Johnny Tapia: Boxer Johnny Tapia's 'crazy life' ends

Boxer Johnny Tapia's death on Sunday night was one day before the anniversary of his mother's brutal death. Virginia Tapia died on May 28, 1975. She was raped, hanged and repeatedly stabbed. Johnny saw his mother chained to a truck and taken away whenMany people knew Johnny Tapia really well. I hardly knew him at all, but spent time with him and his family when he was living in Las Vegas. Teresa Tapia, Johnny's wife, contacted me about writing his biography. The project

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