
'Kid Kansas' Alan Garcia moved past loss, but didn't forget lessons
There may be no place like home for “Kid Kansas” Alan Garcia, but the gym is a close second place.

There may be no place like home for “Kid Kansas” Alan Garcia, but the gym is a close second place.

Cortes entered the night as the front-runner to meet the winner of Emanuel Navarrete-Charly Suarez. After the fight, he might instead be on the outside looking in.

Lightweight Alan Garcia suffered a knockout loss two fights ago, but he will proudly rebuild with the one who got him to this point.

Alan Garcia is back in the ring for the first time since suffering an upset loss in September, a one-punch knockout to the 15-13 Ricardo Fernandez.

Friday night’s Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan undercard was electrified by an out-of-nowhere knockout punch delivered by Spain’s Ricardo Fernandez over previously unbeaten Top Rank prospect Alan Garcia.

Alan Garcia returns Friday in Glendale, Arizona, on the undercard of Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan. He faces Ricardo Fernandez (15-13, 1 KO), a 31-year-old Spaniard, in an eight-round bout at Desert Diamond Arena.


Flyweight Matthew Griego outpointed Gilberto Mendoza, and junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. won his Top Rank debut Saturday at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Featherweight titleholder Luis Alberto Lopez and Angelo Leo both made weight ahead of Lopez’s fourth title defense, set for Saturday at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Richard Torrez Jr.’s left-handed power-punching is repetitive and damaging at its best — and his heavyweight opponent Brandon Moore could do nothing to stop that power as it went fully unleashed Saturday night at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.