Editing Johnny Tapia (section)

===Bantamweight===
On December 5, 1998, Tapia defeated [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] bantamweight champion [[Nana Konadu]] by decision to become a two-division world champion.

====Tapia vs. Ayala====
In 1999, Tapia suffered his first loss in his 48-bout career, losing a decision and the WBA title to [[Paulie Ayala]] in what ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring Magazine]]'' called its "Fight of the Year." Later that year, Tapia tried to commit suicide with a drug overdose and required hospitalization. Back quickly after that, he was given a shot at the WBO title. He became a two time world bantamweight champion by beating [[Jorge Eliecer Julio]] by a decision at Albuquerque on January 8, 2000. After he defended his belt with a decision over Javier Torres, a rematch with Ayala to unify the belt was set up. Ayala won by unanimous decision in a fight that ring observers largely felt Tapia won; following the fight, Showtime commentators said that Tapia "put on a clinic" and "something's not right," nearly labeling the decision as rigged.