Jorge Castro (boxer)

Jorge Castro
Statistics
Real name	Jorge Fernando Castro
Nickname(s)	Locomotora/El Roña
Weight(s)	Middleweight Super welterweight
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Reach	69 in (175 cm)
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1967-08-18) August 18, 1967 (age 54) Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	144
Wins	130
Wins by KO	90
Losses	11
Draws	3

Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro (Spanish: locomotive) (born August 18, 1967) is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994.

Early years[]

Castro, who in 1985 was set to become a professional boxer but suffered a bicycle accident that left him injured so badly that doctors told him he'd never be able to fight as a professional, recuperated from the accident and turned professional, defying the doctor's predictions, in 1987.

Professional career[]

In December 1991, at Palais Omnisports, Bercy, France, Castro lost to Terry Norris by a wide unanimous decision in a challenge for the WBC super welterweight title. It was reported that prior to the bout, Castro had done roadwork for the first time in his life.

In June 1992, at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, United States, Castro lost a wide decision over ten rounds to future pound for pound king Roy Jones Jr..

Castro became a world champion in 1994 by defeating Reggie Johnson in Buenos Aires by split decision to win the vacant WBA middleweight title. After defeating Alex Ramos by a knockout in two rounds to retain the belt, he travelled to Monterrey, Mexico, to defend against the former undefeated holder of the WBA title John David Jackson in December 1994.

What began merely as an undercard world title fight in a pay-per-view program featuring Félix Trinidad vs Oba Carr and Julio César Chávez vs Tony Lopez, soon became a fight that is part of boxing's lore. Castro was trailing badly on all three scorecards, with one eye closed and the other one only halfway opened, bleeding and taking combination after combination against the ropes. Seemingly on the verge of being stopped, Castro landed a left hook to Jackson's chin and Jackson hit the floor. Jackson got up, but he suffered two more knockdowns and Castro completed what could be said that was one of the greatest turnarounds ever in a boxing fight, retaining the title by a knockout in the ninth round.

At the press conference after the fight, Castro called his winning punch La mano de Dios, (The hand of God), in reference to the Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona during a win by Argentina national football team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which, like the fight, had taken place in Mexico. Therefore, that moment became known as boxing's version of The hand of God. The fight, and its ending, were talked about for months on many boxing magazines and books.

Castro defended his title another two times, including a rematch win over Reggie Johnson, and then he lost the title to Shinji Takehara by a decision in twelve. He split two 10-round decisions with Roberto Durán, winning the first in Argentina, but losing the rematch in Panama, and then he gave Jackson a rematch, this time winning by a decision in ten.

Castro has lost two more world championship fights: in December 2000, he went to Germany and lost by a knockout in 10 to WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gómez, and in February 2002, he went to Phoenix and challenged IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov, a Kazakhstan native who lives in Phoenix, losing by a decision in twelve. Despite his failures in these attempts to become a world champion again, he did not announce a retirement until 2013.^[1]

On June 18, 2005, Jorge Castro suffered a car accident in Buenos Aires, with a collapsed lung and some broken ribs. The accident and its consequences were similar to the one suffered by archrival Duran in Buenos Aires a few years before. Castro required hospitalization and emergency surgery, and was in stable condition after the surgery. He recuperated from his injuries.

On April 22, 2006, Castro fought , losing by a fourth-round knockout. He had his "revenge" against the same opponent on January 27, 2007, when Castro won by technical K.O. in the second round.

Currently, he has a record of 130 wins, 11 losses and 3 draws, with 89 knockout wins, which ranks him among the most prolific knockout winners in boxing history according to the records of Ring Magazine.

Professional boxing record[]

