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But Garcia, instantly recognizable by the pin-adorned cap he always wore, became best known as the cutman and hand-wrapper for Floyd Mayweather.!
Rafael Garcia (Boxing)
Rafael Garcia was a legendary boxing cutman who worked alongside a dozen world championship boxers including Alexis Arguello, Robert Duran, and most recently with undefeated welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather.
Garcia died on 13th November 2017, at aged 88, due to complications from leukemia.
Rafael Garcia Early Life and Career
Rafael Garcia was born in Puebla, Mexico, in 1929. He started boxing at 15 before becoming a cornerman, a job he held for over six decades, working with 35 world championship.
Garcia, a pin-adorned cap man, spent recent decades living in Las Vegas, where he worked with numerous fighters but became best known as the cutman and hand-wrapper for Floyd Mayweather.
He worked with Mayweather through most of Mayweather's career.
Also, Mayweather, whose brittle hands were always an issue, raved about Garcia’s ability to wrap them in a such a way that he was able to keep them protected as best as possible dur