Victor Castro (born July 21, 1975) is a
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from
Argentina
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, who won the gold medal in the Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) at the
1999 Pan American Games
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in
Winnipeg
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, Manitoba, Canada.
Castro defeated
Kelson Pinto
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Amateur career
Pinto represented his native country in t ...
in the final. He represented his native country at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney, Australia
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.
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
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Ruslan Provodnikov
Ruslan Mikhailovich Provodnikov (russian: link=no, Руслан Михайлович Проводников; born 20 January 1984) is a Russian former professional boxer and politician. In boxing he competed from 2006 to 2016, and held the WBO ...
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Antonin Decarie
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Junior Witter
Junior Witter (born 10 March 1974) is a British former world champion professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He held the WBC light welterweight world title from 2006 to 2008 and challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title ...
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, Win, , 29-4, , align=left, Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez
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, Win, , 28-4, , align=left, Sergio Javier Benitez
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, Loss, , 27-4, , align=left, Juan Alberto Godoy
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, Win, , 27-3, , align=left, Nazareno Tripolli
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, Win, , 26-3, , align=left, Raul Zambrano
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, Win, , 25-3, , align=left, Guillermo de Jesus Paz
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, Win, , 24-3, , align=left, Adolfo Dionisio Rios
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, Loss, , 23-3, , align=left, Sergey Sorokin
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, Win, , 23-2, , align=left, Guillermo de Jesus Paz
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, Win, , 22-2, , align=left, Justo Evangelista Martinez
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, Win, , 21-2, , align=left, Vicente Luis Burgo
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References
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1975 births
Living people
People from San Cristóbal Department
Welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Argentina
Argentine male boxers
Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province
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