Raúl "Rayito" García Hirales (born September 10, 1982) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He has held the IBF mini flyweight title from June 2008 until March 2010 and WBO mini flyweight title from April 2011 until October 2011. He is the twin brother of former WBO light flyweight champion Ramón García Hirales.
Professional career On June 14, 2008, he challenged Filipino IBF mini flyweight champion Florante Condes and defeated him by a 12 round split decision in La Paz, Mexico. He defended his IBF title four times. Garcia lost the IBF mini flyweight title against South African Nkosinathi Joyi on 26 March 2010 by a unanimous decision.
After losing his IBF title, Garcia went on to win the WBO interim mini flyweight title on October 30, 2010 by a split decision against Luis de la Rosa. He was scheduled to face Donnie Nietes on March 12, 2011 for the full championship, however, just two weeks prior to the fight date, Nietes announced that he would be vacating his world title and moving up in weight. Therefore, Garcia was promoted to full champion. On May 30, 2011, he successfully defended the title for the first time by third round tko against Rommel Asenjo. Garcia and his brother Ramón made history on this night when they became the first set of twin brothers to win world title fights on the same card.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43Loss Donnie Nietes5 (12), 28 May 2016 42Win38–3–1 Jesus HernandezKO3 (10)5 Dec 2015 41Win37–3–1 Francisco ReyesUD1020 Mar 2015 40Win36–3–1 Andres Garcia GuzmanUD1012 Dec 2014 39Win35–3–1 Job SolanoUD1012 Sep 2014 38Win34–3–1 Arcadio SalazarKO1 (?)15 Mar 2014 37Loss33–3–1 Pedro GuevaraSD1230 Mar 2013 36Win33–2–1 Sammy GutiérrezTKO3 (10), 22 Dec 2012 35Win32–2–1 Michael LanderoTKO3 (10), 3 Mar 2012 34Win31–2–1 Erik RamirezTKO6 (10)2 Dec 2011 33Loss30–2–1 Moisés FuentesSD1227 Aug 2011 32Win30–1–1 Rommel AsenjoTKO3 (12), 30 Apr 2011 31Win29–1–1 Luis de la RosaSD1230 Oct 2010 30Win28–1–1 Samuel GarciaTKO7 (10)4 Sep 2010 29Loss27–1–1 Nkosinathi JoyiUD1226 Mar 2010 28Win27–0–1 Sammy Gutiérrez1222 Aug 2009 27Win26–0–1 Ronald BarreraTKO6 (12), 11 Apr 2009 26Win25–0–1 José Luis VarelaUD1213 Dec 2008 25Win24–0–1 José Luis VarelaUD1213 Sep 2008 24Win23–0–1 Florante CondesSD1214 Jun 2008 23Win22–0–1 Ronald BarreraUD1229 Feb 2008 22Win21–0–1 Oscar SaturninoUD1219 Oct 2007 21Win20–0–1 Noe FloresKO1 (10), 31 Aug 2007 20Win19–0–1 Sammy Gutiérrez1215 Jun 2007 19Win18–0–1 Jesus IribeTKO8 (12)16 Mar 2007 18Win17–0–1 Osvaldo IbarraKO9 (10)15 Dec 2006 17Win16–0–1 Noe FloresTKO1 (?)1 Dec 2006 16Win15–0–1 Fred Heberto ValdezKO4 (12)14 Jul 2006 15Draw14–0–1 Sammy Gutiérrez122 Jun 2006 14Win14–0 Jose EspinozaKO3 (10)15 Apr 2006 13Win13–0 Godofredo ValdezUD124 Mar 2006 12Win12–0 Indalecio MezaTKO1 (12)10 Dec 2005 11Win11–0 Carlos BalmeaKO3 (10)15 Oct 2005 10Win10–0 Godofredo ValdezUD1016 Sep 2005 9Win9–0 Leonardo RodriguezTKO1 (10), 30 Jul 2005 8Win8–0 Edgar ArizmendiKO2 (8)17 Jun 2005 7Win7–0 Andres Garcia Guzman814 May 2005 6Win6–0 Edgar RamosKO2 (8)15 Apr 2005 5Win5–0 Jose Espinoza818 Dec 2004 4Win4–0 Charly Valenzuela4 (6), 3 Dec 2004 3Win3–0 Carlos GarciaKO1 (4)17 Sep 2004 2Win2–0 Arnoldo PerezKO3 (4)14 Aug 2004 1Win1–0 Arnoldo Perez1 (4)2 Jul 2004
See also List of Mini-flyweight boxing champions List of Mexican boxing world champions
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