Néstor Gabriel Garza (born 24 November 1976) is a Mexican
professional boxer in the
Light Welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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division. He is a former
Mexican
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National,
WBO NABO, and the
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There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
Champion.
Professional career
In 1996 he won the
Mexican
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National Championship by beating Jorge Munoz in
Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. It is also the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen Met ...
. In December 1997, he upset
Cruz Carbajal to win the
WBO NABO Super Bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
title.
WBA Super Bantamweight Championship
On December 12, 1998 Estrada won the
WBA Super Bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
title by beating fellow
Mexican
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** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
Enrique Sánchez
Enrique José Sánchez León (born 16 July 1972) is a Mexican former professional boxer and the former World Boxing Association, WBA super bantamweight champion.
Professional career
In 1990, Sánchez won pro debut by stopping veteran Felipe Cas ...
over twelve rounds in
Indio, California
Indio (Spanish language, Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. It lies east of Palm Springs, Califo ...
.
See also
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
In Mexico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced over 200 world champions in professional boxing. Mexico ranks first worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions and is the second country to have world champions accred ...
References
External links
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Boxers from Tamaulipas
People from Reynosa
World boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
Super-bantamweight boxers
1976 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
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