Did heavyweight Israel Garcia retire?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Charles White, Jun 20, 2011.


  1. Charles White

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    He was supposed to fight Tyson Fury but then had to back out of the fight and I didn't hear anything about why he had to. And he was sparring with David Tua a while back and I heard he looked good in sparring (I only saw a small clip of the sparring sessions). Since then, I haven't heard anything about him. Has he retired? I know he is 41 now, but I still feel as though he could give a few of these young, rising prospects a good test...
     
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    And does anybody know the reason why he had to pull out of the Fury fight last minute?
     
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    He was part of Audley Harrison's training camp when he fought Haye if that is of any use to you.
     
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    Ok, thanks mate. It sounds like he might be retired from fighting and has now just assumed a sparring partner type role to stay in the sport and keep the cash flowing. Well I wish him the best if he does decide to fight again. If anybody has any new info, please share it here, thanks.