Nickname(s) Lenin Wins by KO 7 Division Welterweight Losses 0 Wins 12 Martial art Boxing Draws 1 | Nationality Dominican Role Boxer Rated at Welterweight Name Gilbert Castillo Total fights 13 | |
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Real name Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera Born August 21, 1988 (age 35) Katanga, los minas ( 1988-08-21 ) | ||
Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera (born August 21, 1988) is a Dominican professional boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Early and personal life
Castillo was born August 21, 1988 in Santo Domingo. He boxed for the Julito López Club in Los Mina trained by Papito Pujols.
Amateur career
Castillo won in 2006 the gold medal at the Junior Pan American Championships and the gold in the Romana Cup. In 2007 he win the bronze in the ALBA Games, silver in the Romana Cup, bronze in the Dominican Independence Cup.
Castillo qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games in Guatemala in April 2008, and in May he won the gold medal at the Cheo Aponte Cup in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He competed at the Olympic welterweight category in Beijing, China, but lost his first fight to Olexandr Stretskyy 6:9. He also went to the 2009 American Continental Championships, earning the bronze medal. 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.
Professional career
In April 2012, Castillo signed for the boxing promoter Acquinity Sports along with compatriots Manuel Félix Díaz and Argenis Mendez. 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. 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. In Santo Domingo, in October, he knocked out compatriot Emilio Cayetano who did not came out in the 5th round, resulting the 5th TKO and 8th victory for Castillo.