ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tapia Takeover in association with Tapia Promotions will host the “Burque Brawl” boxing card on Friday night. The card features the long awaited professional debuts of Johnny Tapia’s sons, Johnny Jr. and Nicco.
“I just got to prove that I’m in it for what my dad did, and also creating my own legacy.” said Johnny Jr. “I feel like a lot of people and some legacies, they get under their parent’s name and they don’t carry it the way they should. I want everyone to know that I’m going to do what I need to do and I want his name carved in stone and I want to carry that as far as I can.”
“The name runs through my blood, the Tapia name,” Nicco said. “I’m ready to show what the Tapias are all about. Everyone already knows what we’re about and I’m just here to stand on it.”…