, I wonder if he still will be after a night gliding through the silky temptations of Vegas. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Isleta Resort & Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. In 1992, he met Teresa Chavez at a party and was determined to marry her. Five-time WBO world champion who had a record of 59-5-2. 2. Discovery Company. Tapia is 5' 6" (5 Foot and 6 inch) which is 168 cm (1 meter and 68 centimeters). Boxing Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser. But I found out hed been killed, hed been run over twice. My moms death kills me every day, Tapia whispers. You want to talk about stabbing people in jail? Tapia ponders about his mindset at that dark time. Tapia down in round 6, Pastrana down in round 8. For Tapia, it was cocaine. > KOB-TV reports representatives for Teresa Tapia confirmed Sunday that she married Johnny Tapia's half-brother, Jeffrey Padilla. On October 12, 1994 at The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tapia defeated Henry Martnez in eleven rounds to win the vacant WBO super flyweight title. All my goal is to see Johnny reach this ripe old age, she said. He won eight fights that year, five by knockout, of which four were in the first round. He wrote an autobiography by that title. But lacing the incessant promises not to rekindle his affair with his mistress is uncertainty and fear that hell stray again. He then knocked out former champion Rolando Bohol in the second round. 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. With no father to watch over him, Tapia lived with his grandparents. Did you encounter any technical issues? Bout made at a catchweight of 124 pounds. He is so full of life and he has so much to give people and he really is a great person but at the flip of a switch he can turn around and be your worst nightmare.. Montreal is The Fight City. Johnny Tapia was born in Albuquerque. She is happy to be his side, observing and listening. The Johnny Tapia is currently 45 years old. Tapia's dad was murdered while his mom was pregnant with him. Thats why me and Paulie got fight of the year because all we did was bang.. Four times I was declared dead. He may or may not have considered this a good thing, his wife told Playboy. There is a real openness that invites you to step inside his world and be his friend. He won a unanimous decision. After two more wins, he gave Willy Salazar a title shot, knocking him out in nine rounds. Johnny Tapia. As the needle sank into his arm and loaded his veins with toxins, Tapia drifted into a coma. Johnny Tapia. No great fighter ever runs from the darkness that lies ahead of him, states narrator Liev Schrieber. The radio station segues to a commercial with Snoop and Wiz Khalifas Young Wild and Free and listening to the music, the ex-champion sways joyfully from side to side. Teresa reaches over and squeezes the hands that won four world titles in three divisions super-flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight. Tapia won by a unanimous twelve-round decision, adding the IBF title to his WBO belt. Bohol down twice in Round 2. Tapia started boxing at age 9 and had his first amateur fight at 11. He had to be revived after his heart stopped beating, the first of at least five times this happened. A wedding photo showed Teresa Tapia and Jeffrey Padilla joined by Johnny's sons, Johnny Tapia Jr. and Lorenzo Tapia. Family members say Albuquerque police were summoned to Tapia's house at 7:45 PM Sunday by a family member who discovered the body. He was still getting high and was now training under Freddie Roach (whose speech is demonstrably clearer in documentary footage than it is today). . Ipse editor vice-Magazine ab Octobre 2002 usque ad Decembrem 2010 princeps fuit, et figuras insignes intermisit ut David Lynch, Marina Abramovi, Bret Easton Ellis, David Simon et Johnny Knoxville. A family member came home, found him deceased and called us, Officer Robert Gibbs, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, police spokesman, said Monday. Not from a drug overdose, but from heart failure. Highlights of Johnny Tapia's best combinations \u0026 knockouts.Johnny Tapia - Was an American professional boxer and a five-time world champion at super flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight. He would have been 50 years old today. A Warner Bros. His story is well documented but remains as horrifically shocking today as it ever was. After three and a half years away from the ring, he returned to win five fights before defeating Henry Martinez to win the world super flyweight title (115-pound limit). Tapia, a five time world champion, might be one of the greatest television fighters ever, a distinction he shares with fellow 90s legend Arturo Gatti. His emotional transparency popularized him but he was doomed by his lack of control. The denial of any possibility to exact vengeance stung Johnny. I have my beautiful wife with me, nothing will happen to me if shes here.. Blanco lost one point in round nine for low blows. He experienced frequent relapses over the next few years and several overdoses. Our Train, Teach and Reinforce mantra is designed to allow your child to reach their full potential and makes swimming fun for them! Johnny chuckles excitedly and hangs off their shoulders as someone takes a photograph of the three of them together. That is to say, he possessed the rare medley of talent, charisma, and recklessness that leaped through the screen to seize the viewer's heart. It was a cruel blow for wife Terese to take. She wrestles with her unconditional adoration for Johnny every single day. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Police have made an arrest in the shooting of Johnny Tapia, the son of the boxing legend of the same name. He started boxing at age 9 to escape a troubled childhood. Tapia said he thought his tattoos of angels kept him from passing into the next world. He won 59 fights, 30 by knockout; lost 5; and drew 2. The crazy life of Johnny Tapia a five-time world champion boxer who once wrote that he had been raised to fight to the death ended this week at age 45. 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. The tragedy of life was venomously harassing the Tapias, and Johnny, more miserable than ever, edged his finger towards the self-destruct button. If he says Im just going to run down the store to get a Dr Pepper, you cant help but think you should go with him, and wonder what is going to happen. Everybody has their faults, I have them, and I could move on and find somebody else, and you know, they might not have an addiction but how do I know they wont be a womaniser, they wont be an abuser? We will be paid a commission, with no extra cost to you, if you use those links to make a purchase. He has also written about boxing for
