Eliseo Castillo
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Eliseo Castillo (born April 29, 1975) is a Cuban former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2009, holding the NABO cruiserweight title in 2006. He is the younger brother of Heavyweight boxer Elieser Castillo.
Amateur careerEdit
From the ages of 12 through 16, he trained to box through the Cuban state government's amateur boxing program. (This is the same program that produced such boxing legends as Teofilo Stevenson, Félix Savón, Joel Casamayor, and Juan Carlos Gomez.) Despite winning the vast majority of his approximately 90 amateur bouts in Cuba, the young fighter could not manage to capture an international title.
Defection from CubaEdit
At the age of 17, Eliseo Castillo escaped from Cuba on a raft with his brothers Elieser (a very well known fellow Heavyweight boxer) and Eliades and two other friends. The group spent five days at sea before they drifted ashore in Panama. Soon thereafter, they were returned to Guantanamo Bay. After 18 months of processing the group was allowed to emigrate to the United States. He then moved to Miami, Florida.
Professional careerEdit
At the age of 20, he began his professional career as a boxer. His first bout was against Anthony Mack (who was also making his professional debut that evening) on February 24, 1996. Castillo won the bout via first-round knockout. He fought off-and-on into the new millennium, at one time even taking 3 years off from the sport.
Though his career had been spotty, he still managed to remain undefeated up until April 2005. The only blemish on his record up until that point was a draw to Terry Pitts (who later changed his name to Sajad Abdul Aziz) on November 13, 1998, at the famed Mahi Shrine Temple Auditorium in Miami. Aziz was able to score knockdowns in both the 4th and 5th rounds, but Castillo fought back and secured a majority draw. These fights were at cruiserweight.
His biggest victory came on July 3, 2004, against former Heavyweight champion Michael Moorer at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. He beat the former champion by a unanimous decision in their 10-round bout. This brought him some level of attention from the boxing press and garnered for him a fight with Wladimir Klitschko the following year.
At 2:51 in the fourth round, Klitschko was declared the victor after referee Daniel Van de Wiele stopped the fight.
Shortly after the fight with Klitschko, Castillo moved back down to the Cruiserweight division. He won two straight since the Klitschko loss and was KOd by, the then undefeated, Johnathon Banks on July 26, 2006.
Professional boxing recordEdit
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Russia |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:No2Loss |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Johnathon Banks |KO |4 |26/07/2006 |align=left|Template:Flagicon New York City, U.S. |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Willie Herring |UD |12 |24/03/2006 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Chris Lewallen |TKO |1 |25/02/2006 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:No2Loss |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Wladimir Klitschko |TKO |4 |23/04/2005 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Dortmund, Germany |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Michael Moorer |UD |10 |03/07/2004 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon 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|align=left|Template:Flagicon Sajad Abdul Aziz |PTS |10 |13/11/1998 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Tyrone Armstead |TKO |5 |07/06/1998 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Ed Mosley |TKO |4 |02/05/1998 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left|Template:Small |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Jerry Brown |TKO |2 |20/12/1997 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Oscar Silva |KO |1 |22/08/1997 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Berry Butler |UD |4 |24/01/1997 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Jesus Carlos Velez |TKO |3 |03/01/1997 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Hialeah, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon George Holder |TKO |2 |27/09/1996 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Alphonzo Davis |TKO |3 |10/08/1996 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Aurelio Dos Santos |KO |1 |29/07/1996 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Hallandale, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Luis Yampier |TKO |1 |25/05/1996 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Template:Yes2Win |Template:Small |align=left|Template:Flagicon Anthony Mack |TKO |1 |24/02/1996 |align=left|Template:Flagicon Miami Beach, 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