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On Saturday night, July 9, Edgar
“Dragoncito” Garcia captured the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) North American Super
Flyweight title in Cadereyta,
Mexico when he defeated rugged
veteran fellow countryman
Valentin “Picoco” Leon.
On a show promoted by Uppercut
Promotions, Garcia was forced to
deal with dirty tactics from
Leon, who hit him low and with
rabbit punches several times
from the very first round,
trying to use his experience to
discourage his younger foe.
But Garcia showed poise and good
boxing skills, winning the first
four before an accidental clash
of heads in round five opened a
big gash on the forehead of
Leon. Referee Cesar Garcia took
him to the ringside doctor, who
after inspecting the injury
decided it was safe to continue.
However, Leon refused to fight,
and after some back-and-forth
discussions Cesar Garcia
officially disqualified Leon,
declaring Edgar Garcia (no
relation!) the new WBF North
America Champion. Time of
disqualification was 2:30 of
round five.
In winning his careers first
professional title, Garcia
improved his record to
12-2 (6), while
37-year-old Leon drops to
38-32-3 (21) in a career
that started in 1999 and brought
him several regional titles
along the way, and fights
against big names such as Roman
“Chocolatito” Gonzalez, Hernan
Marquez, Giovani Segura and
Brian Viloria.
Judges assigned for the fight
was Eleazar Luna, Luciano Rocha
and Juan Angel Garcia. All had
Edgar Garcia ahead by 40-36.
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Supervisor was Raul Wilhelmy.
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