Jorge Castro (boxer) explained

Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro (es|link=no|locomotive) (born August 18, 1967) is an Argentine former professional boxer and former WBA 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 Jose Luis Herrera, 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

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
144	Win		Jose Luis Herrera	TKO	2 (10),	27 Jan 2007
143	Loss	129–11–3	Jose Luis Herrera	TKO	4 (10),
142	Win	129–10–3	Derrick Harmon	TKO	7 (12),
141	Win	128–10–3	Peter Venancio	UD	10
140	Win	127–10–3	Miguel Aguirre	UD	12
139	Win	126–10–3	Aaron Orlando Soria	RTD	7 (10),
138	Win	125–10–3	Arturo Rivera	TKO	2 (10)
137	Win	124–10–3	Miguel Aguirre	DQ	5 (12)
136	Win	123–10–3	Livin Castillo	KO	4 (10)
135	Loss	122–10–3	Sebastiaan Rothmann	UD	12
134	Loss	122–9–3	Paul Briggs	UD	10
133	Win	122–8–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	KO	9 (10)
132	Win	121–8–3	Etianne Whitaker	UD	10
131	Win	120–8–3	Sergio Martin Beaz	RTD	7 (10),
130	Loss	119–8–3	Vassiliy Jirov	UD	12
129	Win	119–7–3	Imamu Mayfield	RTD	9 (10),
128	Win	118–7–3	Peter Venancio	KO	8 (10),
127	Win	117–7–3	Peter Venancio	UD	10
126	Win	116–7–3	Roberto Coelho	TKO	6 (10)
125	Loss	115–7–3	Juan Carlos Gómez	TKO	10 (12),
124	Win	115–6–3	Fabian Alberto Chancalay	KO	7 (10)
123	Win	114–6–3	Marco Antonio Duarte	TKO	4 (10)
122	Win	113–6–3	Bruno Ruben Godoy	RTD	5 (10),
121	Win	112–6–3	Oscar Angel Gomez	KO	7 (10)
120	Win	111–6–3	Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra	UD	10
119	Win	110–6–3	Marco Antonio Duarte	UD	10
118	Win	109–6–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	KO	5 (10)
117	Draw	108–6–3	Miguel Angel Robledo	PTS	10
116	Win	108–6–2	Miguel Angel Robledo	UD	10
115	Win	107–6–2	Sandro Abel Vazquez	KO	4 (12)
114	Win	106–6–2	Armando Grueso	KO	2 (10)
113	Win	105–6–2	John David Jackson	UD	10
112	Win	104–6–2	Rogério Lobo	KO	3 (12)
111	Win	103–6–2	Adolfo Caballero	KO	1 (10)
110	Win	102–6–2	Nicasio Moray Martinez	TKO	4 (10)
109	Loss	101–6–2	Roberto Durán	UD	10
108	Win	101–5–2	Roberto Durán	UD	10
107	Win	100–5–2	Nicasio Moray Martinez	KO	4 (10)
106	Win	99–5–2	Sergio Medina	TKO	1 (10)
105	Loss	98–5–2	Shinji Takehara	UD	12
104	Win	98–4–2	Reggie Johnson	SD	12
103	Win	97–4–2	Anthony Andrews	TKO	12 (12),
102	Win	96–4–2	John David Jackson	TKO	9 (12),	10 Dec 1994
101	Win	95–4–2	Alex Ramos	KO	2 (12),
100	Win	94–4–2	Reggie Johnson	SD	12
99	Win	93–4–2	Royan Hammond	KO	4 (10)
98	Win	92–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla	PTS	10
97	Win	91–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla	PTS	10
96	Win	90–4–2	Wilberforce Kiggundu	TKO	7 (10)
95	Win	89–4–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla	PTS	10
94	Win	88–4–2	Juan Italo Meza	TKO	4 (10)
93	Win	87–4–2	Francisco de Assis	KO	9 (10)
92	Win	86–4–2	Francisco de Assis	TKO	6 (10)
91	Win	85–4–2	Brinatty Maquilon	TKO	7 (10)
90	Win	84–4–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	TKO	5 (10)
89	Win	83–4–2	Hector Abel Lescano	KO	9 (10)
88	Win	82–4–2	Brinatty Maquilon	PTS	10
87	Win	81–4–2	Jose Laercio Bezerra de Lima	KO	2 (10)
85	Win	80–4–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10
85	Win	79–4–2	Abdenago Jofre	KO	2 (10)
84	Win	78–4–2	Jacobo Garcia	TKO	5 (10)
83	Win	77–4–2	Juan Italo Meza	PTS	10
82	Win	76–4–2	Hector Hugo Vilte	KO	5 (10)
81	Win	75–4–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10
80	Win	74–4–2	Hector Abel Lescano	PTS	10
79	Win	73–4–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	KO	3 (10)
78	Win	72–4–2	Sandro Abel Vazquez	TKO	5 (10)
77	Win	71–4–2	Danny Vargas	KO	1 (10)
76	Loss	70–4–2	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	10
75	Win	70–3–2	Eduardo Domingo Contreras	KO	8 (10)
74	Win	69–3–2	Anibal Miranda	PTS	10
