Lenin Castillo

Dominican Republic boxer

Lenin Castillo

Statistics
Real name| Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera
Nickname(s)| Lenin
Weight(s)| Light heavyweight
Nationality| Dominican
Born|  (1988-08-21) August 21, 1988 (age 34)
Katanga, Los Minas
Stance| Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights| 26
Wins| 21
Wins by KO| 16
Losses| 4
Draws| 1

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Castillo and the second or maternal family name is  Rivera.

Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera (born August 21, 1988)[1] is a Dominican professional boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

## Contents

* 1 Early and personal life
* 2 Amateur career
* 3 Professional career
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early and personal life[edit]

Castillo was born August 21, 1988 in Santo Domingo. He boxed for the Julito López Club in Los Mina trained by Papito Pujols.[2]

## Amateur career[edit]

In 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 ending his journey in the round of 16 combat after losing to Uzbekistani Elshod Rasulov 11-1.[9]

## Professional career[edit]

In 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] On July, he knocked 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 5th TKO and 8th 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 via 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 12th October 2019. He lost by unanimous decision. On 25th September 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 then hospitalised after suffering a seizure, but has since been released.

## References[edit]

1. ^ AIBA. "Castillo Rivera Gilbert Lenin". Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
2. ^ Cadete, Primitivo (2009-03-17). "Gilbert Castillo: El nuevo pilar boxeo". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
3. ^ Cáceres, José (2010-01-06). "Buscarán supremacía Gilbert, Brenda, Cáceres y Jack Michael deberán brillar". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
4. ^ a b Vargas, Kennedy (2008-07-30). "Gilbert Castillo Una joven promesa en Beijing". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
5. ^ "Dominicana y Brasil protagonizan semifinales del Preolímpico de boxeo". Terra (in Spanish). 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
6. ^ Cadete, Primitivo (2008-05-25). "Púgiles de RD ganan seis oro en Copa Cheo Aponte en PR". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
7. ^ Donovan, Jake (2008-08-13). "2008 olympic Boxing Scoreboard Through Day Five". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
8. ^ AIBA (2009). "Boxing News" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
9. ^ AIBA (2009). "Draw Sheet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
10. ^ Sánchez, Reynaldo (2012-04-06). "Acquinity Sports firma a Lenin Castillo, Argenis Mendez y Felix Diaz". BoxeoMundial.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-07-31.[permanent dead link]
11. ^ "Boxeadores dominicanos brillaron en Florida". COLIMDO (in Spanish). 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
12. ^ Abrams, Mark (2012-07-23). "Mendez decisions Honorio". 15rounds.com. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
13. ^ Coster, Robert (2012-10-20). "Castillo halts Cayetano". Fightnews. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2013-01-24.

## External links[edit]

* Yahoo! Olympic Bio