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SENTENCED YET.BOXER JOHNNY
TAPIA COULD
SOON BE
REMEMBERED BY
HAVING A
COMMUNITY
CENTER NAMED
AFTER HIM.
THE WELLS PARK
COMMUNITY
CENTER NEAR
FIFTH AND
MOUNTAIN COULD
SOON BEAR
TAPIA'S NAME.
ALBUQUERQUE
CITY COUNCILOR
KEN SANCHEZ
SAYS HIS
PROPOSAL WILL
BE ON THE
AGENDA IN TWO
WEEKS.
THE 5-TIME
WORLD CHAMPION
BOXER WAS
FOUND DEAD IN
HIS
ALBUQUERQUE
HOME IN LATE MAY
AT THE AGE OF 45.
TAPIA WON 59 OF
HIS 66 FIGHTS,BUT
ALSO STRUGGLED
WITH DRUG
ADDICTION. AT
LEAST FIVE CITY
COUNCILORS
MUST VOTE FOR
THE NAME
CHANGE.