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Roberto Garcia (born March 26, 1980, in Reynosa,Tamaulipas Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. moved to Houston, TX, at a very young age. It was in Houston that Garcia began to box. His father turned his home into a gym were he trained Garcia's two older brothers, George and Rafael. He was still pretty young to box, Garcia began imitating his brothers. He was nicknamed "La Amenaza" ("The Menace") as a young boy by his father, because he destroyed everything in his path.

Early Life
Garcia began boxing at the age 16-years-old.In his junior year in high school he was challenged by a local Boys and Girls Club Champion at school."My very first sparring session ended really quick. It was over in the beginning round. Right when I punched him on the nose he quit, I'm it pretty sure it was broken," Garcia was quoted as saying. The local boxing coach spoke to him after the sparring session and convinced him to boxing.

Roberto GarciaDuring the next 3 years Garcia won three consecutive Rio Grande Valley Golden Gloves Championships. He then set his sights on the pro ranks. He left home to train in Reynosa, Mexico. Garcia, after a few amateur bouts he knew he would want to turn pro.

Pro career
On his first Tamamulipas Regional Championship Tournament Garcia won the first 2 bouts by knockout. In the finals he met last years champion, in what was considered as the fight of the Tamamulipas Regional Championship. Garcia won by close decision, ending his amateur career with a record of 23 wins and 3 loss (17 KOs).

Garcia drew attention in boxing by winning 8 fights, 7 by KO in his first year as a pro. Signing a professional contract he began fighting on more exciting undercards, several televised by Telefutura and NBC. "Fighting on the cards of boxing stars makes me work harder," Garcia said, "because I want to be where they are. I want to be a World Champion!"

Suffering a loss in April, 2003 to Calvin Odem, Garcia parted ways with his trainer and found Nelson Fernandez, manager of former WBA Welterweight Champion Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis. . http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:72705.

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His next bout will be May 8, 2010 against, Mexico's Antonio Margarito at La Feria de San Marcos, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.