73	Win	68–3–2	Ernesto Rafael Sena	KO	6 (12)
72	Loss	67–3–2	Terry Norris	UD	12
71	Win	67–2–2	Joe Hernandez	TKO	1 (8)
70	Win	66–2–2	Julio Abel Gonzalez	PTS	10
69	Win	65–2–2	Edmundo Antonio Diaz	TKO	5 (10)
68	Win	64–2–2	Juan Italo Meza	PTS	10
67	Win	63–2–2	Mario Sanchez	KO	1 (10)
66	Win	62–2–2	Antonio Madureira	KO	2 (10)
65	Win	61–2–2	Hernan Raul Perez Ramos	TKO	6 (12)
64	Win	60–2–2	Ikleff Ahmed Hadjalla	PTS	8
63	Win	59–2–2	Mario Alberto Gaston Chavez	TKO	8 (12)
62	Win	58–2–2	Miguel Angel Arroyo	KO	1 (12)
61	Win	57–2–2	Judas Clottey	SD	8
60	Win	56–2–2	Bruno Ruben Godoy	TKO	5 (10)
59	Win	55–2–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	TKO	6 (10)
58	Win	54–2–2	Ramon Rogue Garro	TKO	3 (10)
57	Win	53–2–2	Felipe Nino Molinar	KO	4 (10)
56	Win	52–2–2	Hugo Raul Marinangeli	TKO	12 (12)
55	Loss	51–2–2	Hector Hugo Vilte	PTS	10
54	Win	51–1–2	Francisco Bernabe Bobadilla	PTS	10
53	Win	50–1–2	David Ellis Venegas	KO	1 (10)
52	Win	49–1–2	Julio Abel Gonzalez	PTS	10
51	Win	48–1–2	Ricardo Hector Silva	KO	3 (10)
50	Win	47–1–2	Pedro Ramon Chavero	KO	2 (10)
49	Win	46–1–2	Juan Italo Meza	UD	10
48	Win	45–1–2	Jorge Argentino Tejada	PTS	10
47	Win	44–1–2	Hector Abel Lescano	TKO	6 (10)
46	Win	43–1–2	Cesar Roberto Guerrero	KO	6 (10)
45	Win	42–1–2	Daniel Omar Dominguez	TKO	2 (10)
44	Win	41–1–2	Miguel Angel Arroyo	RTD	9 (10)
43	Win	40–1–2	Juan Carlos Ortíz	KO	9 (10)
41	Win	39–1–2	Jose Maria Julian Raies	KO	2 (10)
40	Win	38–1–2	Jack Torrance	TKO	5 (10)
39	Loss	37–1–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10
38	Win	37–0–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	10
37	Win	36–0–2	Hugo Raul Marinangeli	KO	4 (12)
37	Win	35–0–2	Ernesto Rafael Sena	PTS	10
36	Win	34–0–2	Jorge Oscar Martinez	KO	4 (10)
35	Win	33–0–2	Lorenzo Luis Garcia	PTS	10
34	Win	32–0–2	Jose Eugenio Toloza	TKO	4 (10)
33	Win	31–0–2	Roberto Osvaldo Diaz	KO	1 (10)
32	Win	30–0–2	Mario Edgardo Matthysse	TKO	7 (10)
31	Win	29–0–2	Juan Carlos Ortíz	TKO	2 (10)
30	Win	28–0–2	Jean-Pierre Iniama	TKO	4 (8)
29	Win	27–0–2	Alphonso Bailey	KO	5 (8)
28	Win	26–0–2	Ramon Angel Alegre	KO	4 (10)
27	Win	25–0–2	Ramon Gaspar Abeldano	KO	1 (10)
26	Win	24–0–2	Fernando Dos Santos Ernesto	KO	2 (10)
25	Win	23–0–2	Antonio Rene Juarez	PTS	10
24	Win	22–0–2	Ramon Gaspar Abeldano	UD	10
23	Win	21–0–2	Robinson Rodrigo Zamora	KO	2 (10)
22	Win	20–0–2	Carlos Fauriciano Pastran	RTD	2 (10)	2 Jul 1988
21	Win	19–0–2	Carlos Cesar Prieto	KO	7 (8)	17 Jun 1988
20	Win	18–0–2	Carlos Victor Velazquez	KO	6 (10)	28 May 1988
19	Win	17–0–2	Ramon Florencio Ramos	KO	1 (10)	13 May 1988
18	Win	16–0–2	Domingo Simon Sosa	TKO	1 (10)	9 Apr 1988
17	Win	15–0–2	Hugo Alfredo Luero	TKO	7 (10)	19 Mar 1988
16	Win	14–0–2	Cesar Oscar Perez	KO	1 (10)	4 Mar 1988
15	Win	13–0–2	Pedro Ruiz	KO	3 (8)	19 Feb 1988
14	Win	12–0–2	Hugo Alfredo Luero	DQ	8 (10)	15 Jan 1988
13	Win	11–0–2	Sergio Eduardo Ronconi	PTS	10	23 Dec 1987
12	Win	10–0–2	Jose Alberto Alvarado	KO	3 (8)	11 Dec 1987
11	Win	9–0–2	Jorge Pino	PTS	10	13 Nov 1987
10	Win	8–0–2	Sergio Norberto Combis	PTS	10	9 Oct 1987
9	Win	7–0–2	Antonio Rene Juarez	PTS	10	24 Sep 1987
7	Win	6–0–2	Luis Armando Sanchez	TKO	2 (8)	12 Sep 1987
7	Draw	5–0–2	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	10	4 Aug 1987
6	Win	5–0–1	Carlos Omar Almada	RTD	3 (8)	3 Jul 1987
5	Win	4–0–1	Sergio Saez	KO	1 (6)	5 Jun 1987
4	Win	3–0–1	Jose Alberto Alvarado	KO	2 (8)	7 May 1987
3	Win	2–0–1	Roberto Martinez	PTS	6	10 Apr 1987
2	Draw	1–0–1	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	6	14 Mar 1987
1	Win	1–0	Patricio German Caracci	KO	1 (6)	14 Feb 1987

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.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: "Locomotora" Castro se retira del boxeo, pero no pelearía ante "Mano de Piedra" Durán | y más.