Jorge Fernando Castro...

He was a good fighter, very active and fighting all the time. Tough guy. He scored a miraculous come from behind KO over John David Jackson in their first fight.

He lost to a young Roy Jones, and also lost to Norris.

I never saw his fights with Duran.

Similarly to Duran, he only retired for good when a car accident hurt his body too much.

 

he didnt retire yet, after his accident he fougth 2 times against herrera, he lost and he won

 

Castro was a throwback to the amazing contenders of boxing pre 1970 who fought anyone at anytime; then carried on fighting way past their best and yet remained excellent tests to all but the very best.

Castro was a tough face first brawler with a little bit of cunning, a brilliant chin, and a fair whack in both hands.

 

You didn't miss much. I own the rematch and it is depressing to say the least. Duran, at 47, got stunned numerous times and instead of slipping follow-ups, he would get caught with 2 or 3 shots and then hold on for dear life. Castro looked to me like he was carrying Duran a bit. Duran lost the previous match which was in Argentina. Ahem. Castro-country. And this one was in Panama. Truth be told, I'm a bit suspicious that about shenanigans in this one if not both of them.

 

I have both fights and they are similar...It looked like a sparring match...It was suspicious...Who knows? Both guys deserved the paydays. I guess.

 

I never saw the Duran vs. Castro matches, and did not know of their suspicious natures. I do remember reading in an article in Boxing Digest(?) saying that Duran won his fight with Castro by training only for 10 rounds on a heavy bag. I don't know if the author meant daily, weekly, or just one time period in terms of frequency. Castro was a bigger name than most of the fighters Duran would show up ill prepared for. His training regimen makes his victory suspect.

It almost sounds as though they got together and said, "Let's just go through the motions. You win in your country, and I'll win in mine."

 

He did manage to beat Reggie Johnson and John David Jackson. Johnson and Jackson are bigger wins than the Holmes and Joppy wins on Bernard Hopkins' resume.

Castro is not an all time great. He lost to great, or really good, fighters here and there. He beat some notable ones like I mentioned earlier. I'll go out on a limb here, and say he is a better middleweight than Quarry was a heavyweight.

 

I recently watched the rematch with Jackson and it was a terrible decision.

Castro got a hometown decision.

 

Jackson was dropped in the first. The second knockdown looked like a slip, the canvas was wet and there were a lot of slips (mainly by Jackson).

Even if the second knockdown was legit, Castro would've needed to have won 4 of the 10 rounds to earn a draw, and I don't think he won 4 rounds. He landed some nice bodyshots here and there but for the most part was totally outworked and ate many more shots than he landed.

I didn't see the Johnson fights.

 

Quite true , except what is ATG for you ?
I watched his first fight vs. Jackson , and his fight against Roy Jones .
Someone here said face first brawler , it is wrong.
He also had a stoppage win over a somewhat fading , but still 3 years younger
, and with much fights less than himself Derrick Harmon ,
went the 10 rounds distance with Paul Briggs (whom knocked down Tomasz Adamek) , went the 12 rounds distance with Vassily Jirov , stopped the former IBF CW champ Imamu Mayfield all of which were younger , fresher and much bigger than himself.
He also got a decision against John David Jackson , and I would not have called a decision win in a fight he knocked his opponent down 2 times in 2 separate rounds a gift.
2 split decisions (in Argentina) against Reggie Johnson are still something to count to his favor.

 

He fought well against Jones. Didn't look like winning it, but had his moments and made Roy look bad. He also exposed Jones' main flaw, which was a tendency to get caught on the ropes and out-worked.

 

He subscribed to the notion that the best defense is a terrible defense.

He had guts, though - and was strong. Not much in the way of punching form, else he might have been a truly fearsome KO artist.

 

Must have been drinking, it happens a lot, because I don't remember posting that. I have never had that opinion. I may have been trying to say that because of his power and chin that he might be a more dangerous opponent for a middleweight prospect than Quarry would have been for a heavyweight prospect. That is still a big stretch. I really don't know what I was after there.