# Ramón Garbey

Ramón Garbey (born March 31, 1971) is a heavyweight boxer from Cuba, who won the world title as an amateur in light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. In the final he defeated Nigeria's Jacklord Jacobs. Prior to that Garbey captured the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in the middleweight division (– 75 kg).

## Amateur Highlights

* 1989 Won the World Junior Amateur Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico at Middleweight
* 1991 1st place at Middleweight at Pan-American Games in Havana Cuba. Results were:
** Defeated Lincoln Carter (Jamaica) TKO 1
** Defeated Ricardo Santiago (Puerto Rico) TKO 1
** Defeated Chris Johnson (Canada) TKO 2
* 1991 3rd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
** Defeated Chris Byrd (United States) points
** Defeated Dennis Galvin (Ireland) TKO 3
** Defeated Justin Crawford (Australia) TKO 3
** Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) points
* 1992 defeated Sven Ottke by TKO 3, in AIBA tournament held in Berlin, Germany
* 1993 Light Heavyweight World Champion at competition in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
** Defeated Mkhitar Vanessian (Armenia) TKO 1
** Defeated Dimitri Vybornov (Russia) points
** Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
** Defeated Dale Brown (Canada) points, later scored a 4th-round TKO over Brown in 1994 in Dublin, Ireland.
** Defeated Jacklord Jacobs (Nigeria) points

## Pro career

Nicknamed "El Nino" he made his professional debut on September 20, 1996, in Miami, Florida.

## Professional boxing record

19 Wins (13 knockouts, 6 decisions), 4 Losses (0 knockouts, 4 decisions) :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 11-8-1 | Mike Sheppard | UD | 4 | 20 Feb 2009 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | 40-33, 40-33, 40-33. |
| Win | 13-36-3 | James "Baby Tyson" Brock | UD | 6 | 28 Oct 2006 | Palm Beach, Florida, United States | 60-54, 60-54, 60-54. |
| Loss | 9-4-1 | Kendrick "The Apostle" Releford | UD | 10 | 8 Jun 2004 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | 97-93, 98-92, 98-92. |
| Win | 16-3 | Jermell "The Truth" Barnes | UD | 12 | 17 Jan 2004 | Coconut Creek, Florida, United States | WBO NABO/WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Titles. 116-112, 116-112, 115-113. Titles were vacated because Garbey did not make weight. |
| Win | 35-10 | Saul "La Cobra" Montana | TKO | 8 | 3 Nov 2001 | Miami, Florida, United States | IBA Continental Super Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 22-3 | Ezra Sellers | TKO | 1 | 17 May 2001 | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States | WBO NABO Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the first round. |
| Loss | 17-0 | Fres "The Big O" Oquendo | UD | 10 | 25 Jun 2000 | Elgin, Illinois, United States | 90-99, 92-96, 91-97. |
| Loss | 57-4-2 | James "Lights Out" Toney | UD | 10 | 8 Oct 1999 | Taunton, Massachusetts, United States | 91-99, 92-98, 93-98. |
| Loss | 18-3 | Napoleon Tagoe | MD | 10 | 4 Jul 1999 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | 94-96, 94-96, 95-95. |
| Win | 23-6-2 | John "Yahya" McClain | UD | 10 | 18 Apr 1999 | Miami, Florida, United States | 98-92, 98-92, 97-93. |
| Win | 21-2 | Leeonzer Barber | TKO | 9 | 9 Jan 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 1:18 of the ninth round. |
| Win | 10-16 | Cliff Nellon | TKO | 2 | 13 Nov 1998 | Miami, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 14-3 | Onebo Maxime | TKO | 7 | 21 Jul 1998 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 12-11 | Art Bayliss | PTS | 4 | 30 May 1998 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 6-22 | Willie "Punching Preacher" Driver | KO | 1 | 23 Jan 1998 | Lake Worth, Florida, United States | Driver knocked out at the end of the first round. |
| Win | 2-1 | Scottie Chestnut | KO | 1 | 4 Nov 1997 | Tunica, Mississippi, United States | Chestnutt knocked out at 1:45 of the first round. |
| Win | 5-9-3 | Roy "House of" Payne | KO | 1 | 3 Oct 1997 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 0-1 | Travis Evans | KO | 1 | 20 Jun 1997 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 4-8 | Anthony Wade | TKO | 1 | 26 Apr 1997 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 0-1 | Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields | UD | 4 | 5 Apr 1997 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 40-35, 39-36, 39-37. |
| Win | 0-9 | Anthony Harris | TKO | 1 | 6 Dec 1996 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 2:51 of the first round. |
| Win | 0-20-2 | Tony Torres | TKO | 1 | 1 Nov 1996 | Coconut Creek, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 1-5 | Kerry Parks | TKO | 2 | 20 Sep 1996 | Miami, Florida, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 1:03 of the second round. |