Gill Garci

Gill was born in Sonoma, California, the youngest of three siblings. He was raised in Napa, where he attended Lincoln elementary; and Ridgview Jr high school. At the age of six he started boxing at The Napa boxing Club under "NewsBoy" Joe Gavras who fought professionally in the 30s and 40s in the San Francisco Bay area. After 75 fights and finishing Junior high school, Gill moved to Nevada with his father where he finished high school and continued boxing in Golden Gloves Tournaments. In 1981 he joined the U.S. Army and while stationed in Ft Dix, New Jersey, won the Army's super middleweight title.