The Ghost of Johnny Tapia. Paul Zanon

      Copyright © 2019 Paul Zanon

      Foreword copyright © 2019 Sammy Hagar

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-1-949590-15-9

      Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Zanon, Paul, author.

      Title: The Ghost of Johnny Tapia / Paul Zanon.

      Description: Boston, MA: Hamilcar Publications, 2019.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019944054 | ISBN 9781949590159

      Subjects: LCSH Tapia, Johnny, 1967–2012. | Boxers (Sports)—United States—Biography. | BISAC SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports. | TRUE CRIME / General.

      Classification: LCC GV1132.T36 Z36 2019 | DDC 796.83/092—dc23

      Hamilcar Publications

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      On the cover: Johnny Tapia poses at a portrait session for Spin magazine in 2000.

      Frontispiece: Johnny Tapia celebrates his victory over Manuel Medina after winning the IBF featherweight championship at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 27, 2002.

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