Chucho Castillo

Jesús Castillo Aguilera (June 17, 1944 – January 15, 2013) was a Mexican professional boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was the Undisputed, WBA and WBC bantamweight world champion in 1970.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Castillo and Rubén Olivares sustained one of the most important rivalries in the history of Mexican boxing. Castillo was described by the boxing book The Ring: Boxing In The 20th Century as quiet and sullen, while Olivares was more of an outgoing partygoer, according to the book. The personality contrast made fans very interested in their matches.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early career

Castillo was born in Nuevo Valle de Moreno, a small town in the municipality of León, Guanajuato, Mexico. He made his professional debut on 26 April 1962 against Carlos Navarrete, suffering his first loss by a decision after six rounds. His next bout was his first win, outpointing Arnulfo Daza in eight rounds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Castillo built a record of 24 wins and 7 losses, with 11 knockout wins, before facing José Medel for the Mexican Bantamweight title on 29 April 1967. He won the title on points after the twelve rounds, retaining it twice and also winning an additional seven non-title bouts before his first world title challenge.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Among the fighters he beat during that streak were Jesus Pimentel and Memo Tellez, who had beaten Castillo twice before.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lineal, WBC & WBA Bantamweight Championship

Castillo made his first world title attempt against Australia's Lionel Rose, the first Aborigine ever to win a world title. The fight was held on 6 December 1968 at the Forum in Inglewood, where Rose won a very unpopular fifteen-round decision in front of a decidedly pro-Castillo crowd, causing a riot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Castillo had eight bouts in 1969, going 5-1-2 during that period. He beat future world champion Rafael Herrera to defend his Mexican title, had a ten-round draw in Tokyo with Ushiwakamaru Harada, drew with Medel, and split two decisions with Raul Cruz.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Castillo vs. Olivares

In 1970, Castillo was given a second world title chance when he and Olivares clashed to begin their three fight rivalry, with all three fights taking place at the Forum in Inglewood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 18 April, Olivares retained the crown by outpointing over Castillo. However, a rematch between the two fighters took place on 16 October. Castillo cut Olivares in round one, and when it was determined that Olivares could not continue in Round 14, Castillo was declared winner by a technical knockout, winning the world bantamweight championship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After one non-title win, Castillo met Olivares for a third time on 3 April 1971, when Olivares recovered the crown by outpointing Castillo despite suffering an early knockdown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Later in career

