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Mi Vida Loca: The Crazy Life of Johnny Tapia | 
 enlarge | Author: Johnny Tapia
Publisher: Volt Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 657387
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 1566252717
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.83092
EAN: 9781566252713
ASIN: 1566252717
Publication Date: April 7, 2006
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Condition: Book in excellent condition, cover shows shelf wear.
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There is only one winner in boxing. Fighting against your opponent and fighting against your own inner demons become one in the same. Those who survive both in and out of the ring are beloved worldwide. Those who do not spiral downward into drugs, prison, and even murder. ...[My] life's been pretty tragic, remarks Johnny. But in the ring, it's been a blessing. Mi Vida Loca is not just a nickname for Johnny, but a legendary tale of a life lived over the edge and back.
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 A chilling read April 8, 2008
John Alapick (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States)
Mi Vida Loca is a very chilling read. Johnny Tapia has gone through more highs and lows than most people go through in five lifetimes. It certainly is a tale of perseverance as the odds were against him from the start. He never met his father, watched as his mother was taken to her death when he was 8, and grew up poor in a house of close to 20 relatives where any resistance was met with a beating. Hard way to grow up. Many of his mistakes later on were indeed his own, especially his drug dependencies. After reading this, you wonder how he was able to keep it together in the ring. But then you go back to what he says in the book repeatedly: The ring is my only peace. This isn't a history of Johnny's biggest fights as many of them are just given a glancing look. It is the story of a good man at heart who is trying to find peace while the fear of the wheels falling off is always close by. It is indeed one crazy life. Johnny is lucky to have found his wife, Teresa. How they've stayed together through the high and low times speaks volumes of the love they have for one another. Having said all of this, the book is poorly written, filled with so many grammatical and punctuation errors (and even a blatant repeat of a paragraph in the last chapter) that it wouldn't get a passing grade in a 6th grade writing class. If you can get past the writing, Mi Vida Loca is a good biography. As a longtime fan, I hope Johnny finds peace.
 A postcard from the edge January 19, 2008
KH (United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An articulate, soulful, heartbreaking and often brutal peek into the life and times of Johnny Tapia. This book transcends boxing. Tapia's lived a "life less ordinary" and the struggles and triumphs he lived through could fill two lifetimes.
legend November 24, 2007
Mr. K. Miller (ENGLAND)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I LOVE READING LIFE STORYS AND JOHNNY TAPIAS STORY IS RAW AND HEARTRENDERING, THE STRUGGLES HES FACED AND OVERCOME ARE TRUELY TOUCHING, I COULDNT STOP READING FROM THE MOMENT I OPENED THE BOOK. A LIVING LEGEND AND CHAMP NOT ONLY IN THE RING BUT IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE ASWELL. PEOPLE COULDNT EVEN IMAGINE THE PAIN AND TURBULENT LIFE THIS LITTLE MAN HAS FACED. A FANTASTIC READ AND ONLY ONE WORD CAN DESCRIBE HIM. LEGEND.
Pitty party May 7, 2007
Samantha Revis (Sante Fe, New Mexico)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The title of this book should be "Feel Sorry For Me, No wait! I Mean Don't Feel Sorry for Me". He truly can't make up his mind. The stories have a true ring to them but the emblishment is so far fetched that I found myself throwing the BS flag over and over. Still,it makes for a quick read and I found myself laughing out loud more than once. I am a female boxing fan from New Mexico and I used to live in Albuquerque so the details were fun. The "lingo" seemed authentic and if you have ever watched an interview with Tapia you will agree this book was written the same way he speaks.
Good, But Badly Written April 23, 2007
Johnboy257 (Ireland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As much as Johnny Tapia has led a crazy life, the grammar in this book is appalling. This book was obviously written firstly in Spanish & then translated over into English. It has been translated over very badly & reads in Pigeon English most of the way through. For what can be read, yes of course this book is good because Johnny Tapia has thrown caution to the wind in his approach to life ever since the terrible experience he went through at such an early age. I cannot help but wish him well though. To update you, he did have an overdose (approx. Feb / Mar 2006) which I understand now, 23rd April, he is hanging in there, Bless Him.
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