Johnny Tapia

Career, Record, Stats

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 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2017.

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LEGEND

Johnny Tapia's Boxing Career

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 complete list of Tapia's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Johnny Tapia".

Tapia has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Johnny Tapia Losses".

Johnny Tapia's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
66	Jun 04, 2011	44	Mauricio Pastrana	win	UD 8
65	Sep 24, 2010	43	Jose Alonso	win	TKO 4
64	Mar 06, 2010	43	Jorge Alberto Reyes	win	TKO 4
63	Feb 23, 2007	40	Evaristo Primero	win	MD 10
62	Sep 16, 2005	38	Sandro Marcos	loss	KO 2
61	Apr 15, 2005	38	Frankie Archuleta	win	UD 10
60	Jan 22, 2005	37	Nicky Bentz	win	SD 10
59	Mar 05, 2004	37	Frankie Archuleta	loss	SD 10
58	Sep 26, 2003	36	Carlos Contreras	win	UD 10
57	Nov 02, 2002	35	Marco Antonio Barrera 28 55-3	loss	UD 12
56	Apr 27, 2002	35	Manuel Medina 31 60-11	win	MD 12
55	Jan 19, 2002	34	Eduardo Enrique Alvarez	win	TKO 1
54	Jun 30, 2001	34	César Soto	win	KO 3
53	Mar 17, 2001	34	Cuauhtemoc Gomez	win	RTD 6
52	Oct 07, 2000	33	Paulie Ayala 30 30-1	loss	UD 12
51	May 06, 2000	33	Pedro Javier Torres	win	UD 12
50	Jan 08, 2000	32	Jorge Eliécer Julio 30 42-1	win	UD 12
49	Jun 26, 1999	32	Paulie Ayala 29 27-1	loss	UD 12
48	Apr 24, 1999	32	Alberto Martinez	win	KO 1
47	Dec 05, 1998	31	Nana Konadu	win	MD 12
46	Aug 29, 1998	31	Carlos Francis Hernandez	win	UD 10
45	Feb 13, 1998	31	Rodolfo Blanco	win	UD 12
44	Dec 13, 1997	30	Andy Agosto	win	UD 12
43	Jul 18, 1997	30	Danny Romero	win	UD 12
42	Mar 08, 1997	30	Jorge Barrera	win	TKO 3
41	Nov 30, 1996	29	Adonis Cruz	win	UD 12
40	Oct 11, 1996	29	Sammy Stewart	win	TKO 7
39	Aug 17, 1996	29	Hugo Rafael Soto	win	UD 12
38	Jun 07, 1996	29	Ivan Alvarez	win	TKO 8
37	Apr 30, 1996	29	Ramon Gonzales	win	TKO 2
36	Feb 03, 1996	28	Giovanni Andrade	win	TKO 2
35	Dec 01, 1995	28	Willy Salazar	win	RTD 9
34	Oct 19, 1995	28	Raul Rios	win	UD 10
33	Sep 09, 1995	28	Jesse Miranda	win	UD 10
32	Jul 02, 1995	28	Arthur Johnson	win	MD 12
31	May 06, 1995	28	Ricardo Vargas	draw	TD 8
30	Feb 10, 1995	27	Jose Rafael Sosa	win	UD 12
29	Dec 08, 1994	27	Rolando Bohol	win	KO 2
28	Oct 12, 1994	27	Henry Martínez	win	TKO 11
27	Jul 15, 1994	27	Oscar Aguilar	win	TKO 3
26	Jun 24, 1994	27	Rafael Granillo	win	TKO 9
25	May 05, 1994	27	Antonio Ruiz	win	UD 10
24	Apr 15, 1994	27	Arturo Estrada	win	TKO 2
23	Mar 27, 1994	27	Jaime Olvera	win	KO 4
22	Oct 26, 1990	23	Santiago Caballero	win	TD 7
21	Sep 20, 1990	23	Luigi Camputaro	win	UD 12
20	Jul 27, 1990	23	Jose Montiel	win	TKO 9
19	Jun 21, 1990	23	Pablo Valenzuela	win	KO 5
18	May 10, 1990	23	Roland Gomez	win	TKO 11
17	Mar 16, 1990	23	Abraham Garcia	win	TKO 1
16	Feb 16, 1990	23	Jesus Chong	win	UD 8
15	Dec 01, 1989	22	Martin Perez Ramirez	win	UD 8
14	Nov 17, 1989	22	Prudencio De Jesus	win	TKO 1
13	Oct 17, 1989	22	John Michael Johnson	win	UD 8
12	Aug 19, 1989	22	Hugo Partida	win	KO 2
11	Jun 17, 1989	22	Josefino Suarez	win	UD 8
10	Mar 23, 1989	22	Fred Hernandez	win	UD 8
9	Feb 17, 1989	22	Abner Barajas	win	TKO 2
8	Dec 01, 1988	21	Simon Contreras	win	UD 8
7	Oct 14, 1988	21	Jorge Salinas	win	TKO 1
6	Sep 29, 1988	21	Manuel Martinez	win	KO 1
5	Sep 16, 1988	21	Miguel Martinez	win	KO 1
4	Jun 30, 1988	21	Martin Perez Ramirez	win	TKO 1
3	May 16, 1988	21	Norberto Ayala	win	KO 4
2	Apr 11, 1988	21	James Dean	win	UD 6
1	Mar 28, 1988	21	Efren Chavez	draw	MD 4

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