Ramón García Hirales is a Mexican

Mexican people

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 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 division. He is the current WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 Champion. He is the twin brother of WBO minimumweight champion Raúl García

Raúl García (boxer)

Raúl "Rayito" García, born Raúl García Hirales, is a professional boxer from La Paz, Baja California Sur, México, and the former IBF minimumweight world champion. He has a record of 29 wins , 1 loss, and 1 draw...

.

Interim WBO Light Flyweight title

On July 24, 2010 Hirales won the interim WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title by beating titleholder Johnriel Casimero

Johnriel Casimero

John Riel Casimero , more commonly known as Johnriel Casimero, is a Filipino professional boxer and was once the interim WBO Light Flyweight Champion. Casimero currently resides in barangay Guizo in Mandaue City, Cebu, where he trains and lives in the city's IPI Gym...

 from the Philippines in a twelve rounds decision.

He defended his title against Manuel Vargas by majority decision. He lost the interim title to Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles is a professional boxer who resides in Colombia. He is a former WBO junior flyweight champion, having been awarded the belt after Giovani Segura vacated the title in April 2011. Géles was to lose it less than a month later in his first defense to Ramón Garcia Hirales, who knocked him...

 by split decision.

WBO Light Flyweight title

On April 30, 2011, he faced Géles in a rematch for the full WBO light flyweight title. Garcia-Hirales won the bout by fourth round knock out to become the world champion. Garcia-Hirales and his brother Raul made history on this night when they became the first set of twin brothers to win world titles on the same card.

Professional record

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|align="center" colspan=8|15 Wins (8 knockouts), 1 Losses, 1 Draw
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|Loss || 16-3-1 ||align=left|  Donnie Nietes

Donnie Nietes

Donnie Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer and the WBO Light Flyweight World Champion. He is also a former WBO Minimumweight World Champion. His cousin, Gerson Nietes, is also a boxer....

|UD || 12 || October 8, 2011 || align=left| University of St. La Salle Gymnasium, Bacolod

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, Negros Occidental

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, Philippines

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|align=left|Lost WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 16-2-1 ||align=left|  Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles is a professional boxer who resides in Colombia. He is a former WBO junior flyweight champion, having been awarded the belt after Giovani Segura vacated the title in April 2011. Géles was to lose it less than a month later in his first defense to Ramón Garcia Hirales, who knocked him...

|KO || 4 || April 30, 2011 || align=left| Foro Polanco, Mexico City

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, Distrito Federal

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, Mexico

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|align=left|Won WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Loss || 15-2-1 ||align=left|  Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles

Jesús Géles is a professional boxer who resides in Colombia. He is a former WBO junior flyweight champion, having been awarded the belt after Giovani Segura vacated the title in April 2011. Géles was to lose it less than a month later in his first defense to Ramón Garcia Hirales, who knocked him...

|SD || 12 || February 5, 2011 || align=left| Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo, Cartagena

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, Colombia

Colombia

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|align=left|Lost Interim WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 15-1-1 ||align=left|  Omar Soto
|UD || 12 || December 18, 2010 || align=left| Estadio 20 de Noviembre, Campeche

Campeche

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, Campeche

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, Mexico

Mexico

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|align=left|Defended Interim WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 14-1-1 ||align=left|  Manuel Vargas
|MD || 12 || September 25, 2010 || align=left| El Foro, Tijuana

Tijuana

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, Baja California

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, Mexico

Mexico

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|align=left|Defended Interim WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 13-1-1 ||align=left|  Johnriel Casimero

Johnriel Casimero

John Riel Casimero , more commonly known as Johnriel Casimero, is a Filipino professional boxer and was once the interim WBO Light Flyweight Champion. Casimero currently resides in barangay Guizo in Mandaue City, Cebu, where he trains and lives in the city's IPI Gym...

|SD || 12 || July 24, 2010 || align=left| Polideportivo Centenario, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

Mexico

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|align=left|Won the Interim WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 12-1-1 ||align=left|  Michael Arango
|TKO || 2 || February 13, 2010 || align=left| Gimnasio Auditorio, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexico

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|align=left|Retained WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 International Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 11-1-1 ||align=left|  Erik Ramirez
|UD || 12 || December 11, 2009 || align=left| Estadio Arturo C. Nahl, La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

|align=left|Retained WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 International Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 10-1-1 ||align=left|  Luis Alberto Zarraga
|TKO || 6 || August 29, 2009 || align=left| Modelo Centerl, La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

|align=left|Retained WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 International Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 9-1-1 ||align=left|  Jose Luis Varela
|UD || 12 || May 30, 2009 || align=left| Modelo Centerl, La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

|align=left|Won vacant WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 International Light Flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title
|-align=center
|Win || 8-1-1 ||align=left|  Oscar Martinez
|KO || 1 || April 11, 2009 || align=left| Estadio Arturo C. Nahl, La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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