Johnny Tapia dead?

According to the breaking news banner on this site he is.

http://www.kob.com/index.shtml

 

Sad if true......but he made it further than most predicted.

 

Damn.

If its true, this is sad.

Johnny had too many demons.

 

Seems credible.

RIP.

 

it's on fightnews.

 

Just googled it and it seems true. Damn shame.

 

Great fighter.. That Danny Romero fight was great

 

RIP

 

Very sad. RIP champ. The mind can be a terrible thing when you lose control of your thoughts and emotions.

 

Fewer people were more worthless than he. A piece of shit loser who caused nothing but pain to all who surrounded him. Later loser.It is as shocking as Amy wINEHOUSE DYING. Surprised he lived as long as he did.

 

Yep, that's pretty much Tapia's obituary right there.

 

Well, now his wife will not suffer anymore. Sad but true. He threatened to kill himself if she left him. That's one huge burden to carry right there.

 

Haymaker beat me to it. Fuck Tapia! Only a scumbag would hold a caring person hostage like that by coontinually threatening suicide. Not saying I'm GLAD he's dead, but I don't give a shit that he's dead either. He's finally out of his wife's misery.

 

:scratcher:

In any case, Tapia had a life I wouldn't wish on a dog. RIP

 

He had some great fights and a blazing rivalry with Danny Romero back in the day. I don't know what kind of person he was, but he was a great boxer.

 

He seemed like a cool guy in the recent interviews i seen him in. I remember him most for his fights with Ayala.

 

as Irish said, a life I wouldn't wish on a dog. RIP.

 

R.I.P.

 

RIP

 

Tapia the boxer was very entertaining, but I always hated when he opened his mouth. He was a wife beater and a total loser outside the ring.Like others pointed out, it is amazing he lasted this long since I thought that once he was out of the boxing radar he will surely kill himself one way or another. R.I.P. Tapia the champ. Burn in hell piece of shit poor excuse of human being.

 

Fuck you.

 

I agree he did come across as a piece of shit outside the ring, like blackmailing his wife with suicide etc, but at the same time you can obviously see why he was messed up. I wouldn't wish that upbringing on my worst enemy.

RIP.

 

Thank you :Rubio:

 

Panchy, Tapia had a childhood that would warp even the fairest man.

 

R.I.P

 

You ever had your mother stabbed 26 times and left to die in front of your eyes?

 

panchy deserves to die an agonizing death

 

Dude had "Mi Vida Loca" Tatted on his Body Back when it WASN'T Trendy to have Tats or Messages Upon your Body...

In a Way, REED Likens Johnny Tapia to Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whittaker in the Sense that he was a SMALL Guy, WASN'T Very Strong, COULDN'T Punch a Lick, yet MORE than Held his Own Against Bigger Guys...Like "Sweet Pea", Despite his LACK of Pop, Tapia Hit Hard Enough to Earn RESPECT from the Guy Eating those Punches...He was Also SKILLED & TOUGH as Hell, like Pernell was...

Jokes have Already been Made about Tapia's Death, but REED WON'T Partake in It...Despite Boxing's FLIMSY Hall of Fame Standards, Tapia's an EASY 1st Ballot Guy...As Such, he DESERVES Better than to Be Mocked, Hours After his Death....

R.I.P. Johnny Tapia

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