Godfrey Castro
Encyclopedia
Godfrey Castro is an amateur boxer
from the Philippines
who competed in the Light Flyweight (-48 kg)
division at the 2006 Asian Games
winning the bronze medal in a lost bout in the semifinals against Thailand's
Suban Pannon
20-40.
At the 2nd Olympic qualifier he lost his 3rd place bout to Jitender Kumar
and didn't qualify.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
who competed in the Light Flyweight (-48 kg)
Light flyweight
- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
division at the 2006 Asian Games
Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games
Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games took place in the Academy for Sports Excellence in Sports City, 8 kilometers to the west of Doha. The event was only open to men, and the bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
winning the bronze medal in a lost bout in the semifinals against Thailand's
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
Suban Pannon
Suban Pannon
Suban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...
20-40.
At the 2nd Olympic qualifier he lost his 3rd place bout to Jitender Kumar
Jitender Kumar (Flyweight)
Jitender Kumar is an Indian flyweight boxer. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Career:...
and didn't qualify.