Angel Robinson Garcia

This article is about the Cuban professional boxer. For other people with this name, see Angel Robinson.

Angel Robinson Garcia (May 9, 1937 – June 1, 2000) was a Cuban professional boxer,^[1] who was the Latin American Super-Featherweight champion. He also fought for the Cuban national Lightweight title, but lost.

Angel Robinson Garcia
Born	Angel Robinson Garcia (1937-05-09)May 9, 1937 Havana, Cuba
Died	June 1, 2000(2000-06-01) (aged 63)
Statistics
Weight(s)	Junior welterweight
Boxing record
Total fights	239
Wins	138
Wins by KO	55
Losses	80
Draws	21

Robinson Garcia was known for his large number of professional fights-he fought 237 times-the quality of opponents he faced and number of countries he visited. Robinson Garcia competed against 42 boxers who were world ranked, 16 world champions, 6 International Boxing Hall of Fame members, in 19 countries and 4 continents. Many of the places he fought at, like France, the United States and Italy, were visited very often by Robinson Garcia.

Notable professional fights

Angel Robinson Garcia started his professional boxing career on July 23, 1955, beating Roberto Garcia by first-round knockout at Havana. He was undefeated for his first four fights, all wins by knockout. On October 28 of 1955, he faced Reinaldo Marquez at Santa Clara, losing for the first time, on a four-round decision. He avenged that loss with a six-round decision win over Marquez on April 5, 1956, also at Santa Clara.

Having amassed a record of 28–2 with 10 knockouts, Robinson Garcia challenged Isidro Martinez, 19-4-1, for the Latin American Super-Featherweight (Junior-Lightweight) title. Robinson Garcia defeated Martinez after dropping him in round eight, with a ninth-round technical knockout, on February 26, 1958, at Havana. Two weeks after, Robinson Garcia held his first fight abroad, and first in the United States, when he faced Bobby Rogers on March 11 at the Auditorium, Miami Beach, losing that encounter by a ten-round decision.

On June 28, 1958, he faced fellow Cuban, world-ranked "Puppy" Garcia, who was 33-8-4 before their fight, at Havana, losing a 10-round unanimous decision.

On January 20, 1959, Robinson Garcia fought Frankie Ryff, again losing by unanimous decision in 10 rounds. On March 14 of that year, he met Doug Vaillant in Havana, losing a ten-round unanimous decision before then taking on Mexico's Alfredo Urbina on May 16, beating the Mexican by a ten-round unanimous decision. He then met Carlos Hernandez, the future Venezuela's first world champion boxer in history, and fought Hernandez to a ten-round draw (tie) August 15, 1959. Robinson Garcia faced Vicente Rivas and Jiro Sawada before 1959 ended, losing to Rivas but beating Sawada, both by ten-round decisions in Venezuela.

During 1960, Robinson Garcia squared off with Jose Stable twice, Mantequilla Napoles, Hernandez and Vaillant in rematches. He split his two bouts with Stable, winning a split decision and then losing a unanimous one, lost a ten-round decision to Napoles, drew with Vaillant and lost twice to Hernandez. He also fought six other fights against lesser-known rivals, going 5–1 with 3 knockout wins on those.

Robinson Garcia had a third meeting with Doug Vaillant, this time with the Cuban national title on the line. On February 1, at Havana, they had a close 12 round bout, Vaillant prevailing by a split decision. On March, Robinson Garcia made his first trip as a professional boxer to Mexico, being defeated there on March 25 by Urbina on a rematch by ninth-round technical knockout and then on April 22 by Kid Anahuac by third round disqualification. Robinson Garcia lived in Mexico for one month, before returning to Cuba to face Jose Napoles a second time: on June 3, 1961, he again went ten rounds with the future world Welterweight champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, but once again dropped a points decision.

One month later, on July 7, Robinson Garcia boxed 16-1-2 Pastor Marrero at Havana and won by decision in ten rounds. Fidel Castro soon abolished professional boxing in Cuba, however, and this would be Robinson Garcia's last presentation as a boxer in his home country.

Robinson Garcia flew to Jamaica to fight Bunny Grant at the National Stadium in Kingston, on August 30, losing that fight by a close but unanimous ten-round decision, judges Tony Bridge scoring against him 99–96, Gilbert Aarons also against him 97-96 and Seaside Johnson deeming him loser by a wider score of 99–93.

Robinson Garcia returned to the winning column six weeks later, defeating Hilton Smith by a 10-round unanimous decision at Miami. He temporarily moved to Miami, being trained by Angelo Dundee at the 5th Street Gym there.

He then settled in France, fighting his next seven bouts there, going undefeated during that period, with four knockout wins. On September 11, 1962, Robinson Garcia faced world ranked Valerio Nunez, 36-1 before their bout, at Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy, and upset Nunez by pulling a seventh-round disqualification win.

After 2 more victories and 1 draw, Robinson Garcia faced the well-known French fighter, Jean Josselin, until then undefeated in 17 outings, on December 3, at the Palais des Sports, Paris, France, losing to Josselin by a ten rounds unanimous decision.

