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'''Javier Francisco Castillejo''' (born ], ]) is a ] from ]. He was the ] world Jr. Middleweight champion. |
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Nicknamed "El Lince de Parla", Castillejo is a native of the ] region of Spain. He currently resides and ] in ]. |
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Castijello made his professional debut on ] of ], when he outpointed ] over six rounds in Madrid. He had an immediate rematch with Diez, on ] of the same year. Their second fight resulted in Castillejo's first ] win, when he beat Diez in the fourth round. On ], he had his first fight outside Madrid, and his first knockout win in the first round, when he beat ] in ]. |
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Castillejo had four more wins, before he was defeated for the first time. On ], ], he lost an eight round decision to ], in ]. But he followed that loss with a streak of twenty two victories in a row. |
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Among the most notable wins during that streak were a fourth round knockout on ], ], of ], which gave Castillejo the Spaniard Welterweight title, at ]. On ], ], he retained that national championship, with another fourth round knockout victory, this time against ], in ]. On ], ], Castillejo got his first win against a former or future world champion, when he knocked out former ] world Lightweight champion, ] ], in three rounds at Leganes. He followed that victory with another win versus a former world champion, the former WBC world Jr. Welterweight champion ] of ], by an eight round decision on ], at ]. On ] of that year, Castillejo added the WBC's Mundo ] Jr. Middleweight title, when he defeated ] by a twelve round decision in ]. |
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Despite the fact that he had not fought outside Spain as a professional yet and thus he had little international fan recognition as a boxer, Castillejo received his first world title try, when he challenged ] of ], for Vazquez's ] world Jr. Middleweight title, on ] of ], also in Leganes. Vazquez outpointed him over 12 rounds, ending his 22 fight winning streak. |
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After defending his Mundo Hispano regional title with success in a rematch with ] on ] of that year by a knockout in five rounds, Castillejo finally had his first fight abroad, when he beat ] by a knockout in six rounds, at ], ], to conquer the ]'s Jr. Middleweight title. He defended that title successfully four times, then lost it, on ], ] to the then future WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion ], in ], France, by knockout in round nine. |
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His next fight was a victory by disqualification in six rounds on ] against ] in ]. The victory against Tovar was followed by a rematch with Boudoani, who would once again defeat Castillejo, this time around by a twelve round decision, on ], ], ]. |
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Castillejo then won six more fights in a row before fighting for a world title again. He regained the EBU Jr. Middleweight title by knocking out the former ] world Welterweight title challenger, ], in round twelve at ], ], on ], ]. |
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On ], ], Castijello got his second chance at becoming a world champion. That night, he outpointed WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion ] over twelve rounds to join a handful of world champions to come from Spain. Despite some protests from Mullings' management team, the judges' decision remained, and Castillejo got the WBC belt. |
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On ], Castillejo defended his title for the first time, knocking out ] in the fourth round, in a fight that was celebrated as part of the WBC's annual convention, which was held in ] that year. |
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After one more defense, where Castillejo retained the title with a seventh round knockout, a fight was set between him and ]. It was Castillejo's first big time, ] event. Many fans, perhaps ignoring Castillejo's achievements in Europe and as defendind world champion, regarded Castillejo as another stepping stone in De La Hoya's career. Castillejo commented to this regard, saying on a press conference before the fight, which was held in ], that "(he) didn't come to Las Vegas to do tourism, but to defend (his) title". Castillejo lasted the twelve round distance with De La Hoya, but was sent to the canvas seconds before the fight ended, and lost a unanimous twelve round decision and his world Jr. Middleweight championship, on ], ]. |
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After six months, Castillejo returned to the boxing ring, beating the well regarded ] by a knockout in five rounds, On ], ], to win the vacant European Community's Jr. Middleweight title, in Barcelona. |
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On ] of ], he partially regained the WBC world Jr. Middleweight title, when he beat ] by a twelve round unanimous decision in Madrid, for the WBC's "interim" title. This interim recognition was later retired from him, however, because he did not fight the WBC's recognized champion, which at the time was ], who had suffered an injury and was unable to box for the period being. |
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Castillejo then won four fights in a row, all by knockout. |
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He fought ], in a fight that was supposed to be for the WBA's vacant world Jr. Middleweight title, on ], ], in ]. It was decided ultimately to make the bout a ten round affair instead of a world championship fight. Despite being dropped in round three, Castillejo was able to last ten rounds with fellow former world Jr, Middleweight champion Vargas, but he lost a ten round decision to the Mexican. |
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His record stands at 55 victories and 6 losses, with 39 knockouts. |
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