130 Wins (90 knockouts, 40 decisions), 11 Losses (2 knockouts, 9 decisions) 3 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	130–11–3	Jose Luis Herrera	TKO	2	27 January 2007	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	129–11–3	Jose Luis Herrera	TKO	4	22 April 2006	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	129–10–3	Derrick Harmon	TKO	7	26 May 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retained WBA Fedelatin light heavyweight title
Win	128–10–3	Peter Venancio	UD	10	28 January 2005	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina	Won WBA Fedelatin light heavyweight title
Win	127–10–3	Miguel Aguirre	UD	12	10 July 2004	Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retained South American cruiserweight title
Win	126–10–3	Aaron Orlando Soria	RTD	7	1 May 2004	Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	125–10–3	Arturo Rivera	TKO	2	21 February 2004	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	124–10–3	Miguel Aguirre	DQ	5	20 December 2003	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Won South American cruiserweight title
Win	123–10–3	Livin Castillo	KO	4	25 October 2003	Corrientes, Argentina
Loss	122–10–3	Sebastiaan Rothmann	UD	12	12 July 2003	Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa	For IBO cruiserweight title
Loss	122–9–3	Paul Briggs	UD	10	13 April 2003	Carrara, Queensland, Australia
Win	122–8–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	KO	9	13 December 2002	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	121–8–3	Etianne Whitaker	UD	10	15 November 2002	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	120–8–3	Sergio Martin Beaz	RTD	8	24 August 2002	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	119–8–3	Vassiliy Jirov	UD	12	1 February 2002	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	For IBF cruiserweight title
Win	119–7–3	Imamu Mayfield	RTD	9	20 October 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	118–7–3	Peter Venancio	KO	8	25 August 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	117–7–3	Peter Venancio	UD	10	7 April 2001	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	116–7–3	Roberto Coelho	TKO	6	10 February 2001	Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	115–7–3	Juan Carlos Gómez	TKO	10	16 December 2000	Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	For WBC cruiserweight title
Win	115–6–3	Fabian Alberto Chancalay	KO	7	28 October 2000	San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	114–6–3	Marco Antonio Duarte	TKO	4	18 August 2000	San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Win	113–6–3	Bruno Ruben Godoy	RTD	5	8 July 2000	Neuquén, Argentina
Win	112–6–3	Oscar Angel Gomez	KO	7	13 May 2000	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	111–6–3	Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra	UD	10	11 September 1999	Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	110–6–3	Marco Antonio Duarte	UD	10	23 July 1999	Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	109–6–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	KO	5	15 May 1999	Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Draw	108–6–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	PTS	10	6 March 1999	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	108–6–2	Miguel Angel Robledo	UD	10	10 October 1998	Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Win	107–6–2	Sandro Abel Vazquez	KO	4	5 September 1998	Santa Fe, Argentina	Retained WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title
Win	106–6–2	Armando Grueso	KO	2	25 April 1998	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	105–6–2	John David Jackson	UD	10	20 February 1998	, Río Negro, Argentina	Retained WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title
Win	104–6–2	Rogério Lobo	KO	3	23 January 1998	, Argentina	Won WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title
Win	103–6–2	Adolfo Caballero	KO	1	29 November 1997	Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	102–6–2	Nicasio Moray Martinez	TKO	4	18 October 1997	, Río Negro, Argentina
Loss	101–6–2	Roberto Durán	UD	10	14 June 1997	Panama City, Panama
Win	101–5–2	Roberto Durán	UD	10	15 February 1997	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	100–5–2	Nicasio Moray Martinez	KO	4	6 July 1996	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	99–5–2	Sergio Medina	TKO	1	12 April 1996	, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Loss	98–5–2	Shinji Takehara	UD	12	19 December 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Lost WBA middleweight title
Win	98–4–2	Reggie Johnson	SD	12	13 October 1995	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina	Retained WBA middleweight title
Win	97–4–2	Anthony Andrews	TKO	12	27 May 1995	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Retained WBA middleweight title
Win	96–4–2	John David Jackson	TKO	9	10 December 1994	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	Retained WBA middleweight title
Win	95–4–2	Alex Ramos	KO	2	5 November 1994	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina	Retained WBA middleweight title
Win	94–4–2	Reggie Johnson	SD	12	12 August 1994	San Miguel, Tucumán, Argentina	Won vacant WBA middleweight title
