Javier Castillejo
Encyclopedia
Francisco Javier Castillejo (born March 22, 1968) is a professional boxer
from Spain. He is the former WBC light middleweight champion and former WBA middleweight champion. He has fought against stars Oscar De La Hoya
, Felix Sturm
, Fernando Vargas
, Julio Cesar Vasquez
, Michael Rask, and Mariano Natalio Carrera
. Castillejo is considered the best Spanish boxer in history.
area of Madrid. He currently resides and trains
in Madrid.
win, when he beat Diez in the fourth round. On November 4, he had his first fight outside Madrid, and his first knockout win in the first round, when he beat Juan Perez in Torrejon.
Castillejo had four more wins, before he was defeated for the first time. On August 19, 1989, he lost an eight round decision to Del Bryan, in Benidorm
. But he followed that loss with a streak of twenty two victories in a row.
Among the most notable wins during that streak were a fourth round knockout on October 19, 1990, of Alfonzo Redondo, which gave Castillejo the Spanish Welterweight Championship, at Leganes
. On July 5, 1991, he retained that national championship, with another fourth round knockout victory, this time against Domingo Sanchez, in Lugo. On April 10, 1992, Castillejo got his first win against a former or future world champion, when he knocked out former IBF
lightweight champion, Puerto Rican
Harry Arroyo
, in three rounds at Leganes. He followed that victory with another win versus a former world champion, the former WBC light welterweight champion Saoul Mamby
of Jamaica
, by an eight round decision on May 15, at Bilbao
. On December 12 of that year, Castillejo added the WBC's Mundo Hispano
light middleweight title, when he defeated Enrique Areco by a twelve round decision in Areco.
of Argentina
, for Vazquez's WBA
light middleweight title, on April 24 of 1993, also in Leganes. Vazquez outpointed him over 12 rounds, ending his 22 fight winning streak.
After defending his Mundo Hispano regional title with success in a rematch with Victor Hugo Sclarandi on October 29 of that year by a knockout in five rounds, Castillejo finally had his first fight abroad, when he beat Bernard Razzano by a knockout in six rounds, at Dijon
, France, to conquer the European
light middleweight title. He defended that title successfully four times, then lost it, on January 3, 1995 to the then future WBA light middleweight champion Laurent Boudouani
, in Épernay
, France, by knockout in round nine.
His next fight was a victory by disqualification in six rounds on July 14 against Carlos Rocha Tovar in Sevilla. The victory against Tovar was followed by a rematch with Boudouani, who would once again defeat Castillejo, this time around by a twelve round decision, at Levallois
, January 6, 1996.
Castillejo then won six more fights in a row before fighting for a world title again. He regained the EBU light middleweight title by knocking out the former WBA
welterweight title challenger, Ahmed Dottuev, in round twelve at Suffolk
, England, on July 2, 1998.
over twelve rounds to join a handful of world champions to come from Spain. Despite some protests from Mullings' management team, the judges' decision remained, and Castillejo got the WBC belt.
On October 21, Castillejo defended his title for the first time, knocking out Javier Manuel Martinez in the fourth round, in a fight that was celebrated as part of the WBC's annual convention, which was held in Mexico City
, Mexico
that year.
. It was Castillejo's first big time, Pay Per View event. Many fans, perhaps ignoring Castillejo's achievements in Europe and as defendind world champion, regarded Castillejo as another stepping stone in De La Hoya's career. Castillejo commented to this regard, saying on a press conference before the fight, which was held in Las Vegas
, that "(he) didn't come to Las Vegas to do tourism, but to defend (his) title". Castillejo lasted the twelve round distance with De La Hoya, but was sent to the canvas seconds before the fight ended, and lost a unanimous twelve round decision and his world title, on June 23, 2001.
After six months, Castillejo returned to the boxing ring, beating the well regarded Xavier Moya by a knockout in five rounds, On January 11, 2002, to win the vacant European Community's Jr. Middleweight title, in Barcelona.
On July 12 of 2002, he partially regained the WBC light middleweight title, when he beat Roman Karmazin
by a twelve round unanimous decision in Madrid, for the WBC's "Interim" title. This interim recognition was later retired from him, however, because he did not fight the WBC's recognized champion, which at the time was Shane Mosley
, who had suffered an injury and was unable to box for the period being.
Castillejo then won four fights in a row, all by knockout.
