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Angel "Robinson" Garcia
Born: May 19, 1937 Havana, Cuba
Died: Cuba
Professional Record: 131-80-21 (50 kayos)
Angel Garcia, nicknamed "Robinson" because of his resemblence to the legend, Sugar Ray, was perhaps the greatest journeyman ever. His career began in Havana, where he made his debut as a 124-pounder, winning his first 3 fights with first-round kayos. Garcia fought out of Miami's legendary Fifth Street Gym stable of Cubans, which included the likes of Luis Rodriguez, Benny Paret, and Jose Napoles. In 1961, after Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, Garcia moved to Paris . He later moved on to Spain, before returning to the States in the early 70's. During his 22-year career he faced 15 world champions and virtually every contender at Lightweight and Welterweight and even a few at Middleweight. Garcia's tricky style and concrete chin enabled him to survive powerpunches from Roberto Duran, Jose Napoles, and Carlos Hernandez, among others.
  • An Appreciation by Enrique Encinosa
  • The Fight Doctor remembers Angel
  • 1955
    Jul 23  Roberto Garcia          Havana                  KO 1
    Aug 25  Flavio Blanco           Santa Clara, Cuba       KO 1
    Sep 7   Reinaldo Suárez         Havana                  KO 1
    Oct 15  Idilio Velasquez        Havana                  KO 3
    Oct 28  Reinaldo Marquez        Santa Clara, Cuba       L 4
    Nov 19  Jose Orto               Havana                  KO 2
    Dec 17  Reinaldo Marquez        Havana                  W 4
    
    1956
    Jan 21  Pedro Estrella          Havana                  KO 2
    Feb 4   Inocencio Cartas        Havana                  W 4 (6?)
         (Marcelino Cartas?)
    Feb 17  Reinaldo Marquez        Santa Clara, Cuba       W 6
    Mar 7   Gervasio Rodriguez      Havana                  W 6
    Apr 5   Reinaldo Marquez        Santa Clara, Cuba       W 6
    Apr 28  Enrique Fernandez       Havana                  W 6
    May 19  Joel Morales            Havana                  KO 3
    Jun 16  Liraldo Leyva           Havana                  W 6
    Jul 14  Roly Garcia             Havana                  W 6
    Aug 18  Alfredo Triana          Havana                  W 8
    Aug 31  Chorin Zaldivar         Santa Clara, Cuba       W 8
    Sep 22  Salvador de la Torre    Havana                  KO 5
    Oct 13  Al Robinson             Havana                  W 8
    Nov 3   Juan Medina             Havana                  W 8
    Dec 1   Trini Ruiz              Havana                  W 10
    Dec 22  Marino Gonzalez         Havana                  KO 5
    
    1957
    Feb 16  Chico Medina            Havana                  L 10
    Mar 16  Fernando Silva          Havana                  W 10
    May 4   Orlando Echevarria      Havana                  W 12
    Oct 5   Chico Medina            Havana                  W 10
    
    1958
    Jan 11  Fernando Silva          Havana                  KO 6
    Feb 26  Isidro Martinez         Havana                  KO 9
    	(Won Latin American Junior Lightweight Title)
    Mar 11  Bobby Rogers            Miami Beach             L 10
    Apr 12  Johnny Palmer           Havana                  W 10
    May 31  Julio Escobedo          Havana                  KO 3
    Jun 28  Antonio "Puppy" Garcia  Havana                  L 10
    Jul 19  Chico Morales           Havana                  L 8
    Aug 5   Bobby Bell              Miami Beach             W 10
    Sep 6   Pete Kawala             Havana                  W 10
    Nov 15  Chico Morales           Havana                  L 10
         (For Cuban Jr. Lightweight Title)
    Dec 2   Andy Arel               Miami Beach             KO 6
    
    1959
    Jan 20  Frankie Ryff            Miami Beach             L 10
    Feb 16  Henry "Rocky" Ferguson  Tampa, FL               W 10
    Mar 11  Doug Vaillant           Havana                  L 10
    May 16  Alfredo Urbina          Havana                  W 10
    Jun 20  Jimmy Mackey            Havana                  KO 5
    Jul 11  Tommy Tibbs             Havana                  W 10
    Aug 15  Carlos Hernandez        Havana                  D 10
    Oct 12  Vicente Rivas           Caracas                 L 10
    Nov 22  Cesar Orta              Caracas                 L 10
    Dec 26  Jorge Quintero          Havana                  W 10
    
