Santa Fe, New Mexico's Clarence Garcia turned professional May 30, 1996 at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a battle of pro debuting heavyweights, and it was California's David "The Boss" Bostice's night as he stopped Garcia in the first round.
Garcia would fight his next 5 fights in the friendly confines of New Mexico, and showed great improvement, and a bit of promise as he won them all, 4 by knockout.
Two straight first round stoppages against fellow New Mexicans Gilbert Martinez, and Trent Packer.
He was stepped up a bit in his 4th pro fight as he faced 8-fight veteran Mike Middleton of Florida. It was a good hard fight, and Garcia got the win on a split decision. One of the judges saw it 58-56 for Middleton, while the other two had scores of 58-56, and 58-55 in favor of Garcia.
Just about 6 weeks later, Clarence stepped into the ring against pro debuting former college football player Pepper Seals. The bout was stopped when Seals suffered a terrible injury pulling his shoulder out of the socket during the match, and was unable to continue. Referee Lorenzo Saiz had no choice but to halt the bout, ending in a tko win for the home-town favorite in round 1!
Clarence Garcia would step into the ring just once more as he faced off with Denver's Robert Trader and finished his short pro boxing career with a 2nd round tko win.
Clarence "The Sheriff" Garcia's career was short, but power packed, and exciting! He showed improvement as a fighter, and many wonder what he could have accomplished if his career had continued, but for whatever reason, he fought for just under 2 years as a professional.
He ended with a final ledger of 5-1, with 4 knockouts.
Check out his complete record on boxrec: Complete record of CLARENCE GARCIA
If you would like to see Clarence Garcia in ring action, I have the following bouts available on DVD:
CLARENCE GARCIA vs
1. GILBERT MARTINEZ [tko-1]
2. TRENT PACKER [ko-1]
3. MIKE MIDDLETON [w-6]
4. PEPPER SEALS [tko-1]
5. ROBERT TRADDER [tko-2] (*Garcia's LAST pro bout)
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