Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera (born August 21, 1988)[1] is a Dominican professional boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Lenin |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Born | Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera August 21, 1988 Katanga, Los Minas, Dominican Republic |
| Weight | Light heavyweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 32 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Win by KO | 19 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Draws | 1 |
Early and personal life
editCastillo was born on August 21, 1988, in Santo Domingo. He boxed for the Julito López Club in Los Mina trained by Papito Pujols.[2]
Amateur career
editIn 2006, Castillo won the gold medal at the Junior Pan American Championships and the gold in the Romana Cup.[3] In 2007 he won the bronze in the ALBA Games, silver in the Romana Cup, bronze in the Dominican Independence Cup.[4]
Castillo qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games in Guatemala in April 2008,[4][5] and in May he won the gold medal at the Cheo Aponte Cup in Caguas, Puerto Rico.[6] He competed at the Olympic welterweight category in Beijing, China, but lost his first fight to Olexandr Stretskyy 6:9.[7] He also went to the 2009 American Continental Championships, earning the bronze medal.[8] He also participated at the 2009 World Championships in Milan, Italy in the light heavyweight category losing in the round of 16 to Uzbekistani Elshod Rasulov 11-1.[9]
Professional career
editIn April 2012, Castillo signed for the boxing promoter Acquinity Sports along with compatriots Manuel Félix Díaz and Argenis Mendez.[10] One month later, in May he won by unanimous decision to the Mexican Alvaro Enriquez to improve his record to (5-0-0) in a fight held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States.[11] In July, he knocked out the Mexican Ricardo Campillo in the second round in a Light Heavyweight category combat held in Hollywood, Florida, improving his record to 7-0.[12] In Santo Domingo, in October, he knocked out compatriot Emilio Cayetano who did not come out for the 5th round, resulting in the fifth TKO and eighth victory for Castillo.[13] After compiling a record of 15-0-1, Castillo suffered his first professional defeat to Joseph Williams, who won their fight by a majority decision. After fighting six more times, with a record of 5-1 (the loss coming to Marcus Browne), Castillo challenged Dmitry Bivol for his WBA (Super) light-heavyweight title on October 12, 2019. He lost by a unanimous decision. On September 25, 2021, Castillo suffered a brutal knockout loss to Callum Smith, on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title defence against Oleksandr Usyk. He hit the canvas after taking a right hook to the chin from Smith and his legs began to shake uncontrollably. He was hospitalised after suffering a seizure, but was later released.
References
edit- ↑ AIBA. "Castillo Rivera Gilbert Lenin". Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Cadete, Primitivo (March 17, 2009). "Gilbert Castillo: El nuevo pilar boxeo". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Cáceres, José (January 6, 2010). "Buscarán supremacía Gilbert, Brenda, Cáceres y Jack Michael deberán brillar". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 Vargas, Kennedy (July 30, 2008). "Gilbert Castillo Una joven promesa en Beijing". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Dominicana y Brasil protagonizan semifinales del Preolímpico de boxeo". Terra (in Spanish). April 30, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ Cadete, Primitivo (May 25, 2008). "Púgiles de RD ganan seis oro en Copa Cheo Aponte en PR". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Donovan, Jake (August 13, 2008). "2008 olympic Boxing Scoreboard Through Day Five". Boxing Scene. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ AIBA (2009). "Boxing News" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ AIBA (2009). "Draw Sheet". Retrieved July 31, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Sánchez, Reynaldo (April 6, 2012). "Acquinity Sports firma a Lenin Castillo, Argenis Mendez y Felix Diaz". Boxeo Mundial (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Boxeadores dominicanos brillaron en Florida". COLIMDO (in Spanish). May 20, 2012. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ Abrams, Mark (July 23, 2012). "Mendez decisions Honorio". 15 Rounds. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ Coster, Robert (October 20, 2012). "Castillo halts Cayetano". Fightnews. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2013.