Monday, May 28, 2012

Boxer dies 5time champ Johnny Tapia found dead in N.M. at 45 Champ Dies Boxing champion home 45; fighter had troubled life Tapia’s Vida Loca Pictures Police Exboxing BOXER JOHNNY TAPIA DIES JockSpin.com Troubled boxing age Fivetime NM aged mourns legend Death finally catches up to the elusive former world Tapia's 'crazy life' ends

Boxer Johnny Tapia's 'crazy life' ends The five-time world champion boxer died at age 45. In his autobiography, he wrote that both of his parents were murdered and that he was "raised to fight to the death." Tapia's life ends at 45 Former world super flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight world boxing champion Johnny Tapia has died. Johnny Tapia, a Boxing Champion Amid Chaos, Dies at 45 Tapia won titles in three weight divisions but struggled with mental illness and addiction, having been declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses. Johnny Tapia, Former Boxing Champ, is Dead at 45 One of the most storied athletes in New Mexico history. Boxing Champ Johnny Tapia Found Dead KHQ.COM  - Authorities discovered the 45-year-old fighter's body inside his Albuquerque home. Boxing Champion Johnny Tapia Found Dead In His Home In Albuquerque Johnny Tapia, a five-time boxing champion, whose controversial personal life included several run-ins with the law along with cocaine and alcohol addiction, was found dead on Sunday in his home in Albuquerque, NM. He was 45-years-old. Johnny Tapia Truly Personified 'Mi Vida Loca,' Boxing Success Amazing Considering Life's Events Everyone loves an underdog story, and the odds were stacked against Johnny Tapia since before Day 1. Tapia had been told that his father was murdered while his mother was pregnant with him, a notion that he believed until 2010, when he discovered his birth father was a man he had known his entire life. Death, disadvantage and depression were common themes in Tapia's life, as he lost his mother ... Ex-boxing champ dead at 45 Former world super flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight world boxing champion Johnny Tapia has died. Boxing Champ Johnny Tapia's Vida Loca in Pictures Click on a photo to buy reprints online or call our library at 505-823-3490. Johnny Tapia, boxing champ, dead at 45 ALBUQUERQUE, May 28 (UPI) -- Johnny Tapia, a five-time world boxing champion, has died in Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal reported Monday. He was 45.
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