whenever you think your life sucks, think johnny tapia

obviously there's people worse off, but man, this guy got dealt a bad hand...

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28052012/58/tragic-tapia-found-dead-45.html

tragic

Jesus...

What a horribly written article. Chalk it up to another tragedy.

lol nice one umop!

on topic: amazing display of resilience.

it sounds tragic but I believe his surroundings made his fate less predetermined than it looks

  On 5/29/2012 at 6:34 PM, o00o said:

it sounds tragic but I believe his surroundings made his fate less predetermined than it looks

maybe... lots of people grow up in tough surroundings, have hard luck stories, but not a lot of people become champion boxers in 3 different weight divisions and keep bouncing back after blow after blow after blow... ok eventually his demons won but he was an amazing guy.

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His last spell in jail came after he failed a drug test in 2010 but once again he returned to the ring, earning three more victories to end his career with 59 wins, five defeats and two draws in one of the most extraordinary sporting lives of all time.

What a fucking record. Five defeats over his entire career? That man was a badass.