Robinson Garcia began 1963 by fighting against another world champion and future International Boxing Hall of Fame member, Eddie Perkins, at the Palais de Sports, losing a ten-round unanimous decision. He slowed his schedule somewhat during this year, fighting only 4 more times, during which he went undefeated with 2 wins and two draws, one win by knockout.

1964 was another typical career year for Robinson Garcia, as he fought eight times, including: a fight on March 9 against another world champion and future International Boxing Hall of Famer, Ismael Laguna, where he actually dropped Laguna in the first round before losing on points in ten rounds at Paris; an April 13 upset of 16-1 Rey Adigun, beaten by a fifth-round technical knockout; and a June 5 upset of Rafiu King, who was beaten by ten rounds decision at the Ivory Coast.

In 1965, Robinson Garcia returned to the ring 13 times, going 9–4 with 2 knockouts against the likes of Joe Tetteh, beaten by a ten-round decision at Tunis, Tunisia January 30, and Olli Maki, against whom he lost by ten-round decision in Tampere, Finland, on February 21. 1965 also saw Robinson Garcia re-settle, moving to Spain, where he held his next 11 bouts after the Maki fight.

Robinson Garcia had an active 1966, with 20 fights that year, winning 12, losing 3 and drawing 5, with 6 knockouts. On February 22, he met Maurice Cullen at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, losing by ten-round decision. On April 10, he knocked out Kid Tano, 45-5-6, in six rounds at the Canary Islands and then, only 11 days later, he held Italy's Carmelo Bossi, a future world champion, to a ten-round draw at Barcelona.

1967 saw an April 28 fight against Bruno Arcari at Genoa, Italy, which Robinson Garcia lost by ten-round decision; a rematch with Bossi on July 14 in Rome that resulted in Bossi defeating Robinson Garcia by fifth-round knockout; a rematch with Eddie Perkins in Milan on December 5 that was won by Perkins by ten-round decision; and seven more bouts in which Robinson Garcia won 5, lost 2 and scored 4 knockout wins.

In 1968, Robinson Garcia fought 9 times, going 5-2-2 during the year with 3 knockouts. Among those he met on the ring that year were LC Morgan twice (March 22, ten-round draw in Rome; April 19, ninth-round knockout win in Rome), Paul Armstead three times (May 10, ten-round decision loss at Toscana; June 21, ten-round decision win at Milan; July 28, ten-round draw at San Remo) and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, future undisputed world Lightweight Champion Ken Buchanan, who beat Robinson Garcia by a ten-round decision on October 23 at London.

Robinson Garcia had a layoff of eight months between the Buchanan contest and his next one, in June 1969. The second half of that year, however, saw him fight 12 times, including a September 10 loss by ten-round decision to future WBC world Lightweight-and Spain's second-Champion Pedro Carrasco at the Basque Country and a December 30 defeat at the hands of 19-2-4 Chris Fernandez by ten-round decision also.

Robinson Garcia contested 17 bouts in 1970. These included an August 21 match with José Durán, won by Durán by ten rounds decision at Madrid and a November 20 bout with French Roger Menetrey which Menetrey won by ten-round decision at Geneva. Apart from those two fights, Robinson Garcia won 10 and lost 5 in 1970, with 1 knockout win. Between November and December 1970 alone, Robinson Garcia had 6 bouts.

Robinson Garcia went 5-6-4 in 15 bouts during 1971, with 2 knockout wins. The fights he held in 1971 included rematch wins over Joe Tetteh (by ten-round decision, February 11) and Bunny Grant (ten-round decision on April 5). Also in 1971 was a May 21 ten-round draw against former Spain and European Boxing Union Lightweight and future WBC world Junior Welterweight Champion Miguel Velazquez, who was 46-1-2 before this bout; a rematch loss to Chris Fernandez on July 2, by ten-round decision; and an October 1 loss to Robert Gallois, 45-5-1, by ten-round decision at Marseilles.

Perhaps the most notable of Robinson Garcia's fights was on January 15, 1972, when he faced a then 26–0, future four division world champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member Roberto Durán at the Gimnasio Nuevo Panama-now Gimnasio Roberto Durán-at Panama City. Robinson Garcia gave Durán a relatively close fight but still lost by unanimous ten-round decision with scores of 99–93, 98-94 and 98–96, all in favor of the Panamanian. Robinson Garcia went 1-4 the rest of that year, facing, among others, Esteban De Jesus in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to whom he dropped a ten-round decision on July 8.

He split eight bouts in 1973, going 4-4 during that span, with 2 knockouts. On March 29, he boxed the future ranked challenger, Puerto Rican Sandy Torres at Tampa, Florida, and lost a ten-round decision. On July 17, he boxed future WBC world Junior Welterweight Champion Saoul Mamby at the Miami Beach auditorium and lost a ten-round decision as well.