Win	93–4–2	Royan Hammond	KO	4	17 July 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	92–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla Frasqueri	PTS	10	8 July 1994	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	91–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla Frasqueri	PTS	10	20 May 1994	Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Win	90–4–2	Wilberforce Kiggundu	TKO	7	14 May 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	89–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla Frasqueri	PTS	10	11 April 1994	Orán, Salta, Argentina
Win	88–4–2	Juan Italo Meza	TKO	4	11 March 1994	Rosario de la Frontera, Salta, Argentina
Win	87–4–2	Francisco de Assis	KO	9	12 February 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	86–4–2	Francisco de Assis	TKO	6	8 January 1994	Los Antiguos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	85–4–2	Brinatty Maquilon	TKO	7	10 December 1993	San Miguel, Tucumán, Argentina
Win	84–4–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	TKO	5	1 October 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	83–4–2	Hector Abel Lescano	KO	9	16 July 1993	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	82–4–2	Brinatty Maquilon	PTS	10	26 June 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	81–4–2	Jose Laercio Bezerra de Lima	KO	2	18 June 1993	Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Win	80–4–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10	3 April 1993	Temperley, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	79–4–2	Abdenago Jofre	KO	2	19 March 1993	Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Win	78–4–2	Jacobo Garcia	TKO	5	22 February 1993	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	77–4–2	Juan Italo Meza	PTS	10	12 February 1993	Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Win	76–4–2	Hector Hugo Vilte	KO	5	18 December 1992	Salta, Argentina
Win	75–4–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10	5 December 1992	La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	74–4–2	Hector Abel Lescano	PTS	10	20 November 1992	Bella Vista, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	73–4–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	KO	3	12 November 1992	Pico Truncado, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	72–4–2	Sandro Abel Vazquez	TKO	5	19 September 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	71–4–2	Danny Vargas	KO	1	14 August 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	70–4–2	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	10	30 June 1992	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	70–3–2	Eduardo Domingo Contreras	KO	8	13 June 1992	Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	69–3–2	Anibal Miranda	PTS	10	9 May 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	68–3–2	Ernesto Rafael Sena	KO	6	11 April 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retained Argentine light middleweight title
Loss	67–3–2	Terry Norris	UD	12	13 December 1991	Bercy, France	For WBC light middleweight title
Win	67–2–2	Joe Hernandez	TKO	1	24 October 1991	Paris, France
Win	66–2–2	Julio Abel Gonzalez	PTS	10	13 September 1991	Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
Win	65–2–2	Edmundo Antonio Diaz	TKO	5	6 September 1991	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	64–2–2	Juan Italo Meza	PTS	10	17 August 1991	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	63–2–2	Mario Sanchez	KO	1	27 July 1991	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	62–2–2	Antonio Madureira	KO	2	29 June 1991	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	61–2–2	Hernan Raul Perez Ramos	TKO	6	7 June 1991	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina	Retained South American light middleweight title
Win	60–2–2	Ikleff Ahmed Hadjalla	PTS	8	4 May 1991	Paris, France
Win	59–2–2	Mario Alberto Gaston Chavez	TKO	8	13 April 1991	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina	Retained Argentine light middleweight title
Win	58–2–2	Miguel Angel Arroyo	KO	1	30 March 1991	Salta, Argentina	Retained South American light middleweight title
Win	57–2–2	Judas Clottey	SD	8	7 March 1991	Madrid, Spain
Win	56–2–2	Bruno Ruben Godoy	TKO	5	22 February 1991	Tartagal, Salta, Argentina
Win	55–2–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	TKO	6	15 February 1991	Tartagal, Salta, Argentina
Win	54–2–2	Ramon Rogue Garro	TKO	3	14 January 1991	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	53–2–2	Felipe Nino Molinar	KO	4	21 December 1990	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	52–2–2	Hugo Raul Marinangeli	TKO	12	14 October 1990	Santa Rosa, Salta, Argentina	Won South American light middleweight title
Loss	51–2–2	Hector Hugo Vilte	PTS	10	5 October 1990	Salta, Argentina
Win	51–1–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla Frasqueri	PTS	10	21 September 1990	Salta, Argentina
Win	50–1–2	David Ellis Venegas	KO	1	7 September 1990	Salta, Argentina
Win	49–1–2	Julio Abel Gonzalez	PTS	10	25 August 1990	San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Win	48–1–2	Ricardo Hector Silva	KO	3	22 June 1990	San Miguel, Tucumán, Argentina
