On September 16, 2005, a 38-year-old Johnny Tapia (55-4-2, 28 KOs) and Sandro Marcos met in the ring.
Tapia came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day.
Johnny Tapia lost to Sandro Marcos via KO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 55-5-2.
On March 5, 2004, a 37-year-old Johnny Tapia (53-3-2, 28 KOs) and Frankie Archuleta met in the ring.
Tapia came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days.
Johnny Tapia lost to Frankie Archuleta via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 53-4-2.
On November 2, 2002, a 35-year-old Johnny Tapia (52-2-2, 28 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight The Ring title held by 28-year-old Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera (55-3, 39 KOs).
Tapia came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days. Barrera was on a 6-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Johnny Tapia via unanimous decision and successfully defended his The Ring featherweight title. Barrera improves his record to 56-3, while Tapia adds a loss to his record at 52-3-2.
On October 7, 2000, a 33-year-old Johnny Tapia (48-1-2, 25 KOs) and a 30-year-old Paulie Ayala (30-1, 12 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Tapia came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Ayala was on a 5-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
In the rematch, Paulie Ayala defeated Johnny Tapia via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Ayala improves his record to 31-1, while Tapia adds a loss to his record at 48-2-2.
On June 26, 1999, the 32-year-old WBA bantamweight world champion, Johnny Tapia (46-0-2, 25 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Paulie Ayala (27-1, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Tapia came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days. Ayala was on a 2-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 6 days.
Paulie Ayala defeated Johnny Tapia via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Ayala improves his record to 28-1, while Tapia adds a loss to his record at 46-1-2.