He fought Fernando Vargas
, in a fight that was supposed to be for the WBA's vacant light middleweight title, on August 20, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois. It was decided ultimately to make the bout a ten round affair instead of a world championship fight. Despite being dropped in round three, Castillejo was able to last ten rounds with fellow former world light middleweight champion Vargas, but he lost a ten round decision to the Mexican-American.
of Germany to seize the WBA middleweight belt in an exiting fight. Sturm, making his first title defense, was headed to a one-sided win until Castillejo (61-6, 41 knockouts) caught him with a left hook against the ropes with 13 seconds left in the 10th Round.
Castillejo, then hit Sturm (27-2, 11 knockouts) with three uppercuts before the referee called the fight, making Castillejo, 38 at the time of his upset victory, the oldest man to win a recognized version on the World Middleweight Championship. He lost his title in his first defence against Argentine Mariano Natalio Carrera
via a disputed 11th round TKO. Later on, Carrera tested positive for Clenbuterol
and was suspended for 6 months by the WBA, thus Castillejo regained his title on February, 23rd. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2684144. He lost the title April 28, 2007 in a rematch against Felix Sturm
.
He fought Mariano Natalio Carrera
again on November 13, 2007, this time winning by KO in the 6th round, thus setting up a third bout against Sturm
for his WBA
middleweight
belt.
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 Spain. He is the former WBC light middleweight champion and former WBA middleweight champion. He has fought against stars Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
, Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a...
, Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
, Julio Cesar Vasquez
Julio Cesar Vasquez
Julio César Vásquez is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992...
, Michael Rask, and Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera is an Argentine boxer, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
. Castillejo is considered the best Spanish boxer in history.
Biography
Nicknamed "El Lince de Parla" ("Parla's Lynx", in English), Castillejo is a native of the ParlaParla
Parla is a municipality of the Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain. It is located in the southern part of the autonomous community, approximately 20 km from the capital, Madrid. , it has a population of 120,182.- History :- Origins :...
area of Madrid. He currently resides and trains
Boxing training
Boxing training is the training method that boxers use in order to get more fit for their sport. This training method is often cited by medical doctors, boxing trainers, and writers as one of the most spartan forms of sports training.- Training :...
in Madrid.
Professional career
Castillejo made his professional debut on July 22 of 1988, when he outpointed Ángel Díez over six rounds in Madrid. He had an immediate rematch with Díez, on September 2 of the same year. Their second fight resulted in Castillejo's first knockoutKnockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
win, when he beat Diez in the fourth round. On November 4, he had his first fight outside Madrid, and his first knockout win in the first round, when he beat Juan Perez in Torrejon.
Castillejo had four more wins, before he was defeated for the first time. On August 19, 1989, he lost an eight round decision to Del Bryan, in Benidorm
Benidorm
Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean....
. But he followed that loss with a streak of twenty two victories in a row.
Among the most notable wins during that streak were a fourth round knockout on October 19, 1990, of Alfonzo Redondo, which gave Castillejo the Spanish Welterweight Championship, at Leganes
Leganés
Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre....
. On July 5, 1991, he retained that national championship, with another fourth round knockout victory, this time against Domingo Sanchez, in Lugo. On April 10, 1992, Castillejo got his first win against a former or future world champion, when he knocked out former IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
lightweight champion, Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
Harry Arroyo
Harry Arroyo
Harry Arroyo is a former American boxer who gained international recognition as the IBF Lightweight Champion of the World from 1984 to 1985.- Early years :...
, in three rounds at Leganes. He followed that victory with another win versus a former world champion, the former WBC light welterweight champion Saoul Mamby
Saoul Mamby
Saoul Paul Mamby was a professional boxer between 1969 and 2008.- Personal :Mamby, the child of a mother of Spanish descent and father from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4.Mamby is also a Vietnam veteran....
of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, by an eight round decision on May 15, at Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
. On December 12 of that year, Castillejo added the WBC's Mundo Hispano
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
light middleweight title, when he defeated Enrique Areco by a twelve round decision in Areco.
First title shot
Despite the fact that he had not fought outside Spain as a professional yet and thus he had little international fan recognition as a boxer, Castillejo received his first world title try, when he challenged Julio Cesar VasquezJulio Cesar Vasquez
Julio César Vásquez is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, for Vazquez's WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
light middleweight title, on April 24 of 1993, also in Leganes. Vazquez outpointed him over 12 rounds, ending his 22 fight winning streak.
After defending his Mundo Hispano regional title with success in a rematch with Victor Hugo Sclarandi on October 29 of that year by a knockout in five rounds, Castillejo finally had his first fight abroad, when he beat Bernard Razzano by a knockout in six rounds, at Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
, France, to conquer the European
European Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...
light middleweight title. He defended that title successfully four times, then lost it, on January 3, 1995 to the then future WBA light middleweight champion Laurent Boudouani
Laurent Boudouani
Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
, in Épernay
Épernay
Épernay is a commune in the Marne department in northern France. Épernay is located some 130 km north-east of Paris on the main line of the Eastern railway to Strasbourg...