    1960
    Feb 13  Jose Stable             Havana                  W 10
    Mar 19  Jose Stable             Havana                  L 10
    Apr 23  Stanley Wilson          Havana                  W 10
    May 7   Isaac Espinosa          Havana                  W 10
    May 21  Jose Napoles            Havana                  L 10
    Jun 12  Jorge Quinter           Colon, Panama           L 10
    Jul 3   Eloy Henry              Panama City             W 10
    Jul 23  Chico Morales           Havana                  W 10
    Sep 2   Guillermo Valdez        Havana                  KO 7
    Oct 2   Doug Vaillant           Havana                  D 10
    Oct 18  Carlos Hernandez        Caracas                 L 10
    Oct 31  Carlos Hernandez        Caracas                 L 10
    
    1961
    Feb 1   Doug Vaillant           Havana                  L 12
         (For Cuban Lightweight Title)
    Mar 25  Alfredo Urbina          Mexico City             KO by 9
         (Urbina was Mexican Lightweight Champion)
    Apr 22  Kid Anahuac            Monterrey, Mexico       LDQ 3
    Aug 30  Bunny Grant             Kingston, Jamaica       L 10
    Oct 4   Hilton Smith            Miami Beach             W 10
    Nov 3   Jimmy Mackey            Miami Beach             W 10
    Nov 20  Rafiu King              Paris                   L 10
    Dec 4   Rene Barrierre          Paris                   TK 6
    Dec 22  Ameur Lamine            Paris                   W 10
    
    1962
    Jan 19  Roberto DiMartino       Paris                   W 10
    Feb 8   Mohammed ben Said       Paris                   KO 7
    	(Said was an undefeated lightweight)
    Feb 19  Manuel Sosa             Paris                   KO 6
    Mar 5   Abderhamane Faradji     Paris                   KO 5
    Apr 13  Daniel Brunet           Paris                   W 10
    Apr 27  Mario Vecchiatto        Rome                    W 10
    Sep 11  Valerio Nunez           Rome                    WDQ 8
    Oct 15  Omrane Sadok            Paris                   D 10
    Oct 27  Sauveur Chiocca         Paris                   W 10
    Nov 10  Juan Lopez Rodriguez    Tours, France           KO 8
    Dec 3   Jean Josselin           Paris                   L 10
    Dec 29  Ameur Lamine            Tunis, Tunisia          W 10
    
    1963
    Jan 14  Fernand Nollet          Paris                   W 10
    Feb 25  Eddie Perkins           Paris                   L 10
    May 9   Omrane Sadok            Tunis, Tunisia          D 10
    May 17  Claude Saluden          Geneva, Switzerland     D 10
    Aug 7   Aissa Hashas            Tunis, Tunisia          KO 7
    Nov 15  Sauveur Chiocca         Paris                   W 10
    
    1964
    Jan 10  Giordano Campari        Milan, Italy            W 10
    Feb 13  Franco Caruso           Milan, Italy            W 10
    Mar 9   Ismael Laguna           Paris                   L 10
    Apr 13  Ray Adigun              Paris                   KO 6
    May 11  Francois Pavilla        Paris                   D 10
    Jun 5   Rafiu King              Abidjan, Ivory Coast    W 10
    Oct 26  Tommy Tibbs             Paris                   KO 6
    Dec 2   Andres Navarro Moreno   Barcelona, Spain        L 10
    Dec 4   Waldo Dors              Brussels, Belgium       KO 3
    
    1965
    Jan 2   Jose-Maria Madrazo      Bilbao, Spain           W 10
    Jan 22  Conny Rudhoff           Frankfurt, Germany      L 10
    Jan 30  Joe Tetteh              Tunis, Tunisia          W 10
    Feb 21  Olli Maki               Tampere, Finland        L 10
    Apr 3   Andres Navarro Moreno   Bilbao, Spain           W 10
    May 15  Jesse Williams          Bilbao, Spain           W 8
    Aug 1   Tomas Moktar            Santander, Spain        KO 5
    Aug 28  Vicente Ferrando        Santander, Spain        W 8
    Sep 24  Jesse Williams          Bilbao, Spain           W 10
    Nov 4   Andres Navarro Moreno   Barcelona, Spain        L 10
    Nov 18  Vicente Ferrando        Barcelona, Spain        W 10
    Dec 2   Andres Navarro Moreno   Barcelona, Spain        L 10
    Dec 23  Lelo Suarez             Barcelona, Spain        KO 8
    
