At just 21, lightweight boxer Alan “Kid Kansas” Garcia has endured more hardship than many experience in a lifetime.
Garcia returns Friday in Glendale, Arizona, on the undercard of Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan. He faces Ricardo Fernandez (15-13, 1 KO), a 31-year-old Spaniard, in an eight-round bout at Desert Diamond Arena.
Raised in Ulysses, a small rural town on the southwest side of Kansas, Garcia (14-0, 11 KOs) began boxing at age seven. Despite his love for the sport, he knew his future couldn’t flourish in Kansas…