José Luis Castillo

José Luis Castillo
Data
Birth Name	José Luis Castillo
Weight class	Light welterweight
nationality	Mexican
birthday	December 14, 1973
place of birth	Empalme , Mexico
style	Left delivery
size	1.73 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	74
Victories	62
Knockout victories	53
Defeats	11
draw	1

José Luis Castillo (born December 14, 1973 in Empalme , Mexico ) is a Mexican professional boxer and former, two-time WBC lightweight world champion.

career

Castillo began his professional career in 1990 at the age of seventeen and boxed exclusively in Mexico for the first ten years of his career. In the mid-90s he was defeated in fights for the Mexican featherweight championship title to later world champions César Soto and Javier Jáuregui . In 1997 he finally won the featherweight title, as well as the half-lightweight title in 1990.

In 2000 Castillo switched to lightweight and now boxed mainly in the USA . On June 17, 2000 he won by a narrow and controversial victory on points against the American southpaw Stevie Johnston the world title of the WBC and defended it by a tie in the rematch. Before the fight, he had n't been in the top ten on Ring Magazine . Johnston, however, was on one, the victory was considered a sensation.

Since the end of 2001 he had increasing problems to keep to the lightweight limit. In January 2002 he boxed seven kilograms over the limit in a non-title fight, but then had to boil off the excess weight within three months for his title defense against Floyd Mayweather Jr., who rose from half-light weight . Accordingly weakened, he lost his title by a point defeat to Mayweather. However, the broadcasting station HBO and a large part of the writing guild saw him in front. In the rematch in December 2002 he was also defeated, this time without debate.

The next three fights he completed in the welterweight limit. After Mayweather resigned the WBC lightweight title in late 2003 to box light welterweight, Castillo got the chance to box for the now vacant belt. On June 5, 2004 he was again WBC world champion by winning points over his compatriot Juan Lazcano .

He then defended the title against Cubans Joel Casamayor and Julio Díaz . On May 7, 2005 there was a union fight with WBO world champion Diego Corrales . In an even fight, Castillo got two knockouts in the tenth round. When Corrales got up after the second rainfall, he spat out his mouthguard and received a point deduction. Then Corrales was able to win surprisingly by technical knockout .

On October 10, 2005 there was a rematch. Castillo did not manage to meet the lightweight limit this time, so the encounter was carried out as a non-title fight. This time Castillo clearly prevailed with a knockout in the fourth round.

A third fight was then agreed for February 2006, but had to be postponed due to injury. The new fight date was June 2, 2006. However, since Castillo was again over the weight limit, Corrales canceled the fight. Castillo was therefore fined $ 250,000 on August 24, 2006, and his boxing license was revoked until the end of 2006. He will then only receive a new license on the condition that he no longer box in weight classes below the light welter weight.

On his return to the ring on January 20, 2007, he beat the Cameroonian Herman Ngoudjo, unbeaten in 15 fights, by points, which was already seen as an indication of the beginning of Castillo's decline in performance. Subsequently, a fight against Ricky Hatton was arranged for June 23, 2007 in Las Vegas. Castillo lost to the British by knockout in the fourth round as a result of a body hit.

In July 2008 he lost, now promoted to welterweight, on points against the Argentine Sebastian Andres Lujan. In 2009 he got four early victories in build-up battles against predominantly lower-class opponents. After a premature defeat on March 13, 2010 in Arlington against his compatriot Alfonso Gómez , José Luis Castillo ended his career.

Web links

• José Luis Castillo in the BoxRec database

predecessor	Office	successor
Stevie Johnston	World lightweight boxing champion ( WBC ) June 17, 2000 - April 20, 2002	Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	World lightweight boxing champion ( WBC ) June 5, 2004 - May 7, 2005	Diego Corrales