LAS VEGAS — Rising middleweight star Elijah Garcia defeated Armando Resendiz in the pay-per-view opener after a thrilling firefight that lasted eight rounds at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“It was a really hard fight,” said the 20-year-old Garcia(16-0) in media reports. “Reséndiz is good people. He was really tough. I wish him the best. This was 100 percent my toughest fight so far. I left everything I could in the ring.”
