Alex García (boxer)

Alex García

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  United States
World Amateur Championships
	1986 Reno	Super Heavyweight

Alex García (born December 2, 1961) is a former Mexican-American heavyweight boxer best known to be a contender in the 1990s. A San Fernando native, and former gang member, he served five years in San Quentin State Prison for stabbing a rival gang member. Upon his release, he found himself training at the Jet Center, where he took up boxing. He was mentored under William “Blinky” Rodriguez.

Amateur

Mexican-American García was an amateur star in the super heavyweight division, he won the National Championships in 1986. In Reno at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost in the final to Teofilo Stevenson.^[1]

Professional career

He started his pro career in California in 1987 and, apart from a cut stoppage loss against Dee Collier, dominated his opposition on his way to contention. Notable opponents at beaten by García at this stage of his career included Eddie Gonzalez, Rocky Sekorski, and Jerry Goff.

In 1992 he won the NABF title against Jerry Jones. After three successful defenses, and with a fight against Riddick Bowe in the advanced planning stage, he took a warm-up fight against Mike Dixon who KOd him by catching García with a blow to his temple. However,soon after in a rematch fight at the "Brady Theater" in Tulsa, OK in May 1994, Alex García won a unanimous decision against Mike Dixon. García never was a serious contender again, drawing with James Warring and getting KOd by Garing Lane.

In 1994 he lost his NABF title on points to fringe contender Joe Hipp, in 1995 he lost on points to Buster Mathis Jr..

Professional boxing record

40 Wins (29 knockouts, 11 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw[2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	5-10	Wallace McDaniel	KO	3	05/04/2005	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Garcia knocked out at 1:47 of the third round.
Win	8-18-1	Ron "Stingray" McCarthy	MD	8	07/12/1999	Yonkers, New York, United States
Win	2-35	George "of the Jungle" Harris	TKO	1	07/08/1999	Camden, South Carolina, United States
Win	5-14	Martin "Opeth" Lopez	TKO	2	29/08/1997	El Paso, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:05 of the second round.
Loss	18-0	Buster Mathis, Jr.	UD	12	18/04/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF USBA Heavyweight Title.
Win	14-7-1	"King" George Stephens	TKO	3	18/11/1994	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Win	10-2	Ed Donaldson	UD	10	01/09/1994	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	96-95, 96-95, 98-94.
Win	15-14	Mike "The Duke" Dixon	UD	10	24/05/1994	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States	99-91, 97-92, 97-93.
Loss	26-3	Joe Hipp	UD	12	01/03/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title. 110-118, 108-120, 109-119.
Win	13-10-3	George O'Mara	PTS	10	20/01/1994	Irvine, California, United States
Win	8-1	Everton Davis	PTS	10	18/12/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	9-9-1	Garing "Freight Train" Lane	TKO	2	20/08/1993	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the second round.
Draw	14-2	James Warring	SD	12	27/07/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title. 113-116, 114-114, 116-112.
Loss	12-8	Mike "Duke" Dixon	TKO	2	08/06/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBC Continental Americas/WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 2:45 of the second round.
Win	21-2	Eric "The Whip" Curry	TKO	12	20/04/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:38 of the 12th round.
Win	16-1	West Turner]	TKO	1	27/03/1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title.
Win	20-2	Mike "Mercury" Williams	TKO	5	16/02/1993	Denver, Colorado, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:14 of the fifth round.
Win	9-4	Jerry "Slice Man" Jones	UD	12	08/12/1992	Tampa, Florida, United States	NABF/WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Titles. 118-110, 118-110, 117-111.
Win	23-12-1	Ossie Ocasio	TKO	8	23/11/1992	Inglewood, California, United States
Win	8-3-1	Matthew Brooks	TKO	2	27/10/1992	Houston, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:31 of the second round.
Win	26-11-1	Mike "Giant" White	TKO	2	22/09/1992	El Paso, Texas, United States
Win	18-5-1	Arthur "Stormy" Weathers	KO	2	10/08/1992	Inglewood, California, United States
Win	26-5-1	Mike Ronay Evans	UD	10	02/07/1992	Reno, Nevada, United States	98-92, 97-93, 98-92.
Win	11-9-1	Mike Gans	KO	2	27/05/1992	San Diego, California, United States
Win	43-24-1	Bobby Crabtree	KO	6	04/03/1992	Bakersfield, California, United States
Win	18-1	Jerry "Volkswagen" Goff	TKO	2	11/07/1991	Gardnerville, Nevada, United States
Win	23-9	Rocky Sekorski	KO	1	23/05/1991	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	22-12	Ladislao Mijangos	TKO	3	22/03/1991	Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
Win	18-5-1	Bernard Benton	TKO	2	09/10/1990	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:52 of the second round.
Win	11-1-1	Bill "Donut" Duncan	TKO	1	07/05/1990	Inglewood, California, United States
Win	6-2	Dion Burgess	TKO	4	27/03/1990	Reseda, California, United States
Win	14-4-1	Andre "Big Daddy" McCall	TKO	2	08/01/1990	Inglewood, California, United States
Win	7-7-4	Jim Ashard	KO	4	13/11/1989	Inglewood, California, United States
Win	25-8-1	Eddie Gonzales	UD	10	24/10/1989	Reseda, California, United States	99-91, 99-92, 98-92.
Win	14-14	Eddie "One Man Gang" Richardson	KO	7	29/08/1989	Reseda, California, United States
Loss	10-8	Dee Collier	TKO	8	29/11/1988	Reseda, California, United States
Win	4-3	Veti Katoa	KO	1	29/07/1988	Redondo Beach, California, United States
Win	0-4	Jack S. Jackson	KO	2	23/06/1988	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	3-4	Rodney Stockton	KO	2	27/05/1988	Redondo Beach, California, United States
Win	9-7-1	Dennis Fikes	KO	3	24/03/1988	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	0-3-1	Dave Slaughter	KO	2	12/11/1987	Los Angeles, California, United States	Slaughter knocked out at 1:15 of the second round.
Win	12-13-1	Dwain Bonds	UD	6	29/08/1987	Los Angeles, California, United States	59-56, 58-56, 58-56.
Win	7-0	Andre "The Giant" Smith	UD	5	09/07/1987	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	--	William "Gladiator" Campudani	KO	1	18/06/1987	Los Angeles, California, United States	Campudani knocked out at 0:28 of the first round.
Win	1-2	Tony Crawford	KO	1	28/05/1987	Los Angeles, California, United States	Crawford knocked out at 1:57 of the first round.
Win	1-5-1	Richard Harrell	UD	4	24/02/1987	Reseda, California, United States	39-36, 39-36, 39-36.
Win	0-5	Cliff Melbourne	KO	1	06/02/1987	Reseda, California, United States	Melbourne knocked out at 2:52 of the first round.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Alex García from BoxRec