Leo (Kid) Roy vs. Bobby Garcia (2nd meeting)

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Montreal Forum (circa 1925)

Leo (Kid) Roy 127 lbs beat Bobby Garcia 126 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

  • Date: 1925-04-20
  • Location: Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Referee: Georges Rivet
  • Attendance: 7,000
  • Roy fought the last two rounds with injured hands. The Montreal Herald reported he broke his right hand in two places on Garcia's head in the third round.
  • This was the main event of the card that inaugurated professional boxing at the historic Montreal Forum, which had opened five months earlier, and would present world-class boxing for the next 70 years, with its last boxing show presented on December 15, 1995.