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Daily Mirror and has been used by the BBC, Sky Sports, BT Sport, HBO Boxing and Talk Sport as a boxing analyst. Just two and a half weeks before his loss to Ayala in 1999, the phone rang in the gym where Tapia was training. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Johnny heard her screams as she was taken away, chained to a pickup truck, but his cries for help were ignored. In 2010, at age 43, Tapia learned that apparently, his father was alive. The murderer had died in 1983 after stumbling drunk into the middle of a busy Albuquerque street where he was hit by three cars and dragged to his death. V roce 1995 se stal dritelem titulu super flyweight WBO Johnny Tapia, ale ztratil vtinov rozhodnut. That is to say, he possessed the rare medley of talent, charisma, and recklessness that leapedthrough the screen toseize the viewers heart. TM & 2023 BoxingScene.All Rights Reserved. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. Larry Merchant, the boxing analyst, told Playboy in 2004 that Tapia was a five-to-one underdog to survive his own childhood.. On April 15, 2005, he sustained an injury to his left eye, but was able to continue and win a repeat match-up with Frankie Archuleta. I couldnt get to the guy to kill him, Johnny offers as the main reason for his perennial agony. Jerry Padilla, who Tapia already knew, was supposedly intrigued by the similarities in their mannerisms, and the two decided to submit to a DNA test, which proved they were father and son. Champinon.info 2018-2023. Glen Tapia (born December 11, 1989) is an American professional boxer. In 2007 Johnny overdosed again and was taken to hospital where he lay in a coma. Or stabbing anybody, or fighting anybody, or killing anybody? Erik Morales: First Mexican to Win 4 in 4, Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is Forever The Greatest, Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers. In 1989, he won seven more fights, including a first-round knockout of Abner Barajas and an eight-round decision against John Michael Johnson. Tapia was inducted during 2017, posthumously, to the Internation In his first title defense, Tapia defeated Jose Rafael Sosa by decision. She has mixed emotions about him quitting the sport; it has been a rare constant in their perilous journey together. Speaking to the press at his gym in the wake of his. After that, the fight with Romero was set for Las Vegas. Tapia's body is found at his home on Sunday night. In boxing, Tapias aggression was rewarded; on the street it brought him to the edge of death. Tapia is a 5-time world champ. [14] He was a born-again Christian. When he was eight years old, his mother, Virginia, was kidnapped, raped, repeatedly stabbed, and left for dead by her assailant. He became a two time world bantamweight champion by beating Jorge Eliecer Julio by a decision at Albuquerque on January 8, 2000. Tapia eventually took these skills to the ring, where he showed himself equally proficient at regulated combat. His laughter is curly and instantly infectious. Teofimo Lopez v Pedro Campa | Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images Teofimo Lopez vs. Sandor Martin: How to stream,full fight card. Johnny was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, on February 13, 1967. Johnny Tapia lands a punch against Antonio Ruiz during the fight at the Olympic Auditorium, in May 5,1994 in Los Angeles, California. Boxing, he tells the camera, saved my life., Your email address will not be published. Tapia's professional boxing career began on March 25, 1988, when he fought Effren Chavez in Irvine, California. He did everything illegal that he could to make money. He leaps up, like a puppy dog, and gallops towards the fighters. johnny tapia boxrec - At johnny tapia boxrec we like to say " There is no fun like fun in the waterOur mission is to turn your little ones into professional-level swimmers. Tapia was admitted to the hospital in 2007 in critical condition from a cocaine OD. Johnny always makes sure were with him when he goes anywhere. The widow of former world champion Johnny Tapia has remarried. He was born on Feb. 13, 1967, so he will turn 46 in -10 month and -11 day. I was so angry I thought I was going to stay in prison for life, but I ended up doing 23-hour lockdown [every day] for a whole year so I could get out.. An insightful and revealing documentary, Tapia shows both his darkness and his better nature as it presents a life thats too complex to judge. Family members say Albuquerque police were summoned to Tapia's house at 7:45 PM Sunday by a family. [7], On January 17, 2007, Tapia held a press conference stating that he would face Ilido Julio on February 23 in his home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, then retire. Tapia's heart simply stopped beating and, unlike his previous brushes with death, this one was for real. Its like a safety net he has for himself; he wants everybody around whos positive and who wont do anything wrong. She got me where she wanted me and she gave me everything. Teresa Tapia looks at Johnny, her husband of 18 years and the father of her three children, and smiles gently. His life was marked by tragedy. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Montreal is The Fight City. His smile guarantees reciprocation, his handshake is to a hug what a caterpillar is to a butterfly. The last fight of Johnny Tapia took place on June 4, 2011 against Mauricio Pastrana. Johnny Tapia died, for the final time, of heart failure at 45, an age much too young for a final exit. Browse 210 johnny tapia stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Fed up, she said, she locked him in her apartment, whose windows were covered with bars, and refused to let him out for six weeks while he broke free of the drugs grip. World Boxing Organisation World Super Flyweight Title, World Boxing Organisation World Super Flyweight Title, vacant World Boxing Organisation World Super Flyweight Title, Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas. Updated Am I lucky or unlucky?. Foul play is not suspected. With Johnny its hard to decide what is best for him but, as a wife, Id love to see him retire and be a husband and a father first and foremost.. Realizing his habits, she at first resisted. After the Barrera fight, Tapias problems with drug abuse became more acute. When he finally returned to the ring on March 27, 1994, he beat Jaime Olvera by a knockout in four rounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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