, France, by knockout in round nine.
His next fight was a victory by disqualification in six rounds on July 14 against Carlos Rocha Tovar in Sevilla. The victory against Tovar was followed by a rematch with Boudouani, who would once again defeat Castillejo, this time around by a twelve round decision, at Levallois
Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...
, January 6, 1996.
Castillejo then won six more fights in a row before fighting for a world title again. He regained the EBU light middleweight title by knocking out the former WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
welterweight title challenger, Ahmed Dottuev, in round twelve at Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England, on July 2, 1998.
First world title
On January 29, 1999, Castijello got his second chance at becoming a world champion. That night, he outpointed WBC light middleweight champion Keith MullingsKeith Mullings
Keith Mullings , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.Mullings turned pro in 1993 and challenged Raúl Márquez for the IBF Light Middleweight Title in 1997, but lost a split decision. Later that year, Mullings shocked the world with a 9th round TKO over WBC Light Middleweight...
over twelve rounds to join a handful of world champions to come from Spain. Despite some protests from Mullings' management team, the judges' decision remained, and Castillejo got the WBC belt.
On October 21, Castillejo defended his title for the first time, knocking out Javier Manuel Martinez in the fourth round, in a fight that was celebrated as part of the WBC's annual convention, which was held in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
that year.
Losing the title to De La Hoya
After one more defense, where Castillejo retained the title with a seventh round knockout, a fight was set between him and Oscar De La HoyaOscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
. It was Castillejo's first big time, Pay Per View event. Many fans, perhaps ignoring Castillejo's achievements in Europe and as defendind world champion, regarded Castillejo as another stepping stone in De La Hoya's career. Castillejo commented to this regard, saying on a press conference before the fight, which was held in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, that "(he) didn't come to Las Vegas to do tourism, but to defend (his) title". Castillejo lasted the twelve round distance with De La Hoya, but was sent to the canvas seconds before the fight ended, and lost a unanimous twelve round decision and his world title, on June 23, 2001.
After six months, Castillejo returned to the boxing ring, beating the well regarded Xavier Moya by a knockout in five rounds, On January 11, 2002, to win the vacant European Community's Jr. Middleweight title, in Barcelona.
On July 12 of 2002, he partially regained the WBC light middleweight title, when he beat Roman Karmazin
Roman Karmazin
Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.Karmazin currently...
by a twelve round unanimous decision in Madrid, for the WBC's "Interim" title. This interim recognition was later retired from him, however, because he did not fight the WBC's recognized champion, which at the time was Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...
, who had suffered an injury and was unable to box for the period being.
Castillejo then won four fights in a row, all by knockout.
He fought Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
, in a fight that was supposed to be for the WBA's vacant light middleweight title, on August 20, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois. It was decided ultimately to make the bout a ten round affair instead of a world championship fight. Despite being dropped in round three, Castillejo was able to last ten rounds with fellow former world light middleweight champion Vargas, but he lost a ten round decision to the Mexican-American.
Winning a middleweight title
On July 15, 2006, Castillejo sprang back on the boxing scene by defeating younger Felix SturmFelix Sturm
Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a...
of Germany to seize the WBA middleweight belt in an exiting fight. Sturm, making his first title defense, was headed to a one-sided win until Castillejo (61-6, 41 knockouts) caught him with a left hook against the ropes with 13 seconds left in the 10th Round.
Castillejo, then hit Sturm (27-2, 11 knockouts) with three uppercuts before the referee called the fight, making Castillejo, 38 at the time of his upset victory, the oldest man to win a recognized version on the World Middleweight Championship. He lost his title in his first defence against Argentine Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera is an Argentine boxer, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
via a disputed 11th round TKO. Later on, Carrera tested positive for Clenbuterol
Clenbuterol
Clenbuterol is a sympathomimetic amine used by sufferers of breathing disorders as a decongestant and bronchodilator. People with chronic breathing disorders such as asthma use this as a bronchodilator to make breathing easier...
and was suspended for 6 months by the WBA, thus Castillejo regained his title on February, 23rd. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2684144. He lost the title April 28, 2007 in a rematch against Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a...
.
He fought Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera
Mariano Natalio Carrera is an Argentine boxer, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
again on November 13, 2007, this time winning by KO in the 6th round, thus setting up a third bout against Sturm
Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a...
for his WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
belt.
