Johnny Tapia

Hatesrats · Apr 24, 2009

Tapia is a heartbreak.
He has lived a very harsh life & lifestyle.

Always a pleasure to watch him work in the ring win/lose.
His demons were always before his ambition to be the best. (bad habits)
(Could only imagine how great he could have been if the role was reversed)

freddy-wak · Apr 24, 2009

BigEars said: ↑

Most true stories don't need 'fans bases' to be turned into very good movies.
Okay if the movie was to be marketed al la Tyson's then yes, but if one of the major film companys took on the story of Ouma's life and promoted it like any other film(and not just a boxing film) you don't think they could make it succesful.

Yes Tapia does have a bigger fan base, way bigger !
But I think it would be a disservice to either of these men if a film was done on them as a boxing film, for boxing people.
Their lives are so exceptional, and dramatic that they can be sold and told to the general public of pretty much any nation.

I think a documentary was actually already done on Ouma, but it wasn't a large scale thing :-(

Must get around to getting myself a copy of Tapia's book aswell, 'Mi Vida Loca' indeed.
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i remember seeing the previews of the ouma documentary and after that i never heard about it again......

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