1. Kid Azteca knocked Carlos Garcia out in the first round, in Laredo, Texas.
19 Facts About Kid Azteca
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Kid Azteca beat David Velasco by a twelve round decision to obtain the national Welterweight title in Mexico City.
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Kid Azteca had eleven additional wins in a row, including a victory over Joe Glick, before he fought the future world Middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia on July 11,1933 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
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Kid Azteca beat Garcia, who would hold Henry Armstrong to a tie as world Middleweight champion, by a ten round decision.
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On rematch, Kid Azteca knocked Garcia out in round eight.
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On June 5,1934, Kid Azteca fought Young Peter Jackson, beating Jackson on points after ten rounds.
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Kid Azteca gradually became a national hero in Mexico after his victory over Garcia.
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Kid Azteca fought Herbert "Cocoa Kid" Lewis Hardwick, a top rated challenger twice in one week at the beginning of 1935: On January 19, the pair would tie over ten rounds.
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Kid Azteca had twelve more bouts, including a successful defense of his Mexican Welterweight title, before he met Rodolfo Casanova on May 16,1936.
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Kid Azteca proceeded to win twenty seven of his next thirty one bouts, before meeting future world Welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic on November 24,1939, losing a decision over ten rounds to Zivic in Houston, Texas.
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On January 1,1941, Kid Azteca won by ten round decision, and on January 11, the two rivals fought to a 10 round no contest.
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Kid Azteca lived for a year in Argentina, where he made six fights, five of them in Buenos Aires.
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On November 6,1944, Kid Azteca had a fourth fight with Ceferino Garcia, being defeated by decision in ten at Mexico City.
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Kid Azteca lost to Zivic two more times, both by decision, before actually beating him in their fourth encounter.
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Kid Azteca beat Villavincencio in two subsequent fights, both times by decision over ten rounds.
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On June 26,1950, Kid Azteca fought former world Lightweight champion Sammy Angott, losing to the American boxer by points after ten rounds.
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On February 3,1961, Kid Azteca knocked out Alfonso Macalara in the first round at Veracruz.
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Kid Azteca was able to reach a milestone as he became a member of the exclusive group to fight at least two hundred bouts.
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Kid Azteca became a member of the exclusive group of fighters that boxed during four decades, when he knocked Adrian Medieta in three rounds on July 12,1960 in Pachuca.