    1966
    Jan 27  Julio "Chicho" Gonzales Barcelona, Spain        W 8
    Feb 13  Carmelo "Gancho" Garcia Las Palmas, Spain       W 10
    Feb 22  Maurice Cullen          London                  L 10
    Mar 10  Vicente Ferrando        Barcelona, Spain        D 8
    Mar 18  Vicente Ferrando        Barcelona, Spain        W 10
    Apr 9   Kid Tano                Las Palmas, Spain       KO 7
    Apr 16  Carmelo "Gancho" Garcia Barcelona, Spain        D 10
    Apr 21  Carmelo Bossi           Barcelona, Spain        D 10
    Apr 30  John White              Algiers, Algeria        L 10
    May 21  Francisco Ferry         Barcelona, Spain        W 10
    May 28  Tony Falcon             Salamanca, Spain        KO 7
    Jun 17  Eduardo Batista         Bilbao, Spain           W 8
    Jun 25  Manuel Vilchez          Barcelona, Spain        D 8
    Jul 29  Andres Navarro Moreno   Barcelona, Spain        D 8
    Aug 13  Vicente Ferrando        Almeria, Spain          KO 5
    Aug 20  Francisco Ferri         San Sebastian, Span     KO 6
    Sep 3   Eduardo Batista         San Sebastian, Spain    L 10
    Sep 18  Antonio Pedrola         Almeria, Spain          KO 2
    Oct 6   Manuel Prieto           Barcelona, Spain        KO 5
    Oct 12  Cesario Barrera         Las Palmas, Spain       W 10
    Oct 27  Oscar Miranda           Barcelona, Spain        D 10
    Nov 26  Andres Navarro Moreno   Bilbao, Spain           D 10
    
    1967
    Apr 28  Bruno Arcari            Genoa, Italy            L 10
    Jun 3   Joe Africa              Genoa, Italy            KO 9
    Jul 5   Giuseppe Occhipinti     Genoa, Italy            W 8
    Jul 14  Carmelo Bossi           Rome                    LT 5
    Aug 4   Mario Sitri             Chiavari, Italy         KO 3
    Aug 16  Giampiero Salami        San Remo, Italy         KO 6
    Oct 5   Borge Krogh             Copenhagen              L 10
    Nov 15  Aldo Battistutta        Rome                    KO 4
    Dec 5   Eddie Perkins           Milan, Italy            L 10
    Dec 26  Cyclone Barth           Reggio Emilia, Italy    L 10
    
    1968
    Feb 24  Joe Africa              Via Reggio, Italy       KO 9
    Mar 22  Langston C. Morgan      Rome                    D 10
    Apr 6   Oscar Miranda           Genoa, Italy            KO 5
    Apr 19  Langston C. Morgan      Rome                    KO 9
    May 10  Paul Armstead           Via Reggio, Italy       L 10
    Jun 21  Paul Armstead           Milan, Italy            W 10
    Jul 28  Paul Armstead           San Remo, Italy         D 10
    Oct 5   Billy Lloyd             Genoa, Italy            W 10
    Oct 23  Ken Buchanan            Mayfair, England        L 10
    
    1969
    Jun 6   John White              Abidjan, Ivory Coast    L 10
    Jun 13  Antonio Ortiz           Madrid                  D 8
    Jul 11  Antonio Ortiz           Madrid                  L 8
    Aug 6   Johnny White            Bilbao, Spain           W 10
    Sep 10  Pedro Carrasco          Bilbao, Spain           L 10
    Sep 27  Antonio Ortiz           Valencia, Spain         W 10
    Oct 10  Carlos San Jose         Bilbao, Spain           L 10
    Nov 14  Jose Hernandez          Barcelona, Spain        D 10
    Nov 20  Antonio Ortiz           Barcelona, Spain        W 8  
    Dec 11  Jose Luis Vallejo       Barcelona, Spain        KO 6
    Dec 30  Chris Fernandez         Barcelona, Spain        L 8
    
    1970
    Jan 26  Ceaml Kemaci            Vienna                  L 8
    Feb 5   Chuck Anderson          Barcelona, Spain        W 8
    Mar 7   Bobby Arthur            Vigo, Spain             W 8
    Mar 18  Maurice Plouvier        Valencia, Spain         W 8
    Apr 18  Silvano Bertini         Bologna, Italy          L 8
    Apr 30  Eduardo Batista         Barcelona, Spain        W 8
    May 21  Jose Hernandez          Barcelona, Spain        L 8
    Jun 22  Jonathan Dele           Barcelona, Spain        L 8
    Aug 21  Jose Duran             Madrid                  L 10
    Oct 3   Enrique Levy            Madrid                  W 8
    Oct 11  Angel Ejarque           Zaragoza, Spain         W 8
    Nov 6   Jonathan Dele           Barcelona, Spain        W 8
    Nov 16  Roger Menetry           Geneva, Switzerland     L 10
    Nov 27  Mathias Rosentisch      Berlin                  W 8
    Dec 11  Pablo Sanchez           Barcelona, Spain        KO 6
    Dec 19  Jesus Gonzales Dopico   La Coruna, Spain        W 8
    Dec 30  Antonio Ortiz           Barcelona, Spain        W 10
    
