Garcia vs. Gibbons in Texas

"Battles at the Ballpark" Saturday night

Flores-Dydell co-feature, Mora-Hantindi in Special Attraction

EDINBURG, Texas -The starting line up will feature welterweight champions Robert "La Ameneza" Garcia and Homer "The Nature Boy" Gibbons trying to knock the ball out of the park in their 10-round main event Saturday night at the "Home of the Roadrunners," the Edinburg Baseball Stadium

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Saturday | Jan 31, 2026

"Battles at the Ballpark" is promoted by Julio Marines in association with Silverhawk Championship Boxing.

IBA Americas welterweight champion Garcia (20-2, 15 KOs) faces IBU 147-pound title-holder Gibbons (44-14, 31 KOs) in the non-title headliner.

Garcia defeated Juan Carlos Rubio (33-7-3) by unanimous 12-round decision for the IBA Americas belt in his last fight on March 10, 2006. Robert also has been the WBC CABOFE interim title-holder and Texas light middleweight and welterweight champion. Garcia is a Mexican native, now fighting out of Weslaco (Texas), is riding a five-fight win streak.

Gibbons captured the IBU welterweight title in his last bout (June 17), knocking out veteran Chad Broussard (54-4) in Louisiana. Homer is the former WBF light welterweight champion. The Georgia native has fought former world champions Jake Rodriguez, Hector Camacho, Sr. and George Scott.

WBF All-American cruiserweight champion BJ " El Peligroso" Flores (16-0-1, 11 KOs), one of the hottest prospects in boxing, tangles with Midwest heavyweight champ Gary "Twisted Steel" Dydell (8-2, 6 KOs) in a six-round co-feature.

Another promising prospect, WBC rated No. 38 welterweight Adrian Mora (15-0-1, 8 KOs), will be tested by ex-WBA Pan African welterweight champion Frans Hantindi in a six-round

Special Welterweight Attraction.

Undercard bouts include former Texas lightweight champion Pablo Pena vs. Gilberto Elizondo (3-1, 1 KO), light heavyweights Raul "El Tigre" Cazares (10-2, 4 KOs) vs. Josh Burns (3-4-5, 1 KO), lightweights Mario Hernandez (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Pedro Silva (0-1), Edgar Hernandez (4-0) vs. Efren Diaz (5-9, 1 KO). All fighters and bouts are subject to change.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, first bout at 7 PM. Tickets, priced at $10.00 (general admission) and $40.00 (ringside), are available by calling 956.206.9543, 956.463.4485 or 956.292.5831. Front row VIP tables are available for $850.00 (10 guests) or $85.00 per person; second row VIP tables are $750.00 or $75.00 per person.

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