Castillo went on fighting until 1975, but his record from the third Olivares fight until his retirement was a rather ordinary one of 5 wins and 7 losses. He lost to former or future world champions Enrique Pinder, Bobby Chacon, and Danny "Little Red" Lopez. After losing to Ernesto Herrera on 12 December 1975, he retired.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
66	Template:No2Loss	47–17–2	Ernesto Herrera	PTS	10 (10)	1975-12-12	Template:Small
65	Template:No2Loss	47–16–2	Danny Lopez	TKO	2 (10)	1975-04-24	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	47–15–2	Rafael Ortega	UD	10 (10)	1974-09-14	Template:Small
63	Template:No2Loss	46–15–2	Vicente Blanco	PTS	10 (10)	1974-06-22	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	46–14–2	Victor Rodrigo	PTS	10 (10)	1974-05-14	Template:Small
61	Template:No2Loss	45–14–2	Bobby Chacon	TKO	10 (10)	1973-04-28	Template:Small
60	Template:No2Loss	45–13–2	José Luis Soto	PTS	10 (10)	1973-03-02	Template:Small
59	Template:No2Loss	45–12–2	Enrique Pinder	MD	10 (10)	1972-11-14	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	45–11–2	Earl Large	UD	10 (10)	1972-06-06	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	44–11–2	Jose Lopez	KO	1 (10)	1972-01-01	Template:Small
56	Template:No2Loss	43–11–2	Rafael Herrera	SD	12 (12)	1971-08-23	Template:Small	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	43–10–2	Earl Large	MD	10 (10)	1971-08-04	Template:Small
54	Template:No2Loss	42–10–2	Rubén Olivares	UD	15 (15)	1971-04-02	Template:Small	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	42–9–2	Felipe Ursua	TKO	6 (10)	1971-02-28	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	41–9–2	Rubén Olivares	TKO	14 (15)	1970-10-16	Template:Small	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	40–9–2	Rogelio Lara	UD	12 (12)	1970-08-14	Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:No2Loss	39–9–2	Rubén Olivares	UD	15 (15)	1970-04-18	Template:Small	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	39–8–2	Raul Cruz	UD	10 (10)	1969-12-12	Template:Small
48	Template:No2Loss	38–8–2	Raul Cruz	MD	12 (12)	1969-10-17	Template:Small
47	Template:DrawDraw	38–7–2	José Medel	PTS	12 (12)	1969-09-30	Template:Small	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	38–7–1	Alberto Jangalay	TKO	5 (?)	1969-07-26	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	37–7–1	Ernie Cruz	KO	5 (10)	1969-06-29	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	36–7–1	Seiichi Watanuki	KO	4 (10)	1969-06-10	Template:Small
43	Template:DrawDraw	35–7–1	Ushiwakamaru Harada	MD	10 (10)	1969-04-16	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	35–7	Rafael Herrera	TKO	3 (12)	1969-02-15	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:No2Loss	34–7	Lionel Rose	SD	15 (15)	1968-12-06	Template:Small	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	34–6	Evan Armstrong	TKO	2 (10)	1968-08-28	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	33–6	Jesús Pimentel	UD	12 (12)	1968-06-14	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	32–6	Guillermo Tellez	TKO	11 (12)	1968-05-14	Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	31–6	Yoshio Nakane	UD	12 (12)	1968-03-31	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	30–6	Jose Valdez	PTS	10 (10)	1968-03-06	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	29–6	Miguel Castro	TKO	6 (12)	1967-11-26	Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	28–6	Bernardo Caraballo	RTD	7 (10)	1967-10-14	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	27–6	Pornchai Poprai ngam	KO	5 (10)	1967-08-14	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	26–6	José Medel	UD	12 (12)	1967-04-29	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	25–6	Miguel Castro	PTS	10 (10)	1966-12-17	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	24–6	Waldomiro Pinto	KO	3 (10)	1966-11-13	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	23–6	Jerry Stokes	KO	2 (10)	1966-08-27	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	22–6	Edmundo Esparza	TKO	3 (10)	1966-07-27	Template:Small
27	Template:No2Loss	21–6	Guillermo Tellez	TKO	6 (10)	1966-06-06	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	21–5	Jesús Hernández	TKO	7 (10)	1966-05-22	Template:Small
25	Template:No2Loss	20–5	Miguel Castro	TKO	5 (10)	1966-03-19	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	20–4	Lenny Brice	PTS	10 (10)	1965-11-20	Template:Small
23	Template:No2Loss	19–4	Guillermo Tellez	TKO	5 (10)	1965-09-25	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	19–3	Jesús Hernández	TKO	6 (10)	1965-08-07	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	18–3	Edmundo Esparza	TKO	2 (10)	1965-06-15	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	17–3	Daniel Valdez	PTS	10 (10)	1965-03-24	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	16–3	Goyo Sanchez	KO	1 (10)	1965-03-03	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	15–3	Salvador Reyes	PTS	4 (4)	1964-11-25	Template:Small
17	Template:No2Loss	14–3	Jose Gonzalez	TD	7 (10)	1964-11-11	Template:Small
16	Template:No2Loss	14–2	Zorrito Castanon	TKO	10 (10)	1964-10-17	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–1	Adalberto Martinez	TKO	8 (10)	1964-09-30	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–1	Genaro Gaytan	PTS	10 (10)	1964-07-08	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	12–1	Emiliano Olvera	PTS	10 (10)	1964-06-13	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–1	Jose Gonzalez	TKO	8 (10)	1964-05-23	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–1	Samuel Castillo	PTS	8 (8)	1964-03-18	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–1	Chucho Cardenas	DQ	3 (8)	1964-01-01	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–1	Juan Carlos Villanueva	PTS	8 (8)	1963-11-21	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–1	Felipe Silva	PTS	6 (6)	1963-10-20	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–1	Catarino Lopez	PTS	6 (6)	1963-09-14	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–1	Samuel Castillo	TKO	9 (10)	1963-09-02	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–1	Eduardo Torres	PTS	6 (6)	1963-06-15	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	3–1	Pichon Contreras	KO	10 (10)	1963-03-02	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	2–1	Zurdo Suarez	PTS	10 (10)	1962-10-20	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	1–1	Arnulfo Daza	PTS	8 (8)	1962-08-11	Template:Small
1	Template:No2Loss	0–1	Carlos Navarrete	PTS	6 (6)	1962-04-25	Template:Small

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

• WBA bantamweight champion (118 lbs)
• WBC bantamweight champion (118 lbs)

The Ring magazine titles

• The Ring bantamweight champion (118 lbs)

Regional/International titles

• NABF bantamweight champion (118 lbs)
• Mexican bantamweight champion (118 lbs)

Undisputed titles

• Undisputed bantamweight champion

Death

Castillo passed away at the age of 68 in Mexico City due to complications from a surgery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Lineal championship
• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of world bantamweight boxing champions

External links

• Template:Boxrec
• Chucho Castillo - CBZ Profile

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