Career
In the final he defeated Nigeria"s Jacklord Jacobs. Prior to that Garbey captured the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in the middleweight division (– 75 kg). 1991 1st place at Middleweight at Pan-American Games in Havana Cuba.
Results were:
Defeated Lincoln Carter (Jamaica) TKO 1
Defeated Ricardo Santiago (Puerto Rico) TKO 1
Defeated Chris Johnson (Canada) TKO 2
1991 3rd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia.
Results were:
Defeated Chris Byrd (United States) points
Defeated Dennis Galvin (Ireland) TKO 3
Defeated Justin Crawford (Australia) TKO 3
Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) points
1992 defeated Sven Ottke by TKO 3, in AIBA tournament held in Berlin, Germany
Results were:
Defeated Mkhitar Vanessian (Armenia) TKO 1
Defeated Dimitri Vybornov (Russia) points
Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
Defeated Dale Brown (Canada) points, later scored a 4th round TKO over Brown in 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. Defeated Jacklord Jacobs (Nigeria) points
Nicknamed "El Nino" he made his professional debut on September 20, 1996 in Miami, Florida.