Garcia, Crawford to Fight Tonight at the Olympic

San Fernando heavyweight Alex Garcia will face his stiffest test tonight at the Olympic Auditorium when he takes on Tony Crawford of San Diego in a four-round bout.

Crawford is 1-1, both fights ending in second-round knockouts. Crawford lost to Levi Billups in his first outing last November. He knocked out Perry Howerton two months ago.

Crawford might not appear to present much of a challenge, but he’s a definite improvement over Garcia’s first two opponents.

Garcia scored a first-round knockout over Cliff Melbourne in his pro debut in February. He won a four-round decision over Richard Harrell several weeks later. Melbourne, a pepperoni-stick maker who took the fight on 18 hours’ notice, had entered the ring 0-6. Harrell had been 1-6-1.