Sunday Boxing Talk (September 6, 2026)

Treat these weekly threads as an opportunity to talk current or former boxing!

Fantasy matchups, what-ifs, biographies, article or video links, you name it!

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u/TestSuch4545 — 11 days ago
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On This Day in 2007: Kelly Pavlik stormed back from the brink of defeat as he rose from a 2nd round knockdown to knock out Jermain Taylor in the 7th round and win The Ring, WBC & WBO middleweight titles.

u/Dangerous_Spring3028 — 15 days ago
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Rocky Marciano after his win against Archie Moore in 1955. Both fighters were sent to the canvas before Marciano knocked out Moore in the 9th round.

u/TestSuch4545 — 23 days ago
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In his book, “The Score Takes Care of Itself,” Bill Walsh takes a jab at former Cowboys coach Barry Switzer. Do you agree with Coach Walsh?

u/Space_Peddler — 1 month ago

Johnny Tapia, the "Baby-Faced Assassin" was a three-division champion from Albuquerque, New Mexico. A fan favorite who ended up living a pretty tragic life.

From Wikipedia:

Tapia was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Mexican American parents. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. When he was eight years old, his mother, Virginia, was kidnapped, raped, repeatedly stabbed, and left dead by her assailant. Raised thereafter by his grandmother, Tapia turned to boxing at the age of nine.

Tapia was found unconscious and not breathing in a hotel room early on the morning of March 12, 2007. Tapia was hospitalized in critical condition from an apparent cocaine overdose at Albuquerque Presbyterian Hospital.

The next day, on the morning of March 13, Tapia's brother-in-law and nephew were killed in an automobile accident on U.S. Highway 550 near Bloomfield, New Mexico, apparently en route to the hospital to visit Tapia. That same day, Tapia was upgraded from critical to serious condition.

In 2010, at age 43, Tapia learned that apparently, his father was alive. Jerry Padilla, who Tapia already knew, was supposedly intrigued by the similarities in their mannerisms, and the two decided to submit to a DNA test, which proved they were father and son. After Tapia died in 2012, his widow briefly married his alleged half-brother, Jeffrey Padilla, in 2014. However, she felt it wrong that the senior Padilla had “jokingly” mingled his DNA swabs with Tapia in 2010, getting a court order to compare a new and controlled swab with some of Tapia's tissue, proving in 2017 that they were not father and son.

On May 27, 2012, Tapia was found dead in his Albuquerque home. He was 45 years old. Tapia died of heart failure.

I have added a user flair option for Johnny Tapia if anyone is interested

u/TestSuch4545 — 1 month ago