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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 * Boxer snipe eel, ...
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 Austin is the capital city of the U.S. stat ...
, Garcia lost the belt to
Travis Simms Travis Simms (born 1 May 1971) is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, where he represents the 140th Assembly District. The district consists of the central part of the city of Norwalk. He previously served on Norwa ...
by 5th-round KO. In 2005 he captured the interim WBA Light Middleweight Title by again beating Wel


Professional boxing record


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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 ...
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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 ...


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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 {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub