José García Bernal: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
José García Bernal was a Colombian professional boxer who competed mainly at flyweight and super flyweight. The WBA lists his record as 27 wins, 18 losses and one draw, with 18 knockouts.
A veteran in the lighter divisions
García Bernal fought professionally for more than a decade and faced a number of notable opponents. In April 2004, Panama’s Roberto “La Araña” Vásquez stopped him in the second round in Panama City. In January 2008, former world champion Brian Viloria defeated him by unanimous decision over eight rounds in Los Angeles.
The record and contemporary fight reports identify García Bernal as Colombian. García Bernal’s record belongs to the Colombian boxer who won the IBO light-flyweight title and later faced international opposition across the lower weight divisions.
Further career results
His later schedule included several recognizable names in the lighter divisions. He lost a decision to Yan Barthelemy in Tampa in April 2008 and then met Eric Morel in Puerto Rico the following month. In March 2009 he completed a decision loss against Leo Santa Cruz in York, Pennsylvania. Further appearances that year included Rafael Valenzuela in Houston and Roberto Marroquin in Corpus Christi, both ending on the judges’ cards.
These later assignments followed an IBO championship success in Colombia. BoxRec’s IBO light-flyweight chronology records a twelve-round points victory over Jose Sanjuanelo in Galapa on August 26, 2000. That title recognition came from the IBO and should be identified by organization, rather than treated as a WBA or WBC world championship. The later bouts against Viloria, Morel and Santa Cruz show a career extending into different international circuits after that success.
His IBO light-flyweight championship came on August 26, 2000, when he defeated José Sanjuanelo over twelve rounds in Galapa, Colombia. The location and opponent place that title win in the Colombian portion of his career, well before the series of appearances in the United States and Puerto Rico that followed.
Sources
Additional sources: https://boxerlist.com/boxer/jose-garcia-bernal/7497; https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/IBO_Light_Flyweight_Title_Fights
- BoxRec: José García Bernal
- WBA boxer profile: José García Bernal
- La Prensa: Vásquez defeats García Bernal
- Boxing News 24: Viloria decisions Bernal
