Johnny Tapia (Baby-faced Assassin) was an American professional boxer. He was a three-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 23 years, 2 months, and 7 days, Tapia amassed a record of 59-5-2, which includes 30 wins via KO—6 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2017.
Johnny Tapia was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. on February 13, 1967. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on March 28, 1988 against Efren Chavez. The fight ended in a draw.
Tapia became a world champion at the age of 27 after 27 professional fights. He challenged Henry Martínez for the vacant WBO super-flyweight title and stopped Martínez in the 11th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the bantamweight (WBA, WBO) and featherweight (IBF) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Tapia's last fight was an unanimous decision victory over Mauricio Pastrana at age 44, on June 4, 2011.
Some of Johnny Tapia's best fights were against Manuel Medina and Jorge Eliécer Julio. For a top-10 list of Tapia's best performances, refer to "Best fights of Johnny Tapia".
Tapia has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Johnny Tapia Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Jun 04, 2011 | 44 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
65 | Sep 24, 2010 | 43 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
64 | Mar 06, 2010 | 43 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
63 | Feb 23, 2007 | 40 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
62 | Sep 16, 2005 | 38 | ![]() | loss | KO 2 |
61 | Apr 15, 2005 | 38 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
60 | Jan 22, 2005 | 37 | ![]() | win | SD 10 |
59 | Mar 05, 2004 | 37 | ![]() | loss | SD 10 |
58 | Sep 26, 2003 | 36 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
57 | Nov 02, 2002 | 35 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
56 | Apr 27, 2002 | 35 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
55 | Jan 19, 2002 | 34 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
54 | Jun 30, 2001 | 34 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
53 | Mar 17, 2001 | 34 | ![]() | win | RTD 6 |
52 | Oct 07, 2000 | 33 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
51 | May 06, 2000 | 33 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
50 | Jan 08, 2000 | 32 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
49 | Jun 26, 1999 | 32 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
48 | Apr 24, 1999 | 32 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
47 | Dec 05, 1998 | 31 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
46 | Aug 29, 1998 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
45 | Feb 13, 1998 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
44 | Dec 13, 1997 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
43 | Jul 18, 1997 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
42 | Mar 08, 1997 | 30 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
41 | Nov 30, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
40 | Oct 11, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
39 | Aug 17, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
38 | Jun 07, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
37 | Apr 30, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
36 | Feb 03, 1996 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
35 | Dec 01, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | win | RTD 9 |
34 | Oct 19, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
33 | Sep 09, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
32 | Jul 02, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
31 | May 06, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | draw | TD 8 |
30 | Feb 10, 1995 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
29 | Dec 08, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
28 | Oct 12, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
27 | Jul 15, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
26 | Jun 24, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
25 | May 05, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
24 | Apr 15, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
23 | Mar 27, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
22 | Oct 26, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | TD 7 |
21 | Sep 20, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
20 | Jul 27, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
19 | Jun 21, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
18 | May 10, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
17 | Mar 16, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
16 | Feb 16, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
15 | Dec 01, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
14 | Nov 17, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
13 | Oct 17, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
12 | Aug 19, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
11 | Jun 17, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
10 | Mar 23, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
9 | Feb 17, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Dec 01, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
7 | Oct 14, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
6 | Sep 29, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
5 | Sep 16, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
4 | Jun 30, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
3 | May 16, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
2 | Apr 11, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
1 | Mar 28, 1988 | 21 | ![]() | draw | MD 4 |