Professional boxing record
| 62 Wins (43 knockouts, 18 decisions, 1 disqualification), 8 Loss, 1 Draws http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=1308&cat=boxer | ||||||
| Result | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw |  Pablo Navascues |
Decision | 10 | 4 April 2009 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... |
|
| Loss |  Sebastian SylvesterSebastian Sylvester Sebastian Sylvester is a German boxer and former IBF middleweight champion. He is currently ranked as the fourth best middleweight by Ring Magazine.... |
KO | 12 , 1:53 | 12 April 2008 | Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... |
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| Win |  Mariano Natalio CarreraMariano Natalio Carrera Mariano Natalio Carrera is an Argentine boxer, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... |
KO | 6 , 2:14 | 13 November 2007 | Goeppingen |
|
| Loss | Felix Sturm Felix Sturm Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a... |
Decision | 12 | 28 April 2007 |  Las Vegas, Nevada |
|
| Desc. | Mariano Natalio Carrera Mariano Natalio Carrera Mariano Natalio Carrera is an Argentine boxer, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... |
Decision | 12 | 2 December 2006 | Estrel Convention Center, GER |
|
| Win | Felix Sturm Felix Sturm Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a... |
TKO | 12 | 15 July 2006 | Hamburg Color Line Arena O2 World is a multi-purpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people. It is located adjacent to the football stadium Imtech Arena and the new Volksbank Arena in the Bahrenfeld district... , GER |
|
| Win |  Luis Carmona |
KO | 9 , 1:10 | 26 November 2005 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009... , ESP |
|
| Win | Presente Brito |
TKO | 11 , 3:00 | 4 June 2005 | Leganes, ESP |
|
| Loss | Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"... |
KO | 10 , 1:38 | 20 August 2005 | Allstate Arena Allstate Arena Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and... , USA |
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| Win |  Enrique CamposEnrique Campos Enrique Campos is a retired road bicycle racer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Campos also won the bronze medal in the Men's Individual Race Race at the 1987 Pan American Games. He was nicknamed “El Águila” during his... |
TKO | 5 , 2:57 | 1 October 2004 | Leganés Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
|
| Win |  Genaro Rios |
Decision | 12 | 12 June 2004 | Leganés Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
|
| Win |  Ignacio Solar |
TKO | 6 , 2:32 | 3 April 2004 | Leganés Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Diego Castillo |
Decision | 12 | 13 December 2003 | Leganés Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win |  Roman Karmazin |
TKO | 10 , 0:01 | 27 September 2003 |  Manchester, UK |
|
| Win |  Pierre Moreno |
Decision | 12 | 5 April 2003 | Manchester, UK |
|
| Win | Xavier Moya |
KO | 4 , 1:16 | 14 December 2002 | Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , ESP |
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| Loss | Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother... |
Decision | 2 | 23 June 2001 | MGM Las Vegas, Nevada |
|
| Win | Javier Martinez Rodriguez |
Decision | 12 | 1 June 2002 |  Salon 21 (Mexico City), Mex |
|
| Win |  Tony Marshall |
Decision | 12 | 9 February 2002 | |
|
| Win | Juan Rondon |
TKO | 2 | 15 December 2001 | |
Friendly Fight |
| Win |  Mohamed Bualled |
KO | 2 | 27 October 2001 | |
Friendly Fight |
| Win |  Michael Rask |
TKO | 5 | 15 September 2001 | |
|
| Win |  Paolo RobertoPaolo Roberto Paolo Roberto is a Swedish ex-boxer, actor, and TV host of partial Italian descent.-Outside boxing:... |
TKO | 4 , 2:08 | 7 July 2001 | |
|
| Win |  Humberto Aranda |
TKO | 4 | 26 March 2001 | |
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| Win | Keith Mullings Keith Mullings Keith Mullings , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.Mullings turned pro in 1993 and challenged Raúl Márquez for the IBF Light Middleweight Title in 1997, but lost a split decision. Later that year, Mullings shocked the world with a 9th round TKO over WBC Light Middleweight... |
Decision | 12 | 21 October 2000 | |
|
| Win |  Cristinel Acatrinei |
TKO | 5 , 1:57 | 23 September 2000 | |
|
| Win | Ahmet Dottuev |
KO | 2 | 10 June 2000 | |
|
| Win |  Fernando Jose Riera |
KO | 4 | 16 May 2000 | |
|
| Win | Juan Ramón Medina |
TKO | 4 | 25 March 2000 | |
|
| Win | Tibor Horvath |
TKO | 3 | 29 January 2000 | |
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| Win | Stefan Driscu |
KO | 4 , 0:51 | 11 December 1999 | |
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| Loss | Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye... |
TKO | 4 | 9 October 1999 | |
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| Win |  Carlos Rocha Tomar |
Decision | 6 | 17 July 1999 | Seville, ESP |
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| Loss | Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye... |
TKO | 4 | 9 October 1999 | Manchester, UK |
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| Win |  Ludovic Proto |
Decision | 6 | 17 July 1999 | Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"... , UK |
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| Win | Patrick Vungbo |
TKO | 5 | 29 May 1999 | Halifax Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece... , UK |
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| Win | Valentino Manca |
KO | 2 | 3 April 1999 | London, UK | |
