I recently bought a collection of fights on DVD and one of them was John David Jackson v Jorge Castro .... Im not familiar with these guys but when i was watching the fight i noticed a staggering statistical record about Castro .. At the time of him fighting John David Jackson in '94 he came in with a record of 101 fights - 95 wins - 4 losses - 2 draws and 66 knockouts .... That is an amazing record for a modern day fighter .. Could anybody on here give me some thoughts on Jorge Castro and John David Jackson .. Incidentally Castro ended his career with a record of 144 fights - 130 Wins - 11 losses - 3 draws and 90 knockouts .. Someone tell me about Jorge Castro ....
They were about as stark contrasts as you could get. Castro was a rugged brawling type fighter, not skilled or polished, shitty footwork, but immensely tough and could bang with both hands. Jackson was a stylish and skilled southpaw boxer with quick hands, but also a glass chin. When they met the first time, Jackson outboxed, outskilled, and outpunched Castro for much of the way, but his chin let him down just as he appeared to have Castro on the verge of being knocked out, resulting in himself getting KO'd by a desperation punch by Castro. Castro first got widespread attention when he challenged Terry Norris for the jr. MW title. He spent the entire fight just backing up and against the ropes trying to sucker Norris into one big shot, while Norris wailed away at him and won every round. His next major fight was against Roy Jones, who used Castro as a stepping stone on his way to a MW title shot. Jones had a bit tougher time with Castro than Norris did, as Castro managed to work his way inside and rough up Jones on the inside, but Jones outboxed him for most of the fight and won a wide decision. In between, Castro spent most of his time in his native Argentina padding his record against local clubfighters. Meanwhile, Jackson was controversially stripped of his MW title, and Castro was matched with another slick southpaw boxer, Reggie Johnson, for the vacant title. Castro won a controversial split decision on his home turf. Then, Jackson challenged Castro trying to get his title back, and that's the fight that Castro won by KO. That was Ring magazine's Fight of the Year. Jackson was never the same after being KO'd, which was the first loss of his career. He later challenged Hopkins for the title but was stopped again. Meanwhile, Castro defended his title a few more times (including another controversial SD over Johnson) before travelling to Japan and losing his title to Takehara, who basically fought the fight of his life and outboxed him to a decision. After that, Castro's weight ballooned and he fought at LHW and even cruiserweight. He had notable fights after that against Roberto Duran (going 1-1, winning one fight on a controversial decision), outpointing Jackson in a rematch (another controversial decision), getting stopped by Juan Carlos Gomez for the first time in his career, and challenging Jirov for the CW title and losing clearly on points, but making him work for the win. He was in a very serious car accident a few years ago, but I believe he came back and fought after that (not sure though).
My2sense, that is a pretty definitive account which was exactly what i was looking for .... Thanks bud ..
you should check boxrec for the record. numbers are not important. what is important is who you fought , what was the outcome and why.
That's funny because you only go by Boxrec. Twat. Honestly, HOW OLD ARE YOU? I reckon you're about 12.
Castro was tough, but not a great fighter. He was a good B-level brawler. He had a very strong chin and a good punch. He was on the winning side of several gift decisions.
