{"id":73358,"date":"2018-06-29T16:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73358"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:52:54","slug":"remembering-boxer-quirino-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73358","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Boxer Quirino Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73358\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-73359 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/QuirinoGarcia1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Ciudad Juarez, Mexico&#8217;s Quirino &#8220;Kenny&#8221; Garcia is an incredible story of a boxer. Starting out losing his first 18 Pro bouts, he ended up with a collection of Title Belts and a respected name in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>He turned professional on April 27, 1990 in Tucson, AZ being stopped in 3 rounds by 2-0 Bobby Gunn. He was tough enough that he would be fed as an opponent to a lineup of pro boxers with a combined record of 113-6-1 in his first 18 bouts. He went 0-18 to start his career, but he was learning as he went along, and developed some excellent skills.<\/p>\n<p>It was Sept. of 1994 when Garcia got his first win against Norberto Bueno (18-12, 14 ko) by tko in round 6. Garcia must have liked the taste of victory, because he did not lose another pro bout for the next 3 years! He fought for his first title, the Mexican National Middleweight championship against defending champion &#8211; Eduardo Gutierrez (19-3-1, 15 ko). The bout ended in a draw, but it cemented Garcia&#8217;s place of respect in professional boxing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Garcia continued his hot streak defeating former World Champions, and contenders including: Rene Herrera, Jorge Vaca, Terrence Alli, Eric Holland, Charles Whittaker, Meldrick Taylor, and Simon Brown. And in that incredible stretch he won: The Mexican Jr. Middleweight, The WBB Jr. Middleweight, The IBF Inter-Continental Jr. Middleweight, and the WBC International Jr. Middleweight Titles.<\/p>\n<p>He continued to face top notch opposition, defeating even more big names including: Alfred Ankamah, Buck Smith, Frankie Randall. He also lost a razor thin decision to Olympic Gold Medalist, and future World Champion David Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Garica finally got his chance to challenge for a world title. It was March 23, 2002 when he traveled to London England and faced British hero &#8211; undefeated WBF Jr. Middleweight Champion Steve Roberts (28-0, 11 ko) for his title. Quirino lost a pretty lopsided unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Quirino Garcia: One of boxing&#8217;s great turnarounds<\/p>\n<p>Garcia battled on, remaining world ranked for most of the rest of his boxing career. He fought for more titles, and faced more ranked opponents as he went along in a career that spanned nearly two decades!<\/p>\n<p>He won the Mexican National Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight titles, and fought for the vacant IBA Middleweight title (Losing to David Lopez by decision), and also fought for the vacant NABO Light-Heavyweight Championship (that bout ending in a draw against Derrick Whitley).<\/p>\n<p>Quirino fought his final pro bout on Nov. 28, 2009 regaining the vacant Mexican National Middleweight Title belt against Victor Hugo Lara, and then calling it a career.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine a story of a boxer starting off 0-18, and finishing his career with a record of 40 wins, 28 losses, and 4 draws, winning 28 of those by knockout? Well, it happened&#8230; in REAL LIFE! An amazing boxing career to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing &#8220;Kenny&#8221; twice. The first time was Feb. 15, 1992 in Thornton, Colorado when he faced local favorite &#8220;Arrogant&#8221; Anthony Brown. And then again in Sept. of 1992 when he faced Daniel Perez in Albuquerque. He was 0-9 when he fought Brown, and 0-12 when he faced Perez. He lost both times, and I had no idea of the legendary champion that he would become. No one in attendance at either of those bouts had any idea of what he would achieve!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Purchase Dan&#8217;s Hit Boxing Book Mat Tales: True Stories From The Bizarre, Brutal World Of Pro Boxing by Clicking the Image to ORDER it Now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mat-Tales-Stories-Bizarre-Brutal\/dp\/1683901045\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mat-Tales-Stories-Bizarre-Brutal\/dp\/1683901045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72173 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mat-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mat-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mat.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciudad Juarez, Mexico&#8217;s Quirino &#8220;Kenny&#8221; Garcia is an incredible story of a boxer. Starting out losing his first 18 Pro bouts, he ended up with a collection of Title Belts and a respected name in the sport. He turned professional on April 27, 1990 in Tucson, AZ being stopped in 3 rounds by 2-0 Bobby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18427],"class_list":["post-73358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-remembering-boxer-quirino-garcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73358"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}