During the first half of 1974, Robinson Garcia contested in ten fights, going 6–4 with 3 knockout wins during this span. He faced, among others, Mexican Marcos Geraldo (who'd later last ten rounds against Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler) on January 23 at the Silver Slipper Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, upsetting Geraldo by a fourth-round knockout win; then-undefeated Sugar Ray Seales on February 13 also at the Silver Slipper Hotel, losing by ten-round decision; Puerto Rican Josue Marquez (who had recently fought Antonio Cervantes for his world Junior Welterweight title) only five days after the Seales fight, losing by ten-round decision at San Juan; future Alexis Arguello world Junior Lightweight title challenger Arturo Leon, whom Robinson Garcia defeated by six-round decision at the Caesars' Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada, on April 18; Eddie Perkins again only nine days after the win against Leon-a ten-round unanimous decision loss at Tucson, Arizona; and future Angel Espada world Welterweight title challenger Johnny Gant, who obtained a ten-round decision win over Robinson Garcia on July 18 at Baltimore, Maryland. Robinson Garcia had five extra fights apart from these in 1974, going 5–0 with 3 knockouts against lesser opposition, to finish 1974 winning 11 of 15 bouts held that year.

1975 was a relatively inactive year for Robinson Garcia as he only fought five times. Nevertheless, among those five bouts was one against future Leonard world title challenger Larry Bonds, who outpointed Robinson Garcia over ten rounds at Las Vegas on February 26, future three time world champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, the then-only 16 years old Wilfred Benítez, who beat Robinson Garcia by ten-round decision on June 9 at the Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon, Puerto Rico-(sometimes incorrectly said to be in San Juan); and Adriano Marrero, a Dominican who would later challenge Antonio Cervantes unsuccessfully for Cervantes' WBA world Junior Welterweight title and who beat Robinson Garcia by a 10-round decision on August 5.

Of Robinson Garcia's seven 1976 bouts, six were held in the United States and one in Canada. He went 1-5-1 during that span, losing to former undisputed world Welterweight Champion Billy Backus by a ten-round unanimous decision on April 3 at Utica, New York; to Rafael Rodriguez on points in 10 on May 5 at Minneapolis, Minnesota; to former and future WBA world Welterweight title challenger Clyde Gray by ten round unanimous decision on September 2 at Halifax, Nova Scotia; and to Willie "The Worm" Monroe by a seventh-round technical knockout December 3 at Rochester, New York. He beat 24-10 Perry Abner by an upset ninth-round technical knockout on July 28 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1977, Robinson Garcia fought only 3 times, losing twice and winning once.

1978 proved to be Robinson Garcia's last year as an active professional boxer. He lost twice that year, including his last bout, on February 25, to contender Paul Payen, 17-1 coming in, on a ten-round decision at Hainaut, Belgium.

In 237 bouts, Robinson Garcia had a win-loss-draw record of 135 wins, 82 losses and 20 draws, his 53 knockout wins making him a member of the exclusive club of boxers with 50 or more knockout wins in professional boxing. Of his 82 defeats, only 3 were by way of knockout or technical knockout.^[2] The latter fact might have, ironically, contributed to his later, boxing related diseases as he took punches from some of boxing's best fighters of his era for prolonged periods of time.

Life away from boxing

According to Ferdie Pacheco, Robinson Garcia once told him that he spent 6 months in an Italian jail for beating up a woman.^[3]

Cuban boxing expert Enrique Encinosa said that Robinson Garcia returned to Paris, living as a homeless man there before Fidel Castro allowed him to return to Cuba and spend his last days at the Caribbean country. Also according to Encinosa, Robinson Garcia was once married in Paris.^[4]

Professional boxing record

239 fights	138 wins	80 losses
By knockout	55	3
By decision	82	76
By disqualification	1	1
Draws	21