    1971
    Jan 29  Garibaldi Periera       Geneva, Switzerland     W 10
    Feb 13  Joe Tetteh              Barcelona, Spain        W 10
    Mar 12  Angel Neches            Bilbao, Spain           KO 5
    Apr 5   Bunny Grant             Paris                   W 10
    May 8   Francis Vermandere      Bethune, France         D 10
    May 21  Miguel Velasquez        Barcelona, Spain        D 10
    Jun 12  Jesus Gonzales Dopico   La Coruna, Spain        L 8
    Jul 2   Chris Fernandez         Barcelona, Spain        L 10
    Jul 18  Jose Hernandez          Carballo, Spain         D 10
    Aug 10  Jose Hernandez          Bilbao, Spain           L 8
    Sep 2   Marcano Scano           Cagliari, Italy         L 10
    Oct 1   Robert Gallois          Rheims, France          L 10
    Oct 10  Leonardo Dessi          Lyons, France           KO 9
    Dec 15  Jonathan Dele           Barcelona, Spain        L 10
    
    1972
    Jan 15  Roberto Duran           Panama City             L 10
    Apr 28  Ramon Reyes             Maracaibo, Venezuela    L 10
    Aug 8   Jose Peterson           San Juan                L 10
    Jun 5   Cemal Kamaci            New York                L 10
    Jul 8   Esteban DeJesus         San Juan                L 10
    Nov 28  "Prince" Jimmy Hamm     Miami Beach             W 10
    
    1973
    Mar 1   J.T. Dowe               Tampa, FL               L 10
    Mar 29  Sandy Torres            Tampa, FL               L 10
    Jun 26  Raphael Jimenez         Miami Beach             KO 5
    Jul 3   J.T. Dowe               Miami Beach             KO 8
    Jul 17  Saoul Mamby             Miami Beach             L 10
    Aug 21  Fermin Guzman           Miami Beach             W 10
    Sep 19  Jose Miranda            Las Vegas               W 10
    Dec 12  Rocky Cudney            Las Vegas               L 10
    
    1974
    Jan 10  Omar Chavez             Stateline, NV           W 10
    Jan 23  Marco Gerardo           Las Vegas               KO 4
    Feb 13  Sugar Ray Seales        Las Vegas               L 10
    Feb 18  Josue Marquez           San Juan                L 10
    Mar 20  Camilio de la Rosa      Las Vegas               KO 5
    Apr 18  Art Leon                Stateline, NV           W 6
    Apr 29  Eddie Perkins           Tucson, AZ              L 10
    Jul 18  Johnny Gant             Baltimore               L 10
    Jul 30  Frank Young             Houston                 W 10
    Aug 26  Frankie Kolovart        Las Vegas               KO 10
    Dec 10  Tony Martinez           Las Vegas               KO 7
    
    1975
    Feb 26  Larry Bonds             Las Vegas               L 10
    Jun 9   Wilfred Benitez         San Juan                L 10
    Aug 5   Adriano "Nani" Marrero   Miami Beach            L 10
    Nov 15  Robert Armstrong        Ft. Lauderdale, FL      L 10
    
    1976
    Jan 22  Pat O'Connor            St. Paul, MN            L 10
    Apr 3   Billy Backus            Utica, NY               L 10
    May 5   Rafael Rodriguez        Minneapolis             L 10
    Jul 28  Perry "Lil' Abner" Abney Philadelphia           KO 9
    Sep 2   Clyde Gray              Halfiax, Nova Scotia    L 10
    Sep 24  Justice Ortiz           Sunnyside, Queens, NY   D 10
    Dec 3   Willie "Worm" Monroe    Rochester, NY           L TKO 7
    
    1977
    Mar 25	Hector Perez            Sunnyside, Queens, NY	TKO 6   
    Aug 22  Edgar "Bad News" Wallace Phoenix, AZ            L 10
    
    1978
    Jan 6	Jean Symos		Grivignee, Belgium	L 8
    Feb 25	Paul Payon		La Louviere, Belgium	L 10
    
    UNCONFIRMED
    ---   Chico Morales             Santiago de Cuba       W 10
    
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