Ceferino Garcia

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Ceferino Garcia boxer
Data
Birth Name Ceferino Garcia
Weight class medium weight
nationality PHI
birthday August 26, 1906
place of birth Naval , Biliran , Philippines
Date of death January 1, 1981
Place of death San Diego , California
size 170 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles 142
Victories 102
Knockout victories 67
Defeats 28
draw 12

Ceferino Garcia (* 26. August 1906 in Naval , Biliran ; † 1. January 1981 in San Diego , California , United States ) was a Filipino boxer in the middleweight division .

Life

A native of the Philippines Garcia, who was born according to other data already around 1903, began his career as a boxer in 1923 first in the welterweight and won on October 2, 1939 World Champion title NYSAC middleweight the International Boxing Union in a battle against Fred Apostoli in New York City he was in the seventh round by a knockout . On December 23, 1939, he defended his title in Manila against Glen Lee by a technical knockout

His victory in the middleweight title fight on March 1, 1940 against Henry Armstrong , against whom he had already lost in the welterweight division, is considered a misjudgment.

He lost his title on May 23, 1940 in a 15-round fight against Fred Apostoli .

In 1945 he ended his career after 18 years, where he won 67 times by knockout and another 24 times by point decision. Garcia was particularly known for his fighting style and the so-called "Bolo Punch" he used, which he used like an uppercut . One of his coaches was Ray Arcel .

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personal data
SURNAME Garcia, Ceferino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino boxer
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Naval , Biliran
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1981
Place of death San Diego , California , United States