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Javier Francisco Castillejo (born February 3, 1968) is a boxer from Spain. He was the WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion.
Nicknamed "El Lince de Parla", Castillejo is a native of the Parla region of Spain. He currently resides and trains in Madrid.
Castijello made his professional debut on July 22 of 1988, when he outpointed Angel Diez over six rounds in Madrid. He had an immediate rematch with Diez, on September 2 of the same year. Their second fight resulted in Castillejo's first knockout win, when he beat Diez in the fourth round. On November 4, he had his first fight outside Madrid, and his first knockout win in the first round, when he beat Juan Perez in Torrejon.
Castillejo had four more wins, before he was defeated for the first time. On August 19, 1989, he lost an eight round decision to Del Bryan, in Benidorm. But he followed that loss with a streak of twenty two victories in a row.
Among the most notable wins during that streak were a fourth round knockout on October 19, 1990, of Alfonzo Redondo, which gave Castillejo the Spaniard Welterweight title, at Leganes. On July 5, 1991, he retained that national championship, with another fourth round knockout victory, this time against Domingo Sanchez, in Lugo. On April 10, 1992, Castillejo got his first win against a former or future world champion, when he knocked out former IBF world Lightweight champion, Puerto Rican Harry Arroyo, in three rounds at Leganes. He followed that victory with another win versus a former world champion, the former WBC world Jr. Welterweight champion Saoul Mamby of Jamaica, by an eight round decision on May 15, at Bilbao. On December 12 of that year, Castillejo added the WBC's Mundo Hispano Jr. Middleweight title, when he defeated Enrique Areco by a twelve round decision in Areco.
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 Julio Cesar Vazquez of Argentina, for Vazquez's WBA world Jr. Middleweight title, on April 24 of 1993, also in Leganes. Vazquez outpointed him over 12 rounds, ending his 22 fight winning streak.
After defending his Mundo Hispano regional title with success in a rematch with Victor Hugo Sclarandi on October 29 of that year by a knockout in five rounds, Castillejo finally had his first fight abroad, when he beat Bernard Razzano by a knockout in six rounds, at Dijon, France, to conquer the European Boxing Union's Jr. Middleweight title. He defended that title successfully four times, then lost it, on January 3, 1995 to the then future WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion Laurent Boudoani, in Eppernay, France, by knockout in round nine.
His next fight was a victory by disqualification in six rounds on July 14 against Carlos Rocha Tovar in Sevilla. 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 Levallois, January 6, 1996.