Victor Hugo Castro

Victor Castro (born July 21, 1975) is a boxer from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Víctor Castro

Personal information
Full name	Víctor Hugo Castro
Nickname	"El Negrito"
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1975-07-21) July 21, 1975 (age 50) Suardi, Santa Fe
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Welterweight
Medal record Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Light Welterweight

Castro defeated Kelson Pinto in the final. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Nicknamed El Negrito, he made his professional debut in 2001, but has shown little power so far and has accumulated four losses.

Professional boxing record

31 Wins (13 knockouts), 7 Loss, 1 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd.,Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	31-7-1	Carlos Alberto Ibarra	TKO	3 (4)	2011-02-05	Parque Municipal, Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	30-7-1	Cesar Leonardo Telechea	UD	6 (6)	2010-10-15	Polideportivo Unidad Turística, Cordoba, Argentina
Draw	29-7-1	Mateo Damian Veron	PTS	6 (6)	2010-08-14	Club Libertad, Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina
Loss	29-7	Ruslan Provodnikov	KO	2 (12)	2009-11-28	CSKA VVS Arena, Samara, Russia	For vacant WBO Inter-Continental light welterweight title
Loss	29-6	Antonin Decarie	UD	12 (12)	2009-06-06	Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	For WBO NABO welterweight title
Loss	29-5	Junior Witter	KO	3 (10)	2008-11-08	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	29-4	Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez	MD	8 (8)	2008-07-03	Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win	28-4	Sergio Javier Benitez	UD	6 (6)	2008-05-17	Club Quilmes, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Loss	27-4	Juan Alberto Godoy	SD	6 (6)	2007-11-10	Estadio Municipal, Perez, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	27-3	Nazareno Tripolli	UD	6 (6)	2007-07-27	Club Deportivo Libertad, Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	26-3	Raul Zambrano	RTD	5 (8)	2007-05-19	Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	25-3	Guillermo de Jesus Paz	MD	6 (6)	2007-04-07	Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	24-3	Adolfo Dionisio Rios	UD	6 (6)	2007-01-15	Ce.De.M. N° 1, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	23-3	Sergey Sorokin	UD	12 (12)	2006-12-03	DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Win	23-2	Guillermo de Jesus Paz	UD	6 (6)	2006-08-05	Super Domo Orfeo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	22-2	Justo Evangelista Martinez	TKO	7 (8)	2006-06-09	Club 9 de Julio, Morteros, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	21-2	Vicente Luis Burgo	UD	10 (10)	2005-09-23	Centro de Congresos y Convenciones, Cosquin, Cordoba, Argentina

References

• Boxing record for Victor Hugo Castro from BoxRec (registration required)
• Víctor Hugo Castro at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)