Win	47–1–2	Pedro Ramon Chavero	KO	2	15 June 1990	Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	46–1–2	Juan Italo Meza	UD	10	24 May 1990	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	45–1–2	Jorge Argentino Tejada	PTS	10	4 April 1990	Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	44–1–2	Hector Abel Lescano	TKO	6	3 March 1990	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	43–1–2	Cesar Roberto Guerrero	KO	6	8 February 1990	General Las Heras, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	42–1–2	Daniel Omar Dominguez	TKO	2	23 December 1989	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	41–1–2	Miguel Angel Arroyo	RTD	9	2 December 1989	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	40–1–2	Juan Carlos Ortíz	KO	9	17 November 1989	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	39–1–2	Jose Maria Julian Raies	KO	2	3 November 1989	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	38–1–2	Jake Torrance	TKO	5	27 July 1989	New York City, United States
Loss	37–1–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10	10 June 1989	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	37–0–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	10	19 May 1989	Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Win	36–0–2	Hugo Raul Marinangeli	KO	4	14 April 1989	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina	Won Argentine light middleweight title
Win	35–0–2	Ernesto Rafael Sena	PTS	10	20 March 1989	Mendoza, Argentina
Win	34–0–2	Jorge Oscar Martinez	KO	4	10 March 1989	La Rioja, Argentina
Win	33–0–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10	27 February 1989	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	32–0–2	Jose Eugenio Toloza	TKO	4	4 February 1989	Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	31–0–2	Roberto Osvaldo Diaz	KO	1	23 January 1989	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	30–0–2	Mario Edgardo Matthysse	TKO	7	23 December 1988	Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Win	29–0–2	Juan Carlos Ortíz	TKO	2	10 December 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	28–0–2	Jean-Pierre Iniama	TKO	4	22 November 1988	San Pellegrino, Abruzzo, Italy
Win	27–0–2	Alphonso Bailey	KO	5	8 November 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Win	26–0–2	Ramon Angel Alegre	KO	4	22 October 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	25–0–2	Ramon Gaspar Abeldano	KO	1	8 October 1988	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	24–0–2	Fernando Dos Santos Ernesto	KO	2	24 September 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	23–0–2	Antonio Rene Juarez	PTS	10	10 September 1988	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	22–0–2	Ramon Gaspar Abeldano	UD	10	30 July 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	21–0–2	Robinson Rodrigo Zamora	KO	2	17 July 1988	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	20–0–2	Carlos Fauriciano Pastran	RTD	2	2 July 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	19–0–2	Carlos Cesar Prieto	KO	7	17 June 1988	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	18–0–2	Carlos Victor Velazquez	KO	6	28 May 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	17–0–2	Ramon Florencio Ramos	KO	1	13 May 1988	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	16–0–2	Domingo Simon Sosa	TKO	1	9 April 1988	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	15–0–2	Hugo Alfredo Luero	TKO	7	19 March 1988	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	14–0–2	Cesar Oscar Perez	KO	1	4 March 1988	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	13–0–2	Pedro Ruiz	KO	3	19 February 1988	Catamarca, Argentina
Win	12–0–2	Hugo Alfredo Luero	DQ	8	15 January 1988	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	11–0–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	PTS	10	23 December 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	10–0–2	Jose Alberto Alvarado	KO	3	11 December 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	9–0–2	Jorge Pino	PTS	10	13 November 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	8–0–2	Sergio Norberto Combis	PTS	10	9 October 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	7–0–2	Antonio Rene Juarez	PTS	10	24 September 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	6–0–2	Luis Armando Sanchez	TKO	2	12 September 1987	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Draw	5–0–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	10	4 August 1987	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	5–0–1	Carlos Omar Almada	RTD	3	3 July 1987	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	4–0–1	Sergio Saez	KO	1	5 June 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	3–0–1	Jose Alberto Alvarado	KO	2	7 May 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win	2–0–1	Roberto Martinez	PTS	6	10 April 1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Draw	1–0–1	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	6	14 March 1987	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Win	1–0	Patricio German Caracci	KO	1	14 February 1987	Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Trivia[]

• He is known to be a good autograph signer.
• In Argentina, he is also known as el Roña (Spanish for 'the dirt').
• On May 13, 2007, Locomotora Castro joined the reality TV show Gran Hermano Famosos (Big Brother), along with 13 other celebrities from Argentina. The show was aired on Telefe Channel. Castro was the 8th eliminated, after staying in the house 58 days.
• He was a contestant in Bailando 2011, but he and her partner, Sofía Macaggi, were the 2nd couple eliminated.

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Jorge Castro from BoxRec