Elijah Garcia (born April 26, 2003) is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent who competes in the super middleweight division.
Amateur career Garcia had a short amateur career that included winning a US National Championship in 2017. After becoming a father at age 16 he decided to turn pro.
Professional career Garcia vs. Vidal Jr After defeating his early opponents with ease Garcia faced unbeaten Uruguayan Amilcar Vidal Jr on the undercard of Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsayo in Ontario, California. Garcia dominated, dropping Vidal Jr in the fourth round and he was unable to beat the count.
Garcia vs. Resendiz Garcia faced his toughest fight to date against Mexican Jose Armando Resendiz who was coming off a 10th round stoppage victory over former light middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd. The fight took place at the T-Mobile Arena on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo. In what turned out to be an all action fight, Garcia dropped Resendiz in the eight and soon after got the stoppage from a flurry.
Garcia vs. Davis Garcia was scheduled to face Kyrone Davis on the undercard of Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin on June 15, 2024 in Las Vegas. Garcia missed the middleweight limit by 3.2 pounds, and lost the fight by split decision.
Garcia vs. Gausha On January 3, 2025 it was reported that Garcia would face Terrell Gausha on February 15, 2025. Garcia won the fight by split decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes19Loss17-2Kevin Newman IIMD10Mar 28, 202618Win17-1Terrell GaushaSD10Mar 22, 202517Loss16–1Kyrone DavisSD10Jun 15, 202416Win16–0Armando ReséndizTKO8 (10), Sep 30, 202315Win15–0Kevin Salgado ZambranoUD10Apr 22, 202314Win14-0Amilcar Vidal Jr.KO4 (10), Mar 4, 202313Win13–0Cruse StewartKO2 (8), Dec 17, 202212Win12–0Edgar ValenzuelaKO1 (6), Oct 8, 202211Win11–0Rowdy Legend MontgomeryUD6May 21, 202210Win10–0Antonio Louis HernandezRTD3 (6), Feb 5, 20229Win9-0Todd ManuelTKO5 (6), Nov 13, 20218Win8–0Michael LemelleTKO3 (6), Sep 18, 20217Win7-0Fernando HernandezUD4Jul 2, 20216Win6–0Phillip CarmoucheTKO1 (4), Jun 4, 20215Win5–0Juan Jose Valencia VillegasTKO2 (4), Apr 17, 20214Win4–0Carlos Urrea LuzanillaTKO1 (4) Jan 29, 20213Win3–0Luis Munoz DuranTKO1 (4), Sep 26, 20202Win2–0Noe Marquez TalamantesKO2 (4), Mar 6, 20201Win1–0Jose Roberto Hernandez SeranoTKO1 (4), Feb 22, 2020
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