Alejandro García Hernández (born July 18, 1979) is a Mexican professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
*Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
*Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
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in the
super welterweight
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA a ...
(154
lb) division.
Nicknamed "Terra", Garcia turned pro in 2000, winning his first 22 fights, including the WBA Light Middleweight Title by beating
Santiago Samaniego
Santiago Nathaniel Ryce Samaniego (born January 25, 1974) is a Panamanian former boxer who competed from 1993 to 2007, with a comeback in 2011.
Background
Samaniego is a first cousin of Roberto Durán.
Professional career
Nicknamed "El Herr ...
in 2003. After a defense against former Olympian
Rhoshii Wells
Rhoshii Wells (December 30, 1976 – August 11, 2008) was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Austin, Texas
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, Garcia lost the belt to
Travis Simms
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by 5th-round KO. In 2005 he captured the interim WBA Light Middleweight Title by again beating Wel
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of light middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight / Light Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as th ...
*
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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1979 births
Light-middleweight boxers
Living people
Boxers from Tijuana
Welterweight boxers
World Boxing Association champions
Mexican male boxers
20th-century Mexican people
21st-century Mexican people
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