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Johnny Tapia Record

59-5-2
Total Fights66
Wins59
Losses5
Draws2
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses14
Title-Fight KOs6
KO Wins30
KO Losses1
Johnny Tapia Record & Stats
Johnny Tapia's Record
Johnny Tapia's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Johnny Tapia's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 23 years and two months, Johnny Tapia fought 66 times with 59 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws.

      Tapia's boxing record after his last fight was 59-5-2, which included five world-title wins and 14 successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-flyweight and bantamweight. He had a 45.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 66 fights being knockout wins, six of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Tapia's career was a 2nd round KO loss to Sandro Marcos, which was not a world title fight.

      His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision victory over Mauricio Pastrana on June 4, 2011.

      Some of Tapia's best fights and notable victories include wins over Jorge Barrera, Giovanni Andrade, César Soto, Rolando Bohol, Alberto Martinez, Manuel Medina, and Cuauhtemoc Gomez.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      66Jun 4, 201144Mauricio PastranaWinUD
      65Sep 24, 201043Jose AlonsoWinTKO4
      64Mar 6, 201043Jorge Alberto ReyesWinTKO4
      63Feb 23, 200740Evaristo PrimeroWinMD
      62Sep 16, 200538Sandro MarcosLossKO2
      61Apr 15, 200538Frankie ArchuletaWinUD
      60Jan 22, 200537Nicky BentzWinSD
      59Mar 5, 200437Frankie ArchuletaLossSD
      58Sep 26, 200336Carlos ContrerasWinUD
      57Nov 2, 200235Marco Antonio BarreraLoss *UD
      56Apr 27, 200235Manuel MedinaWin *MD
      55Jan 19, 200234Eduardo Enrique AlvarezWinTKO1
      54Jun 30, 200134César SotoWinKO3
      53Mar 17, 200134Cuauhtemoc GomezWinRTD6
      52Oct 7, 200033Paulie AyalaLossUD
      51May 6, 200033Pedro Javier TorresWin *UD
      50Jan 8, 200032Jorge Eliécer JulioWin *UD
      49Jun 26, 199932Paulie AyalaLoss *UD
      48Apr 24, 199932Alberto MartinezWinKO1
      47Dec 5, 199831Nana KonaduWin *MD
      46Aug 29, 199831Carlos Francis HernandezWinUD
      45Feb 13, 199831Rodolfo BlancoWin *UD
      44Dec 13, 199730Andy AgostoWin *UD
      43Jul 18, 199730Danny RomeroWin *UD
      42Mar 8, 199730Jorge BarreraWin *TKO3
      41Nov 30, 199629Adonis CruzWin *UD
      40Oct 11, 199629Sammy StewartWin *TKO7
      39Aug 17, 199629Hugo Rafael SotoWin *UD
      38Jun 7, 199629Ivan AlvarezWin *TKO8
      37Apr 30, 199629Ramon GonzalesWinTKO2
      36Feb 3, 199628Giovanni AndradeWin *TKO2
      35Dec 1, 199528Willy SalazarWin *RTD9
      34Oct 19, 199528Raul RiosWinUD
      33Sep 9, 199528Jesse MirandaWinUD
      32Jul 2, 199528Arthur JohnsonWin *MD
      31May 6, 199528Ricardo VargasDraw *TD
      30Feb 10, 199527Jose Rafael SosaWin *UD
      29Dec 8, 199427Rolando BoholWinKO2
      28Oct 12, 199427Henry MartínezWin *TKO11
      27Jul 15, 199427Oscar AguilarWinTKO3
      26Jun 24, 199427Rafael GranilloWinTKO9
      25May 5, 199427Antonio RuizWinUD
      24Apr 15, 199427Arturo EstradaWinTKO2
      23Mar 27, 199427Jaime OlveraWinKO4
      22Oct 26, 199023Santiago CaballeroWinTD
      21Sep 20, 199023Luigi CamputaroWinUD
      20Jul 27, 199023Jose MontielWinTKO9
      19Jun 21, 199023Pablo ValenzuelaWinKO5
      18May 10, 199023Roland GomezWinTKO11
      17Mar 16, 199023Abraham GarciaWinTKO1
      16Feb 16, 199023Jesus ChongWinUD
      15Dec 1, 198922Martin Perez RamirezWinUD
      14Nov 17, 198922Prudencio De JesusWinTKO1
      13Oct 17, 198922John Michael JohnsonWinUD
      12Aug 19, 198922Hugo PartidaWinKO2
      11Jun 17, 198922Josefino SuarezWinUD
      10Mar 23, 198922Fred HernandezWinUD
      9Feb 17, 198922Abner BarajasWinTKO2
      8Dec 1, 198821Simon ContrerasWinUD
      7Oct 14, 198821Jorge SalinasWinTKO1
      6Sep 29, 198821Manuel MartinezWinKO1
      5Sep 16, 198821Miguel MartinezWinKO1
      4Jun 30, 198821Martin Perez RamirezWinTKO1
      3May 16, 198821Norberto AyalaWinKO4
      2Apr 11, 198821James DeanWinUD
      1Mar 28, 198821Efren ChavezDrawMD

