Manuel Garnica

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Manuel Garnica
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Real nameHector Manuel Garnica Venegas
Nickname(s)Marro
Weight(s) Light Welterweight
Height5 ft 8 in (174 cm)
Reach71 in (180 cm)
Nationality Mexican
Born (1974-10-12) 12 October 1974 (age 47)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights36
Wins25
Wins by KO13
Losses11
Draws0
No contests0

Hector Manuel Garnica Venegas (born 12 October 1974) is a Mexican professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He's the former WBC Mundo Hispano, WBC Latino and WBA Fedecaribe Light Welterweight Champion. [1]

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Professionoal career

Hector took out the veteran Isaias Cabrera to win the WBC Mundo Hispano Light Welterweight Championships. [2]

On August 25, 2006, upset former WBA World Light Welterweight Champion Carlos Maussa, to win the WBC Latino and WBA Fedecaribe Light Welterweight Championships. [3]

Manuel would then go onto lose a fight with undefeated Mexican American Mike Alvarado. [4]

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References

  1. http://www.fightwriter.com/juan-lazcano-vs-manuel-garnica
  2. "BoxRec Boxing Records". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-29.
  3. http://www.fightwriter.com/manuel-garnica-w12-carlos-maussa
  4. http://www.fightwriter.com/mike-alvarado-vs-manuel-garnica