Career
Foreign other persons with the same or similar name, see Julio Garcia disambiguation page. His promoter is Roberto Durán. García turned pro five days after turning 15 against Héctor Salazar.
He knocked out Grover Wiley to capture the International Boxing Organization (IBO) Americas Welterweight Title and then his next bout was a victory against Alfonso Sanchez (20-5-1).
lieutenant was the Undercard for Evander Holyfield"s "Best Damn Comeback Period" where Holyfeild beat journeymen Jeremy Bates. In a fight with Troy Browning he was upset by undefeated 40-year-old, it was a very lackluster performance, losing by majority decision.
The fight was aired on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Friday Night Fights, and the scores were 96-94, 97-93 and 95-95. On June 27, 2008, Garcia returned to the middleweight ranks and with one punch he blew away Jose Medina (14-12, 10 KOs) in just 13 seconds of the first round on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Friday Night Fights.
The fight was held at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
