Roberto Garcia (Grandpa) is a 49-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former super-featherweight world champion. In a career spanning 9 years, 2 months, and 7 days, Garcia amassed a record of 34-3, which includes 25 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Robert Garcia was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S. on January 29, 1975. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on July 15, 1992 against Tsutomu Hitono. Garcia defeated Hitono via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Garcia became a world champion at the age of 23 after 29 professional fights. He challenged Harold Warren for the vacant IBF super-featherweight title and defeated Warren via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
Garcia's last fight was a 4th-round TKO victory over John Trigg at age 26, on September 22, 2001.
Some of Robert Garcia's best fights have been against John John Molina. For a complete list of Garcia's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Robert Garcia".
Garcia has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Robert Garcia Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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37 | Sep 22, 2001 | 26 | John Trigg | win | TKO 4 |
36 | Jan 06, 2001 | 25 | Joel Casamayor 29 23-0 | loss | TKO 9 |
35 | Jul 29, 2000 | 25 | Sandro Marcos | win | UD 8 |
34 | Jun 03, 2000 | 25 | Ben Tackie 26 19-1 | loss | TKO 10 |
33 | Oct 23, 1999 | 24 | Diego Corrales 22 28-0 | loss | TKO 7 |
32 | Jan 16, 1999 | 23 | John John Molina 33 45-5 | win | UD 12 |
31 | Oct 24, 1998 | 23 | Ramon Ledon | win | KO 5 |
30 | Mar 13, 1998 | 23 | Harold Warren | win | UD 12 |
29 | Jul 19, 1997 | 22 | Roy Simpson | win | TKO 1 |
28 | Jun 28, 1997 | 22 | Angel Aldama | win | TKO 5 |
27 | Dec 07, 1996 | 21 | Ramon Sanchez | win | KO 2 |
26 | Oct 13, 1996 | 21 | Jose Herrera | win | TKO 4 |
25 | Jun 29, 1996 | 21 | Jose Luis Madrid | win | KO 3 |
24 | Mar 23, 1996 | 21 | Darryl Pinckney | win | UD 12 |
23 | Jan 27, 1996 | 20 | Eduardo Montes | win | TKO 4 |
22 | Jul 29, 1995 | 20 | Francisco Segura | win | TKO 12 |
21 | Apr 21, 1995 | 20 | Julian Wheeler | win | UD 12 |
20 | Mar 21, 1995 | 20 | Israel Gonzalez Bringas | win | TKO 4 |
19 | Feb 18, 1995 | 20 | Lorenzo Tiznado | win | TKO 7 |
18 | Dec 10, 1994 | 19 | Roberto Villareal | win | TKO 5 |
17 | Nov 18, 1994 | 19 | Derrick Gainer | win | UD 10 |
16 | Sep 24, 1994 | 19 | Bobby Brewer | win | KO 3 |
15 | Aug 27, 1994 | 19 | Frank Avelar | win | KO 2 |
14 | Jul 29, 1994 | 19 | Orlando Euceda | win | TKO 6 |
13 | Jun 24, 1994 | 19 | Raul Contreras | win | KO 6 |
12 | Mar 20, 1994 | 19 | Gabriel Castro | win | PTS 6 |
11 | Mar 12, 1994 | 19 | Jose Herrera | win | PTS 6 |
10 | Feb 04, 1994 | 19 | James Dean | win | KO 2 |
9 | Jan 09, 1994 | 18 | Hector Diaz | win | KO 2 |
8 | Dec 23, 1993 | 18 | Agapito Navarro | win | KO 1 |
7 | Oct 30, 1993 | 18 | Fred Hernandez | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Aug 05, 1993 | 18 | Abel Hinojosa | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Mar 22, 1993 | 18 | Victor Flores | win | UD 6 |
4 | Mar 01, 1993 | 18 | Francisco Arroyo | win | RTD 5 |
3 | Nov 20, 1992 | 17 | Jun Peat Hitachi | win | TKO 5 |
2 | Sep 05, 1992 | 17 | Ikuma Shigehara | win | KO 2 |
1 | Jul 15, 1992 | 17 | Tsutomu Hitono | win | KO 2 |