Ecuadorian boxer (born 1988)
Julio Castillo
Castillo at the 2016 Olympics
Born (1988-05-10 ) 10 May 1988 (age 36) Statistics Weight class Heavyweight , Light heavyweight Weight(s) 91 kg (201 lb) Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] Stance Southpaw
Boxing record [2] Total fights 53 Wins 32 Wins by KO 1 Losses 21 Draws 0 No contests 0
Julio César Castillo Torres [a] (born 10 May 1988)[3] is an Ecuadorian amateur boxer . He won two medals at the Pan American Games : a bronze in 2007 and a silver in 2011.
Career
At the 2006 South American Games , Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in the semifinals and ended up with a bronze medal. At the 2007 Pan American Games , he won 15:5 against Carlos Negron , but lost to the eventual winner Eleider Alvarez 8:10 in the semifinal. He failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics and went up to heavyweight, winning a silver at the 2011 Pan American Games .
At the 2012 Olympic qualifier , he lost 8:14 to Michael Hunter , but qualified for the Olympics on the strength of "two wins vs no-names". He lost in the first bout at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[1]
He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics .[4]
Notes
^ In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Torres .
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