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Johnny Tapia (Baby-faced Assassin) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. on February 13, 1967. He was a three-weight-class world champion. He died on May 27, 2012 at the age of 45 years. Tapia was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2017. His professional boxing career spanned more than 23 years — from 1988 to 2011.

      Tapia made his professional boxing debut against Efren Chavez at the age of 21 on March 28, 1988. The fight ended in a draw. He went on to win 29 consecutive fights after this draw, which included 18 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on October 12, 1994 after 27 professional fights, against Henry Martínez for the super-flyweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Martínez via 11th round TKO to become the super-flyweight champion of the world.

      Johnny Tapia was a one-time unified super-flyweight world champion, and won five world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Tapia's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Tapia had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mauricio Pastrana at 44 years of age, on June 4, 2011. Tapia won the fight via 8 round unanimous decision.

      Championships

      Tapia had a total of 20 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and 14 successful title defenses. He won 17 of these fights, lost two, and drew in one.

      Title Wins

      Johnny Tapia fought for world titles in six fights and won five of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across three weight classes.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Apr 27, 2002Manuel MedinaFeatherweightIBFMD
      Jan 8, 2000Jorge Eliécer JulioBantamweightWBOUD
      Dec 5, 1998Nana KonaduBantamweightWBAMD
      Jul 18, 1997^Danny RomeroSuper-flyweightIBFUD
      Oct 12, 1994Henry MartínezSuper-flyweightWBO*TKO
      ^ Became unified world champion
      * Vacant title

      Title Defenses

      Johnny Tapia had 15 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-flyweight (x13) and bantamweight (x2). He won 14 of them and lost only once.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      May 6, 2000Pedro Javier TorresBantamweightWBOUD
      Feb 13, 1998Rodolfo BlancoSuper-flyweightIBF, WBOUD
      Dec 13, 1997Andy AgostoSuper-flyweightIBF, WBOUD
      Jul 18, 1997^Danny RomeroSuper-flyweightWBOUD
      Mar 8, 1997Jorge BarreraSuper-flyweightWBOTKO
      Nov 30, 1996Adonis CruzSuper-flyweightWBOUD
      Oct 11, 1996Sammy StewartSuper-flyweightWBOTKO
      Aug 17, 1996Hugo Rafael SotoSuper-flyweightWBOUD
      Jun 7, 1996Ivan AlvarezSuper-flyweightWBOTKO
      Feb 3, 1996Giovanni AndradeSuper-flyweightWBOTKO
      Dec 1, 1995Willy SalazarSuper-flyweightWBORTD
      Jul 2, 1995Arthur JohnsonSuper-flyweightWBOMD
      May 6, 1995Ricardo VargasSuper-flyweightWBOTD (draw)
      Feb 10, 1995Jose Rafael SosaSuper-flyweightWBOUD
      ^ Became unified world champion

      Title Losses

      Johnny Tapia lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jun 26, 1999Paulie AyalaBantamweightWBAUD

      Highlights

      Tapia fought a total of 66 times during his professional career, which includes 20 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.

      • October 12, 1994: Tapia wins his first world title by defeating Henry Martínez via 11th round TKO. He is now the WBO super-flyweight world champion.

      • February 3, 1996: Tapia successfully defends the WBO super-flyweight title against Giovanni Andrade, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.

      • March 8, 1997: Tapia successfully defends the WBO super-flyweight title against Jorge Barrera, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.

      • July 18, 1997: Tapia becomes a unified super-flyweight world champion by beating Danny Romero via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBO and IBF super-flyweight world-champion belts.

      • January 8, 2000: Tapia wins the WBO bantamweight title from Jorge Eliécer Julio, by beating Julio via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • April 27, 2002: Tapia wins the IBF featherweight title from Manuel Medina, by beating Medina via 12 round majority decision.

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