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
239	Win	138–80–21	Pol Payen	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1978	La Louviere, Belgium
238	Loss	137–80–21	Jean Symos	PTS	10	Jan 6, 1978	Grivegnee, Belgium
237	Loss	137–79–21	Edgar Wallace	UD	10	Aug 22, 1977	Civic Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona, US
236	Win	137–78–21	Hector Perez	TKO	6 (10)	Mar 25, 1977	Sunnyside Garden, New York City, New York, US
235	Loss	136–78–21	Ralph Palladin	UD	10	Feb 5, 1977	Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, US
234	Loss	136–77–21	Willie Monroe	TKO	7 (10), 3:00	Dec 3, 1976	War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York, US
233	Draw	136–76–21	Justice Ortiz	SD	10	Sep 24, 1976	Sunnyside Garden, New York City, New York, US
232	Loss	136–76–20	Clyde Gray	UD	10	Sep 2, 1976	Halifax, Canada
231	Win	136–75–20	Perry Abney	RTD	9 (10)	Jul 28, 1976	Wagner Ballroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
230	Loss	135–75–20	Rafael Rodriguez	UD	10	May 5, 1976	Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
229	Loss	135–74–20	Billy Backus	UD	10	Apr 3, 1976	War Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York, US
228	Loss	135–73–20	Pat O'Connor	UD	10	Jan 22, 1976	St. Paul Armory, Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
227	Draw	135–72–20	Randy Armstrong	PTS	8	Nov 29, 1975	Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, US
226	Win	135–72–19	Jerry Hill	KO	1 (?), 1:32	Nov 15, 1975	Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, US
225	Loss	134–72–19	Adriano Marrero	UD	10	Aug 5, 1975	Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, US
224	Loss	134–71–19	Wilfred Benítez	PTS	10	Jun 9, 1975	Ramon Loubriel Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
223	Loss	134–70–19	Larry Bonds	UD	10	Feb 26, 1975	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
222	Loss	134–69–19	Miguel Mayan	UD	10	Jan 22, 1975	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
221	Win	134–68–19	Tony Martinez	KO	7 (10), 2:07	Dec 5, 1974	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
220	Win	133–68–19	Frank Kolovart	KO	3 (10), 2:32	Aug 26, 1974	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
219	Win	132–68–19	Frank Young	SD	10	Jul 30, 1974	Music Theatre, Houston, Texas, US
218	Loss	131–68–19	Johnny Gant	UD	10	Jul 18, 1974	Steelworkers Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, US
217	Win	131–67–19	Rocky Ayon	KO	1 (10)	Jul 1, 1974	Community Center, Tucson, Arizona, US
216	Loss	130–67–19	Eddie Perkins	UD	10	Apr 27, 1974	Community Center, Tucson, Arizona, US
215	Win	130–66–19	Arturo Leon	SD	6	Apr 18, 1974	Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada, US
214	Win	129–66–19	Camilio de la Rosa	TKO	5 (10)	Mar 20, 1974	Circus Circus Hippodrome Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
213	Loss	128–66–19	Josue Marquez	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1974	San Juan, Puerto Rico
212	Loss	128–65–19	Sugar Ray Seales	UD	10	Feb 13, 1974	Circus Circus Hippodrome Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
211	Win	128–64–19	Marcos Geraldo	KO	4 (10), 0:48	Jan 23, 1974	Circus Circus Hippodrome Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
210	Win	127–64–19	Omar Chavez	SD	10	Jan 10, 1974	Sahara Tahoe, High Sierra Theatre, Stateline, Nevada, US
209	Loss	126–64–19	Rocky Cudney	UD	10	Dec 12, 1973	Circus Circus Hippodrome Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
208	Win	126–63–19	Jose Miranda	UD	10	Sep 19, 1973	Circus Circus Hippodrome Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
207	Win	125–63–19	Fermin Guzman	UD	10	Aug 21, 1973	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
206	Loss	124–63–19	Saoul Mamby	UD	10	Jul 17, 1973	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
205	Win	124–62–19	Rafael Jimenez	TKO	8 (10), 1:45	Jul 3, 1973	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
204	Win	123–62–19	Rafael Jimenez	RTD	4 (10)	Jun 26, 1973	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
203	Loss	122–62–19	Sandy Torres	SD	10	Mar 29, 1973	Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, US
202	Loss	122–61–19	Jerome Dowe	SD	10	Mar 1, 1973	Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, US
201	Win	122–60–19	Prince Jimmy Hamm	SD	10	Nov 28, 1972	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
200	Loss	121–60–19	Jose Peterson	PTS	10	Aug 8, 1972	Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
199	Loss	121–59–19	Esteban de Jesús	PTS	10	Jul 8, 1972	San Juan, Puerto Rico
198	Loss	121–58–19	Cemal Kamaci	UD	10	Jun 5, 1972	Felt Forum, New York City, New York, US
197	Loss	121–57–19	Ramon Reyes	PTS	10	Apr 28, 1972	Maracaibo, Venezuela
196	Loss	121–56–19	Roberto Durán	UD	10	Jan 15, 1972	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
195	Loss	121–55–19	Jonathan Dele	PTS	8	Dec 15, 1971	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
194	Win	121–54–19	Leonardo Dessi'	TKO	9 (10)	Oct 10, 1971	Lyon, France
193	Loss	120–54–19	Robert Gallois	PTS	10	Oct 1, 1971	Marseille, France
192	Loss	120–53–19	Marco Scano	PTS	10	Sep 2, 1971	Cagliari, Spain
191	Draw	120–52–19	John White	PTS	8	Aug 27, 1971	Aviles, Spain
190	Loss	120–52–18	José Hernández	PTS	8	Aug 10, 1971	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
189	Draw	120–51–18	José Hernández	PTS	10	Jul 18, 1971	Plaza de Toros Portatil, Carballo, Spain
188	Loss	120–51–17	Chris Fernandez	PTS	10	Jul 2, 1971	Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor, La Coruna, Spain
187	Loss	120–50–17	Jose Gonzalez Dopico	PTS	10	Jun 12, 1971	Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor, La Coruna, Spain
186	Draw	120–49–17	Miguel Velazquez	PTS	10	May 21, 1971	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
185	Draw	120–49–16	Francis Vermandere	PTS	10	May 8, 1971	Bethune, France
184	Win	120–49–15	Bunny Grant	PTS	10	Apr 5, 1971	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
183	Win	119–49–15	Angel Neches	TKO	5 (10)	Mar 12, 1971	Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain
182	Win	118–49–15	Joe Tetteh	PTS	10	Feb 11, 1971	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
181	Win	117–49–15	Garibaldi Pereira	PTS	10	Jan 29, 1971	Geneva, Switzerland
180	Loss	116–49–15	Antonio Ortiz	PTS	8	Dec 30, 1970	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
179	Win	116–48–15	Jose Gonzalez Dopico	PTS	8	Dec 19, 1970	Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor, La Coruna, Spain
178	Win	115–48–15	Pablo Sanchez	TKO	6 (8)	Dec 11, 1970	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
177	Win	114–48–15	Mathias Rosenitsch	PTS	8	Nov 27, 1970	Germany
176	Loss	113–48–15	Roger Menetrey	PTS	10	Nov 20, 1970	Geneva, Switzerland
175	Win	113–47–15	Jonathan Dele	PTS	8	Nov 6, 1970	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
174	Win	112–47–15	Angel Ejarque	PTS	8	Oct 10, 1970	Gimnasio Polideportivo, Zaragoza, Spain
173	Win	111–47–15	Enrique Levy	PTS	8	Oct 3, 1970	Madrid, Spain
172	Loss	110–47–15	José Durán	PTS	10	Aug 21, 1970	Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain
171	Loss	110–46–15	Jonathan Dele	PTS	8	Jun 22, 1970	Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain
170	Loss	110–45–15	José Hernández	PTS	8	May 21, 1970	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
169	Win	110–44–15	Eduardo Batista	PTS	8	Apr 30, 1970	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
168	Loss	109–44–15	Silvano Bertini	PTS	8	Apr 18, 1970	Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, Italy
167	Win	109–43–15	Maurice Plouvier	PTS	8	Mar 18, 1970	Valencia, Spain
166	Win	108–43–15	Bobby Arthur	PTS	8	Mar 7, 1970	Pabellón del Centro Deportivo Municipal, Vigo, Spain
165	Win	107–43–15	Chuck Henderson	PTS	10	Feb 5, 1970	Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain
164	Loss	106–43–15	Cemal Kamaci	PTS	8	Jan 26, 1970	Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
163	Loss	106–42–15	Chris Fernandez	PTS	10	Dec 30, 1969	Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain
162	Win	106–41–15	Jose Luis Vallejo	TKO	6 (10)	Dec 11, 1969	Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain
161	Win	105–41–15	Antonio Ortiz	PTS	8	Nov 20, 1969	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
160	Draw	104–41–15	Jose Hernandez	PTS	8	Nov 13, 1969	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
159	Win	104–41–14	Antonio Torres	TKO	7 (10)	Nov 6, 1969	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
158	Loss	103–41–14	Carlos San Jose	PTS	10	Oct 10, 1969	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
157	Win	103–40–14	Antonio Ortiz	PTS	10	Sep 27, 1969	Valencia, Spain
156	Loss	102–40–14	Pedro Carrasco	PTS	10	Sep 10, 1969	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
155	Win	102–39–14	John White	PTS	10	Aug 6, 1969	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
154	Loss	101–39–14	Antonio Ortiz	PTS	8	Jul 11, 1969	Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain
153	Draw	101–38–14	Antonio Ortiz	PTS	8	Jun 13, 1969	Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain
152	Loss	101–38–13	John White	PTS	10	Jun 6, 1969	Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire
151	Loss	101–37–13	Ken Buchanan	PTS	10	Oct 23, 1968	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, England, UK
150	Win	101–36–13	Billy Lloyd	PTS	10	Oct 5, 1968	Genoa, Italy
149	Draw	100–36–13	Paul Armstead	PTS	10	Jul 28, 1968	San Remo, Italy
148	Win	100–36–12	Paul Armstead	PTS	10	Jun 21, 1968	Milan, Italy
147	Loss	99–36–12	Paul Armstead	PTS	10	May 10, 1968	Viareggio, Italy
146	Win	99–35–12	LC Morgan	TKO	9 (10)	Apr 19, 1968	Roma, Italy
145	Win	98–35–12	Oscar Miranda	KO	5 (10)	Apr 6, 1968	Genoa, Italy
144	Draw	97–35–12	LC Morgan	PTS	10	Mar 22, 1968	Roma, Italy
143	Win	97–35–11	Joe Africa	TKO	9 (10)	Feb 24, 1968	Reggio Emilia, Italy
142	Loss	96–35–11	Cyclone Barth	PTS	10	Dec 26, 1967	Reggio Emilia, Italy
141	Loss	96–34–11	Eddie Perkins	PTS	10	Dec 5, 1967	Milan, Italy
140	Win	96–33–11	Aldo Battistutta	TKO	4 (10)	Nov 17, 1967	Roma, Italy
139	Loss	95–33–11	Børge Krogh	PTS	10	Oct 5, 1967	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
138	Win	95–32–11	Giampiero Salami	TKO	6 (10)	Aug 16, 1967	San Remo, Italy
137	Win	94–32–11	Mario Sitri	RTD	3 (10)	Aug 4, 1967	Lavagna, Italy
136	Loss	93–32–11	Carmelo Bossi	TKO	5 (10)	Jul 14, 1967	Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma, Italy
135	Win	93–31–11	Giuseppe Occhipinti	PTS	8	Jul 5, 1967	Arenzano, Italy
134	Win	92–31–11	Joe Africa	TKO	9 (10)	Jun 3, 1967	Genoa, Italy
133	Loss	91–31–11	Bruno Arcari	PTS	10	Apr 28, 1967	Genoa, Italy
132	Draw	91–30–11	Andrés Navarro	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1966	Pabellón de la Feria de Muestras, Bilbao, Spain
131	Draw	91–30–10	Oscar Miranda	PTS	10	Oct 27, 1966	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
130	Win	91–30–9	Cesáreo Barrera	PTS	10	Oct 15, 1966	Estadio Insular, Las Palmas, Spain
129	Win	90–30–9	Manuel Prieto	TKO	5 (10)	Oct 6, 1966	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
128	Win	89–30–9	Antonio Coria	TKO	2 (8)	Sep 18, 1966	Almeria, Spain
127	Loss	88–30–9	Eduardo Batista	PTS	10	Sep 3, 1966	Velódromo de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
126	Win	88–29–9	Francisco Ferri	TKO	6 (10)	Aug 20, 1966	Velódromo de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
125	Win	87–29–9	Vicente Ferrando	KO	5 (10)	Aug 13, 1966	Almeria, Spain
124	Draw	86–29–9	Andrés Navarro	PTS	10	Jul 29, 1966	Plaza de Toros de Las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain
123	Win	86–29–8	Eduardo Batista	PTS	10	Jun 17, 1966	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
122	Win	85–29–8	Tony Falcon	KO	7 (10)	May 28, 1966	Pabellón Municipal de Deportes, Salamanca, Spain
121	Win	84–29–8	Francisco Ferri	PTS	10	May 21, 1966	Plaza de Toros de Las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain
120	Loss	83–29–8	John White	PTS	10	Apr 30, 1966	Algiers, Algeria
119	Draw	83–28–8	Carmelo Bossi	PTS	10	Apr 21, 1966	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
118	Win	83–28–7	Kid Tano	RTD	6 (10)	Apr 10, 1966	Estadio Insular, Las Palmas, Spain
117	Win	82–28–7	Vicente Ferrando	PTS	10	Mar 18, 1966	Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain
116	Draw	81–28–7	Vicente Ferrando	PTS	8	Mar 10, 1966	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
115	Loss	81–28–6	Maurice Cullen	PTS	10	Feb 22, 1966	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, England, UK
114	Win	81–27–6	Carmelo García	PTS	10	Feb 13, 1966	Estadio Insular, Las Palmas, Spain
113	Win	80–27–6	Julian Gonzalez	PTS	8	Jan 27, 1966	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
112	Win	79–27–6	Lelo Suarez	TKO	8 (10)	Dec 23, 1965	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
111	Loss	78–27–6	Andrés Navarro	PTS	10	Dec 2, 1965	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
110	Win	78–26–6	Vicente Ferrando	PTS	10	Nov 18, 1965	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
109	Loss	77–26–6	Andrés Navarro	PTS	10	Nov 4, 1965	Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain
108	Win	77–25–6	Jesse Williams	PTS	8	Sep 23, 1965	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
107	Win	76–25–6	Vicente Ferrando	PTS	8	Aug 28, 1965	Santander, Spain
106	Win	75–25–6	Vicente Tomas Mokhtar	KO	5 (8)	Aug 1, 1965	Santander, Spain
105	Win	74–25–6	Jesse Williams	PTS	8	May 15, 1965	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
104	Win	73–25–6	Andrés Navarro	PTS	10	Apr 4, 1965	Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain
103	Loss	72–25–6	Olli Mäki	SD	10	Feb 21, 1965	Hakametsan jaahalli, Tampere, Finland
102	Win	72–24–6	Joe Tetteh	PTS	10	Jan 30, 1965	Stade de la Pépinière, Tunis, Tunisia
101	Loss	71–24–6	Conny Rudhof	PTS	10	Jan 22, 1965	Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
100	Win	71–23–6	Jose Maria Madrazo	PTS	10	Jan 2, 1965	Frontón del Club Deportivo, Bilbao, Spain
99	Win	70–23–6	Waldo Dors	KO	3 (10)	Dec 5, 1964	Palais des Sports, Schaerbeek, Belgium
98	Win	68–23–6	Tommy Tibbs	TKO	6 (10)	Oct 26, 1964	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
97	Win	68–23–6	Rafiu King	PTS	10	Jun 5, 1964	Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire
96	Draw	67–23–6	Francois Pavilla	PTS	10	May 11, 1964	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
95	Win	67–23–5	Ray Adigun	RTD	5 (10)	Apr 13, 1964	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
94	Loss	66–23–5	Ismael Laguna	PTS	10	Mar 9, 1964	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
93	Win	66–22–5	Francesco Caruso	PTS	10	Feb 13, 1964	PalaLido, Milan, Italy
92	Win	65–22–5	Giordano Campari	PTS	10	Jan 10, 1964	Milan, Italy
91	Win	64–22–5	Sauveur Chiocca	PTS	10	Nov 15, 1963	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
90	Win	63–22–5	Aissa Hashas	KO	7 (10)	Aug 2, 1963	Stade de la Pépinière, Tunis, Tunisia
89	Draw	62–22–5	Claude Saluden	PTS	10	May 18, 1963	Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland
88	Draw	62–22–4	Omrane Sadok	PTS	10	May 4, 1963	Tunis, Tunisia
87	Loss	62–22–3	Eddie Perkins	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1963	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
86	Win	62–21–3	Fernand Nollet	PTS	10	Jan 14, 1963	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
85	Win	61–21–3	Ameur Lamine	PTS	10	Dec 29, 1962	Stade de la Pépinière, Tunis, Tunisia
84	Loss	60–21–3	Jean Josselin	PTS	10	Dec 3, 1962	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
83	Win	60–20–3	Juan Lopez Rodriguez	KO	8 (10)	Nov 10, 1962	Tours, France
82	Win	59–20–3	Sauveur Chiocca	PTS	10	Oct 28, 1962	Palais de la Mutualité, Paris, France
81	Draw	58–20–3	Omrane Sadok	PTS	10	Oct 15, 1962	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
80	Win	58–20–2	Valerio Nunez	DQ	7 (10)	Sep 11, 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma, Italy
79	Win	57–20–2	Mario Vecchiatto	PTS	10	Apr 27, 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma, Italy
78	Win	56–20–2	Daniel Brunet	PTS	10	Apr 13, 1962	Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
77	Win	55–20–2	Abderamane Faradji	KO	5 (10)	Mar 5, 1962	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
76	Win	54–20–2	Manuel Sosa	KO	6 (10)	Feb 19, 1962	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
75	Win	53–20–2	Mohammed Ben Said	KO	7 (10)	Feb 8, 1962	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
74	Win	52–20–2	Robert DiMartino	PTS	10	Jan 19, 1962	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
73	Win	51–20–2	Ameur Lamine	PTS	10	Dec 22, 1961	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
72	Win	50–20–2	Rene Barriere	TKO	6 (10)	Dec 4, 1961	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
71	Loss	49–20–2	Rafiu King	PTS	10	Nov 20, 1961	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
70	Win	49–19–2	Jimmy Mackey	SD	10	Nov 1, 1961	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
69	Win	48–19–2	Hilton Smith	UD	10	Oct 4, 1961	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
68	Loss	47–19–2	Bunny Grant	UD	10	Aug 30, 1961	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica
67	Win	47–18–2	Pastor Marrero	PTS	10	Jul 7, 1961	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
66	Loss	46–18–2	José Nápoles	PTS	10	Jun 3, 1961	Havana, Cuba
65	Loss	46–17–2	Kid Anahuac	DQ	3 (10)	Apr 22, 1961	Monterrey, Mexico
64	Loss	46–16–2	Alfredo Urbina	KO	9 (10)	Mar 25, 1961	Mexico City, Mexico
63	Loss	46–15–2	Douglas Vaillant	SD	12	Feb 1, 1961	Havana, Cuba	For Cuba lightweight title
62	Loss	46–14–2	Carlos Hernandez	PTS	10	Oct 31, 1960	Caracas, Venezuela
61	Loss	46–13–2	Carlos Hernandez	UD	10	Oct 18, 1960	Caracas, Venezuela
60	Draw	46–12–2	Douglas Vaillant	PTS	10	Oct 1, 1960	Havana, Cuba
59	Win	46–12–1	Guillermo Valdez	TKO	7 (10)	Sep 3, 1960	Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba
58	Win	45–12–1	Rolando Chico Morales	UD	10	Jul 23, 1960	Havana, Cuba
57	Win	44–12–1	Eloy Henry	UD	10	Jul 3, 1960	Gimnasio Nacional, Panama City, Panama
56	Loss	43–12–1	Jorge Quintero	PTS	10	Jun 12, 1960	Gimnasio Nacional, Panama City, Panama
