ALBUQUERQUE — Five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia was released from Presbyterian Hospital after a three-day stay that began with an apparent cocaine overdose. Tapia had been upgraded from ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia left a large legacy in the world of professional boxing. Honoring that Legacy his sons, Johnny Tapia Jr. and Nicco Tapia, both secured ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time since the late Johnny Tapia won the WBO super flyweight title, there is going to be a boxing match held at the Pit. The star-studded night will feature ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia promises two things in what's billed as his farewell fight: He's going to cry, and he's not going to lose. "I'm going to give it all I have. I ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Johnny Tapia Jr. and brother Nicco made their professional debut with a pair of victories. The sons of the late five-time world champion Johnny Tapia went into the ring, ...

The status of Saturday’s pro boxing card in the Pit was unclear Monday evening after four Albuquerque athletes scheduled to fight announced earlier in the day that they’d opted out. Josh Torres, Diego ...

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. By Douglas Martin Five-time ...

The 45-year-old won five championships in three weight classes, winning the WBA bantamweight title, the IBF and WBO junior bantamweight titles and the IBF featherweight belt. Tapia's career also was ...

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. — Friday night was supposed to be five-time world champion Johnny Tapia’s final fury in the ring, but it started out more like a circus. Tapia (55-5-2) was scheduled to fight ...