Johnny Tapia
59–5 · 67 recorded bouts · 1988–2011
Johnny Tapia finished 51% of 59 wins inside the distance — the 50th percentile for lightweight boxing, where the median is 51%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing competed at 4: super flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Johnny Tapia, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
59–5
66 bouts on record
Finish rate
51%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 50th percentile
The career, bout by bout
67 recorded bouts from 1988 to 2011. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
1988–2011
Longest unbeaten run
45
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1988
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
67
66 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | W | Mauricio Pastrana | Decision | 8 |
| 2010 | W | Jose Alonso | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2010 | W | Jorge Alberto Reyes | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2007 | W | Evaristo Primero | Decision | 10 |
| 2005 | L | Sandro Marcos | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Frankie Archuleta | Decision | 10 |
| 2005 | W | Nicky Bentz | Decision | 10 |
| 2004 | L | Frankie Archuleta | Decision | 10 |
| 2003 | W | Carlos Contreras | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | L | Marco Antonio Barrera | Decision | 12 |
| 2002 | W | Manuel Medina | Decision | 12 |
| 2002 | W | Eduardo Enrique Alvarez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | César Soto | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Cuauhtemoc Gomez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2000 | L | Paulie Ayala | Decision | 12 |
| 2000 | W | Pedro Javier Torres | Decision | 12 |
| 2000 | W | Jorge Eliécer Julio | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | L | Paulie Ayala | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | W | Alberto Martinez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Nana Konadu | Decision | 12 |
| 1998 | W | Carlos Francis Hernandez | Decision | 10 |
| 1998 | W | Rodolfo Blanco | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Andy Agosto | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Danny Romero | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Jorge Barrera | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1996 | W | Adonis Cruz | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Sammy Stewart | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1996 | W | Hugo Rafael Soto | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Ivan Alvarez | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1996 | W | Ramon Gonzales | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Giovanni Andrade | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Willy Salazar | — | 9 |
| 1995 | W | Raul Rios | Decision | 10 |
| 1995 | W | Jesse Miranda | Decision | 10 |
| 1995 | W | Arthur Johnson | — | 12 |
| 1995 | D | Ricardo Vargas | Draw | 8 |
| 1995 | W | Jose Rafael Sosa | Decision | 12 |
| 1994 | W | Rolando Bohol | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | W | Henry Martínez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1994 | W | Oscar Aguilar | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1994 | W | Rafael Granillo | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1994 | W | Antonio Ruiz | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | W | Arturo Estrada | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | W | Jaime Olvera | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1990 | W | Santiago Caballero | — | 7 |
| 1990 | W | Luigi Camputaro | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Jose Montiel | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1990 | W | Pablo Valenzuela | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1990 | W | Roland Gomez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1990 | W | Abraham Garcia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Jesus Chong | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Martin Perez Ramirez | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Prudencio De Jesus | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | John Michael Johnson | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Hugo Partida | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Josefino Suarez | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Fred Hernandez | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Abner Barajas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1988 | W | Simon Contreras | Decision | 8 |
| 1988 | W | Jorge Salinas | KO/TKO | 1 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 67 recorded bouts.
15 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 258 lightweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Johnny Tapia on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.