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Former five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia is jailed in New
Mexico again, this time for reportedly failing a drug test.
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Detention Center says
Tapia's urine tested positive for cocaine and he was returned to
jail Thursday. Tapia was undergoing the test as part of the
conditions of his release into a community custody program rather
than remaining behind bars on a probation violation.
The 43-year-old Tapia has a career record of 57-5-2 with 29
KOs. He returned to the ring for the first time in three years with
a fourth-round technical knockout over Carlos "El Gallo" Sanchez on
March 7 at the Ohkay Casino.
Tapia was jailed last July for leaving town, which violated
the terms of his probation.
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