Miguel Ángel Castellini Explained

Miguel Ángel Castellini (26 January 1947  - 28 October 2020) was an Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, is most notable for having held the WBA and lineal light middleweight titles from 1976 to 1977.^[1]

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina.^[2]

Professional career

Castellini began his professional career on 28 May 1965, in San Miguel de Tucumán against Domingo Gerez. Castellini scored a second round knockout over Gerez to record his first win. He remained undefeated over his first thirteen fights before suffering his first loss to Hermogenes Quintela. Quintela knocked Castellini out in the tenth round of their fight on 9 September 1966.

On 4 November 1972 Castellini won his first championship by beating Hector Ricardo Palleres to claim the Argentine light middleweight title. Castellini fought for the first time outside of his native Argentina on 25 May 1974, he travelled to Monaco to beat Carlos Alberto Salinas. During his career Castellini also fought in Italy, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Nicaragua, and Spain.

It was while in Spain that Castellini challenged for the WBA and lineal light middleweight titles, then held by Jose Manuel Duran, in front of a sell out crowd of 12,000. Duran, who was making the first defence of his title, was knocked down in the third round by a left hand to the jaw. Although the champion rose from the canvas, he was outworked by the faster challenger and lost his title via a split decision in a fight where both boxers finished with bloody faces.^{[3] [4]}

Castellini's championship reign only lasted one fight as he lost it in his first defence to Eddie Gazo on 5 March 1977. Gazo, fighting in his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, defeated Castellini via unanimous decision with scores of: 144–149, 144–148, and 143–148. This defeat was avenged, however, in a non-title bout on 20 September 1980. On this occasion Gazo travelled to Argentina to take on Castellini. Castellini won the fight by knockout in the ninth round in what was to be his final professional fight.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
94	Win	74–8–12	Eddie Gazo
93	Win	73–8–12	Alfredo Cicopiedi
92	Win	72–8–12	Alfredo Cicopiedi
91	Win	71–8–12	Alfredo Cicopiedi
90	Win	70–8–12	Al Styles, Jr.
89	Win	69–8–12	Raul Paez
88	Win	68–8–12	Sixto Gomez
87	Draw	67–8–12	Julio Cesar Arancibia
86	Win	67–8–11	Hugo Trujillo
85	Loss	66–8–11	Alfredo Cabral
84	Win	66–7–11	Juan Alberto Mora
83	Win	65–7–11	Manuel Gonzalez
82	Draw	64–7–11	Camilo Gaitan
81	Win	64–7–10	Roque Roldan
80	Win	63–7–10	Alberto Almiron
79	Loss	62–7–10	Ayub Kalule
78	Loss	62–6–10	Eddie Gazo
77	Win	62–5–10	José Manuel Duran
76	Draw	61–5–10	Octavio Escauriza
75	Win	61–5–9	Juan Carlos Artaza
74	Win	60–5–9	Radames Cabrera
73	Win	59–5–9	Jules Bellaiche
72	Win	58–5–9	James Marshall
71	Loss	57–5–9	Sandy Torres
70	Win	57–4–9	Mimoun Mohatar
69	Win	56–4–9	Rodolfo Rosales
68	Win	55–4–9	Norberto Cabrera
67	Win	54–4–9	Melvin Dennis
66	Win	53–4–9	Manuel Fierro
65	Win	52–4–9	Manuel Tapia
64	Win	51–4–9	Roy McMillan
63	Win	50–4–9	Carlos Salinas
62	Win	49–4–9	Ramón La Cruz
61	Win	48–4–9	Carlos Estrada
60	Win	47–4–9	Hector Galvan
59	Draw	46–4–9	Ramón La Cruz
58	Win	46–4–8	Carlos Marks
57	Win	45–4–8	Doc Holliday
56	Win	44–4–8	Roberto Carabajal
55	Win	43–4–8	Ruben Martinez
54	Win	42–4–8	Matt Donovan
53	Win	41–4–8	Raúl Soriano
52	Win	40–4–8	Héctor Palleres
51	Win	39–4–8	Raúl Pereyra
50	Win	38–4–8	Miguel Chequer
49	Win	37–4–8	Ramón Pereyra
48	Win	36–4–8	Miguel Chequer
47	Win	35–4–8	Edmundo Leite
46	Win	34–4–8	Ramón Pereyra
45	Win	33–4–8	Ruben Martinez
44	Win	32–4–8	Alberto Massi
43	Win	31–4–8	Hector Galvan
42	Win	30–4–8	Antenor Santillan
41	Win	29–4–8	Roberto Carabajal
40	Win	28–4–8	Domingo Guerrero
39	Win	27–4–8	Ivan Rojas
38	Loss	26–4–8	Carlos Estrada
37	Win	26–3–8	Enrique Orona
36	Win	25–3–8	Raúl Pereyra
35	Win	24–3–8	Osvaldo Marino
34	Win	23–3–8	Luis Pereyra
33	Win	22–3–8	Manuel Hernandez
32	Win	21–3–8	Ruben Orrico
31	Win	20–3–8	Carlos Raimundo
30	Win	19–3–8	Moises Barbosa
29	Draw	18–3–8	Ramón Pereyra
28	Draw	18–3–7	Leonardo Peralta
27	Win	18–3–6	Armando Marchissio
26	Win	17–3–6	Ramón Silva
25	Draw	16–3–6	Ramón Pereyra
24	Draw	16–3–5	Ramón Pereyra
23	Win	16–3–4	Juan Carlos Velardez
22	Win	15–3–4	Luis Andrada
21	Win	14–3–4	Juan Carlos Quiroga
20	Win	13–3–4	Luis Colman
19	Loss	12–3–4	Tito Del Barco
18	Win	12–2–4	Matias Colque
17	Win	11–2–4	Luis Barrios
16	Loss	10–2–4	José Paredes
15	Win	10–1–4	Kid Roldan
14	Loss	9–1–4	Hermogenes Quintela
13	Win	9–0–4	Ramon Acosta
12	Draw	8–0–4	Luis Andrada
11	Win	8–0–3	Angel Osuna
10	Draw	7–0–3	Alfredo Paz
9	Win	7–0–2	Hector Paiva
8	Draw	6–0–2	Walter Romero
7	Win	6–0–1	Amaro Millar
6	Draw	5–0–1	José Tula
5	Win	5–0	Victor Plaza
4	Win	4–0	Osvaldo Varela
3	Win	3–0	Juan José Leiva
2	Win	2–0	Abelardo Rosales
1	Win	1–0	Domingo Gerez

See also

• List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

External links

• • Miguel Angel Castellini - The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Nueva.
2. Web site: FORMER TITLEHOLDER MIGUEL ANGEL CASTELLINI DIES AT 73 IN ARGENTINA. 30 October 2020 . The Ring. 2022-10-13.
3. Web site: Miguel Angel Castellini - Lineal Junior Middleweight Champion. The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
4. Web site: The Spokesman-Review - Oct 10, 1976, Castellini wins title. 26 May 2010.