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| Win | Santo Colombo |
TKO | 2 | 19 February 1994 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Bernard Razzano |
KO | 6 | 19 December 1994 | Dijon Dijon Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area.... (Côte-d'Or), FRA |
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| Win | Hugo Daniel Sclarandi |
KO | 1 | 29 October 1993 | Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast... |
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| Win |  Javier Rivera |
KO | 2 | 25 June 1993 | Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the... , Germany |
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| Loss | Julio Cesar Vásquez Julio Cesar Vasquez Julio César Vásquez is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992... |
Decision | 12 | 24 April 1993 | La Ermita Parque Sur (Madrid), ESP |
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| Win | Jesus Carlos Velez |
Decision | 6 | 30 May 1998 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Enrique Areco |
TKO | 1 | 18 April 1998 | Oviedo Oviedo Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city.... , ESP |
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| Win | Antonio Campbell |
KO | 1 | 27 March 1998 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Vasile Citea |
Decision | 8 | 17 July 1992 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Jorge Andrés Sclarandi |
Decision | 8 | 19 June 1992 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Saoul Mamby |
Decision | 8 | 11 September 1997 | Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... , UK |
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| Win |  Harry Arroyo |
TKO | 5 , 1:57 | 23 September 2000 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Edison Martínez |
KO | 2 | 10 June 2000 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Lindon Scarlett |
Decision | 8 | 16 May 2000 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Gejza Stipak |
TKO | 4 | 25 March 2000 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Patrick Vungbo |
TKO | 3 | 29 January 2000 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Domingo Sánchez |
KO | 4 , 0:51 | 11 December 1999 | Lugo Lugo Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:... , ESP |
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| Win | Juan Rosario |
TKO | 4 | 9 October 1999 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Eric Dindaine |
Decision | 8 | 17 July 1999 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | Alfonso Redondo |
TKO | 5 | 29 May 1999 | Leganes Leganés Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.... , ESP |
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| Win | José Salinas |
KO | 2 | 3 April 1999 | Almeria Almería Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"... , UK |
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| Win | Claudio Salgado |
TKO | 2 | 27 February 1999 | Parla Parla Parla is a municipality of the Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain. It is located in the southern part of the autonomous community, approximately 20 km from the capital, Madrid. , it has a population of 120,182.- History :- Origins :... (Madrid), UK |
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| Win | Mateo Valdez |
KO | 6 | 19 December 1998 | Madrid, ESP |
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| Win | Felix Rodríguez |
KO | 1 | 31 October 1998 | Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain... , ESP |
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| Win | Carlos Tavarez |
KO | 2 | 19 September 1998 | Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... , ESP |
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| Win | Louie Antuna |
Decision | 6 | 18 July 1998 | Santoña Santoña Santoña is a town in the eastern coast of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. It is situated by the bay of the same name. It is 45 km from the capital Santander. Santoña is divided into two zones, an urban plain, and a mountainous area, with Mount Buciero at its... (Cantabria), ESP |
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| Win |  Jimmy Bartes |
Decision | 6 | 30 May 1998 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Loss | Del Bryan |
Decision | 8 | 18 April 1998 | Benidorm Benidorm Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean.... , ESP |
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| Win | Victor Carvalho |
Decision | 6 | 27 March 1998 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Juan Antonio López |
Decision | 8 | 17 January 1998 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Modesto Villardell |
Decision | 4 | 19 December 1997 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Santiago Vasquez |
Decision | 6 | 17 January 1998 | Irún Irun Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain... ESP |
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| Win | Juan Pérez |
Decision | 4 | 19 December 1997 | Torrejón, ESP |
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| Win | Angel Diez |
TKO | 1 | 2 September 1988 | San Martin San Martín de Valdeiglesias San Martín de Valdeiglesias is a town of Comunidad de Madrid with a population is 8.190 people.San Martín has a castle, the Castle of Coracera which was built in the fifteenth century.... , Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |
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| Win | Angel Diez |
Decision | 6 | 22 July 1988 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , ESP |