Eliseo Castillo (born April 29, 1975) is a Cuban former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2009, holding the NABO cruiserweight title in 2006. He is the younger brother of Heavyweight boxer Elieser Castillo.

Eliseo Castillo
Born (1975-04-29) April 29, 1975 (age 49)
Statistics
Weight(s)Cruiserweight Heavyweight
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins20
Wins by KO15
Losses3
Draws1
No contests0

Amateur career

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From the ages of 12 through 16, he trained to box through the Cuban state government's amateur boxing program. (This is the same program that produced such boxing legends as Teofilo Stevenson, Félix Savón, Joel Casamayor, and Juan Carlos Gomez.) Despite winning the vast majority of his approximately 90 amateur bouts in Cuba, the young fighter could not manage to capture an international title.

Defection from Cuba

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At the age of 17, Eliseo Castillo escaped from Cuba on a raft with his brothers Elieser (a very well known fellow Heavyweight boxer) and Eliades and two other friends. The group spent five days at sea before they drifted ashore in Panama. Soon thereafter, they were returned to Guantanamo Bay. After 18 months of processing the group was allowed to emigrate to the United States. He then moved to Miami, Florida.

Professional career

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At the age of 20, he began his professional career as a boxer. His first bout was against Anthony Mack (who was also making his professional debut that evening) on February 24, 1996. Castillo won the bout via first-round knockout. He fought off-and-on into the new millennium, at one time even taking 3 years off from the sport.

Though his career has been spotty, he still managed to remain undefeated up until April 2005. The only blemish on his record up until that point was a draw to Terry Pitts (who later changed his name to Sajad Abdul Aziz) on November 13, 1998, at the famed Mahi Shrine Temple Auditorium in Miami. Aziz was able to score knockdowns in both the 4th and 5th rounds, but Castillo fought back and secured a majority draw. These fights were at cruiserweight.

His biggest victory came on July 3, 2004, against former Heavyweight champion Michael Moorer at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. He beat the former champion by a unanimous decision in their 10-round bout. This brought him some level of attention from the boxing press and garnered for him a fight with Wladimir Klitschko the following year.

At 2:51 in the fourth round, Klitschko was declared the victor after referee Daniel Van de Wiele stopped the fight.

Shortly after the fight with Klitschko, Castillo moved back down to the Cruiserweight division. He has won two straight since the Klitschko loss and was KOd by, the then undefeated, Johnathon Banks on July 26, 2006.

Professional boxing record

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20 Wins (15 knockouts, 5 decisions), 3 Losses (3 knockouts, 0 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 16-0   Denis Lebedev TKO 5 22/03/2009   Balashikha, Russia Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the fifth round.
Loss 11-0   Johnathon Banks KO 4 26/07/2006   New York City, U.S. WBO NABO Cruiserweight Title. Castillo knocked out at 1:12 of the fourth round.
Win 11-4-3   Willie Herring UD 12 24/03/2006   Miami, Florida, U.S. WBO NABO/WBC Latino Cruiserweight Titles.
Win 9-2   Chris Lewallen TKO 1 25/02/2006   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 1:16 of the first round.
Loss 43-3   Wladimir Klitschko TKO 4 23/04/2005   Dortmund, Germany Referee stopped the bout at 2:51 of the fourth round.
Win 46-3-1   Michael Moorer UD 10 03/07/2004   Miami, Florida, U.S.
Win 8-5   Drexie James KO 1 01/05/2004   Miami, Florida, U.S. James knocked out at 3:10 of the first round.
Win 10-8   Curtis Taylor KO 3 26/03/2004   Miami, Florida, U.S. Taylor knocked out at 0:49 of the third round.
Win 15-20   Onebo Maxime UD 4 16/01/2004   Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Win 6-27   Ronnie Smith UD 4 13/10/2002   Choctaw, Mississippi, U.S.
Win 16-9-3   Bill Medei TKO 1 22/06/2002   United States Virgin Islands
Win 6-2-3   Agustin Corpus TKO 5 07/08/1999   Miami, Florida, U.S.
Draw 11-6-3   Sajad Abdul Aziz PTS 10 13/11/1998   Miami, Florida, U.S.
Win 8-5-2   Tyrone Armstead TKO 5 07/06/1998   Miami, Florida, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:54 of the fifth round.
Win 3-5   Ed Mosley TKO 4 02/05/1998   Miami, Florida, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the fourth round.
Win 5-4   Jerry Brown TKO 2 20/12/1997   Miami, Florida, U.S.
Win 0-3   Oscar Silva KO 1 22/08/1997   Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Win 5-7   Berry Butler UD 4 24/01/1997   Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 1-21   Jesus Carlos Velez TKO 3 03/01/1997   Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Win 0-1   George Holder TKO 2 27/09/1996   Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win --   Alphonzo Davis TKO 3 10/08/1996   Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win 3-0   Aurelio Dos Santos KO 1 29/07/1996   Hallandale, Florida, U.S.
Win 3-11-1   Luis Yampier TKO 1 25/05/1996   Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Win --   Anthony Mack TKO 1 24/02/1996   Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
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