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World Championship Boxing Returns to Table
Mountain Casino
(JULY 4)
Friant, CA, – Raul ‘The Cobra’ Martinez, the current IBA
Bantamweight Champion drops down to 115 lbs. and brings his
four-year unbeaten career to Table Mountain Casino on July
25 in search of the IBA World Junior Bantamweight
Championship. He will be facing the wily Isidro ‘Chino’
Garcia, a seasoned veteran stepping up to 115 lbs. ‘Chino’,
a Fresno fan favorite, is looking to regain the championship
form he showed at Table Mountain Casino in a bloody April,
2007 fight where he pummeled Cesar Lopez to win the IBA
Featherweight Championship with relentless body shots and
accurate punches to the head.
San Antonio’s Martinez has demonstrated a dazzling style in
his unbeaten 22 fight, 13 knockout career. He has quickly
risen up the ranks as a skillful boxer-puncher with a
warrior’s willingness to take on all comers since turning
pro in 2004. Top Rank-promoted, ‘The Cobra’ is an active
fighter who has already notched two victories in 2008,
winning by decision over former world title challenger Alex
Baba in January, and then out-pointing Benjamin Garcia in
February for the IBA bantamweight crown.
“Chino” Garcia (25-4-2, 8 KOs) is a former champion eager to
get back to the top. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, Garcia is
hailed internationally for the night in 1999 when he won the
WBO world flyweight championship. Settling into his seat as
a spectator of the vacant title bout between Jose Lopez and
Alejandro Montiel, Garcia soon found out that Montiel had
withdrawn from the fight just hours before. So, using a
borrowed mouthpiece and trunks, Garcia stepped up to the
plate and not only fought Lopez, but decisioned him
decisively over 12 rounds. Garcia defended his title once
before losing it to Fernando Montiel in December of 2000,
and would later take a lengthy break from the ring. He
returned to the ring in 2007 and has since won three out of
four bouts, including the championship win at Table Mountain
Casino over Cesar Lopez that earned him the IBA flyweight
crown. Now he looks to add the IBA’s 115-pound crown to his
trophy case.
Also featured on the July 25th five-bout card will be
Garcia’s stablemate, highly-touted welterweight prospect
Aaron Martinez. Martinez, a talented Mexico City native now
making his home in East Los Angeles, will put his perfect
8-0 (3 KOs) record on the line against an opponent to be
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