Column: Fight Night's Arrived

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Product of local P.A.L., Garcia makes his professional debut vs. 0-6 opponent

  • Eighteen-year-old Michael Garcia of Crescent City makes his professional boxing debut tonight. (FRAN RUCHALSKI / Palatka Daily News)
    Eighteen-year-old Michael Garcia of Crescent City makes his professional boxing debut tonight. (FRAN RUCHALSKI / Palatka Daily News)
Fight Day has arrived for Michael Garcia. To get to this day, though, Garcia had to shed a lot of weight. Twenty-two pounds to be exact. “He was at 161 pounds and he got down to 139 in six weeks,”…

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