I was just talking to my friend about this. Years ago, my friend did corner sales in Las Vegas, selling artwork, and Johnny Tapia came to one of his sales. They got to talking (my friend is also a former pro boxer) and he told me that, right at the start of the conversation, Tapia told him about seeing his mother being murdered. My friend thought that that was an odd way to start a conversation. He also said that Tapia was very tiny.