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8.26.2006

Ceferino Garcia








Ceferino Garcia

  • 1st Filipino-American World Middleweight Boxing Champion inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame (1981)

ALIAS
"Cipriano (Pedro) Garcia"
"Bolo Punch"

DATE OF BIRTH
August 26, 1912


BIRTHPLACE
Tondo, Manila, Philippines


YEAR OF DEATH
January 1, 1981

USEFUL LINKS
Ceferino Garcia - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopedia
World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees
Ceferino Garcia, Former Boxer; Won Middleweight Crown in '39
Other Pinoy boxing greats
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