THE PREMIERE OF THE DOCUMENTARY ON ALBUQUERQUE'S LATE BOXING CHAMP, JOHNNY TAPIA, IS A SELLOUT IN SANTA FE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FILM … SIMPLY TITLED "TAPIA" … WAS SCREENED AT THE LENSIC THEATER AS PART OF THE SANTA FE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. AMONG THOSE ATTENDING WAS TAPIA'S FATHER, JERRY PADILLA SR.
THE FILM COVERS TAPIA'S STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION AND EVENTS IN HIS LIFE … INCLUDING THE RAPE AND MURDER OF HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD … THAT LED TO HIS SUCCESSFUL BOXING CAREER AND HIS DRUG HABIT.
