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Garcia (13-0, 12 KOs), 19, of Victorville, California, went on to have a tremendous amateur career. He was 215-15 and won 15 national titles, including the 2016 youth world championships. He claimed a silver medal at the 2014 junior world championships, won National Police Athletic League championships from 2008 to 2016 and was a four-time National Silver Gloves champion (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013) in addition to winning junior Golden Gloves titles in 2009 and 2012.

He hoped to fight in the 2016 Olympics but wasn't old enough, and since amateur rules dropped headgear requirements, Garcia figured if he was going to get hit in the head without protection he might as well get paid for it. So he turned pro in June 2016 and had his first four bouts in Mexico as a 17-year-old because he wasn't old enough to box professionally in the United States.

Lackeos wrote: ↑31 Dec 2017, 16:14 Eduardo Hernandez is a better prospect than Ryan Garcia and Josh Taylor, but w/e.