55	Loss	43–11–1	José Nápoles	PTS	10	May 21, 1960	Havana, Cuba
54	Win	43–10–1	Isaac Espinosa	PTS	10	May 7, 1960	Havana, Cuba
53	Win	42–10–1	Stanley Wilson	PTS	10	Apr 23, 1960	Havana, Cuba
52	Loss	41–10–1	Jose Stable	UD	10	Mar 19, 1960	Havana, Cuba
51	Win	41–9–1	Jose Stable	SD	10	Feb 13, 1960	Havana, Cuba
50	Win	40–9–1	Jorge Quintero	UD	10	Dec 26, 1959	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
49	Win	39–9–1	Jiro Sawada	PTS	10	Dec 6, 1959	Maracaibo, Venezuela
48	Loss	38–9–1	Cesar Orta	PTS	10	Nov 23, 1959	Caracas, Venezuela
47	Loss	38–8–1	Vicente Rivas	PTS	10	Oct 12, 1959	Caracas, Venezuela
46	Draw	38–7–1	Carlos Hernandez	PTS	10	Aug 15, 1959	Havana, Cuba
45	Win	38–7	Tommy Tibbs	SD	10	Jul 11, 1959	Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba
44	Win	37–7	Jimmy Mackey	KO	5 (10), 2:08	Jun 20, 1959	Havana, Cuba
43	Win	36–7	Alfredo Urbina	UD	10	May 16, 1959	Havana, Cuba
42	Loss	35–7	Douglas Vaillant	UD	10	Mar 14, 1959	Havana, Cuba
41	Win	35–6	Henry Ferguson	UD	10	Feb 16, 1959	Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, US
40	Loss	34–6	Frankie Ryff	UD	10	Jan 20, 1959	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
39	Win	34–5	Andy Arel	RTD	5 (10)	Dec 2, 1958	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
38	Loss	33–5	Rolando Chico Morales	PTS	12	Nov 15, 1958	Havana, Cuba	For vacant Cuban super featherweight title
37	Win	33–4	Pete Kawula	UD	10	Sep 6, 1958	Havana, Cuba
36	Win	32–4	Bobby Bell	UD	10	Aug 5, 1958	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
35	Loss	31–4	Pupi Garcia	UD	10	Jun 28, 1958	Havana, Cuba
34	Win	31–3	Julio Escobedo	KO	3 (10)	May 31, 1958	Havana, Cuba
33	Win	30–3	Johnny Palmer	UD	10	Apr 12, 1958	Havana, Cuba
32	Loss	29–3	Bobby Rogers	UD	10	Mar 11, 1958	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, US
31	Win	29–2	Isidro Martinez	TKO	9 (10), 2:05	Feb 26, 1958	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba	Won vacant Latin American super featherweight title
30	Win	28–2	Fernando Silva	TKO	6 (10)	Jan 11, 1958	Arena Trejo, Havana, Cuba
29	Win	27–2	Guillermo Medina	PTS	10	Oct 5, 1957	Havana, Cuba
28	Win	26–2	Rolando Chico Morales	PTS	10	Jul 27, 1957	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
27	Win	25–2	Orlando Echevarria	PTS	12	May 4, 1957	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
26	Win	24–2	Fernando Silva	PTS	10	Mar 16, 1957	Havana, Cuba
25	Loss	23–2	Guillermo Medina	PTS	10	Feb 16, 1957	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
24	Win	23–1	Marino Gonzalez	KO	5 (?)	Dec 22, 1956	Havana, Cuba
23	Win	22–1	Trini Ruiz	PTS	10	Dec 1, 1956	Havana, Cuba
22	Win	21–1	Wilfredo Gonzalez	KO	4 (?)	Nov 22, 1956	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
21	Win	20–1	Juan 'Baby Face' Medina	PTS	8	Nov 3, 1956	Havana, Cuba
20	Win	19–1	Alberto 'Taco' Robinson	PTS	8	Oct 13, 1956	Havana, Cuba
19	Win	18–1	Salvador de la Torre	KO	6 (?)	Sep 22, 1956	Havana, Cuba
18	Win	17–1	Isidro Chorin Zaldivar	PTS	8	Aug 31, 1956	Santa Clara, Cuba
17	Win	16–1	Felix Alfredo Triana	PTS	8	Aug 18, 1956	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
16	Win	15–1	Rolando Garcia	PTS	6	Jul 14, 1956	Havana, Cuba
15	Win	14–1	Libraldo Leyva	PTS	6	Jun 16, 1956	Havana, Cuba
14	Win	13–1	Joel Morales	KO	3 (?)	May 19, 1956	Havana, Cuba
13	Win	12–1	Enrique Fernandez	PTS	6	Apr 28, 1956	Havana, Cuba
12	Win	11–1	Reinaldo Marquez	PTS	6	Apr 5, 1956	Arena, Santa Clara, Cuba
11	Win	10–1	Gervasio Rodriguez	PTS	6	Mar 7, 1956	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
10	Win	9–1	Reinaldo Marquez	PTS	6	Feb 17, 1956	Santa Clara, Cuba
9	Win	8–1	Inocencio Cartas	PTS	4	Feb 4, 1956	Havana, Cuba
8	Win	7–1	Pedro Estrella	KO	2 (?)	Jan 21, 1956	Havana, Cuba
7	Win	6–1	Reinaldo Marquez	PTS	4	Dec 17, 1955	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
6	Win	5–1	Jose Orta Pacheco	KO	2 (?)	Nov 19, 1955	Havana, Cuba
5	Loss	4–1	Reinaldo Marquez	PTS	4	Oct 28, 1955	Santa Clara, Cuba
4	Win	4–0	Odilio Velazquez	KO	3 (?)	Oct 15, 1955	Havana, Cuba
3	Win	3–0	Reinaldo Suarez	KO	1 (?)	Sep 7, 1955	Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba
2	Win	2–0	Flavio Branco	KO	1 (?)	Aug 25, 1955	Santa Clara, Cuba
1	Win	1–0	Roberto Garcia	KO	1 (?)	Jul 23, 1955	Havana, Cuba

See also

• Peter Buckley
• Buck Smith

References

1. "Angel Robinson Garcia - Boxer". boxrec.com.
2. Nicola Giornetta. "Sport & Note". sportenote.com.
3. Ferdie Pachecho, M.D. "The Doctor Fights Back Chapter 19: Cuban Fighters: Luis's Rotten Luck". cyberboxingzone.com.
4. "WAIL! The CBZ Journal -- July 2000". cyberboxingzone.com.