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Israel Garcia (boxer)

Puerto Rican boxer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ16211169 ↗
Source-derived summary

Israel Carlos Garcia (born May 12, 1970) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2010. He has 20 wins out of 23 matches. He is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m).

Professional career

On September 25, 2008 Garcia was knocked out by Mexican American Cristobal Arreola in the third round. That didn't stop him from pursuing his career as a professional boxer.

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This entry incorporates text from “Israel Garcia (boxer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.