Miguel Ángel Castellini (26 January 1947 – 28 October 2020) was an Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, is most notable for having held the WBA and lineal light middleweight titles from 1976 to 1977.

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina.

Professional career Castellini began his professional career on 28 May 1965, in San Miguel de Tucumán against Domingo Gerez. Castellini scored a second round knockout over Gerez to record his first win. He remained undefeated over his first thirteen fights before suffering his first loss to Hermogenes Quintela. Quintela knocked Castellini out in the tenth round of their fight on 9 September 1966.

On 4 November 1972 Castellini won his first championship by beating Hector Ricardo Palleres to claim the Argentine light middleweight title. Castellini fought for the first time outside of his native Argentina on 25 May 1974, he travelled to Monaco to beat Carlos Alberto Salinas. During his career Castellini also fought in Italy, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Nicaragua, and Spain.

It was while in Spain that Castellini challenged for the WBA and lineal light middleweight titles, then held by Jose Manuel Duran, in front of a sell out crowd of 12,000. Duran, who was making the first defence of his title, was knocked down in the third round by a left hand to the jaw. Although the champion rose from the canvas, he was outworked by the faster challenger and lost his title via a split decision in a fight where both boxers finished with bloody faces.

Castellini's championship reign only lasted one fight as he lost it in his first defence to Eddie Gazo on 5 March 1977. Gazo, fighting in his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, defeated Castellini via unanimous decision with scores of: 144–149, 144–148, and 143–148. This defeat was avenged, however, in a non-title bout on 20 September 1980. On this occasion Gazo travelled to Argentina to take on Castellini. Castellini won the fight by knockout in the ninth round in what was to be his final professional fight.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes94Win Eddie Gazo 93Win73–8–12 Alfredo Cicopiedi 92Win72–8–12 Alfredo Cicopiedi 91Win71–8–12 Alfredo Cicopiedi 90Win70–8–12 Al Styles, Jr. 89Win69–8–12 Raul Paez 88Win68–8–12 Sixto Gomez 87Draw67–8–12 Julio Cesar Arancibia 86Win67–8–11 Hugo Trujillo 85Loss66–8–11 Alfredo Cabral 84Win66–7–11 Juan Alberto Mora 83Win65–7–11 Manuel Gonzalez 82Draw64–7–11 Camilo Gaitan 81Win64–7–10 Roque Roldan 80Win63–7–10 Alberto Almiron 79Loss62–7–10 Ayub Kalule 78Loss62–6–10 Eddie Gazo 77Win62–5–10 José Manuel Duran 76Draw61–5–10 Octavio Escauriza 75Win61–5–9 Juan Carlos Artaza 74Win60–5–9 Radames Cabrera 73Win59–5–9 Jules Bellaiche 72Win58–5–9 James Marshall 71Loss57–5–9 Sandy Torres 70Win57–4–9 Mimoun Mohatar 69Win56–4–9 Rodolfo Rosales 68Win55–4–9 Norberto Cabrera 67Win54–4–9 Melvin Dennis 66Win53–4–9 Manuel Fierro 65Win52–4–9 Manuel Tapia 64Win51–4–9 Roy McMillan 63Win50–4–9 Carlos Salinas 62Win49–4–9 Ramón La Cruz 61Win48–4–9 Carlos Estrada 60Win47–4–9 Hector Galvan 59Draw46–4–9 Ramón La Cruz 58Win46–4–8 Carlos Marks 57Win45–4–8 Doc Holliday 56Win44–4–8 Roberto Carabajal 55Win43–4–8 Ruben Martinez 54Win42–4–8 Matt Donovan 53Win41–4–8 Raúl Soriano 52Win40–4–8 Héctor Palleres 51Win39–4–8 Raúl Pereyra 50Win38–4–8 Miguel Chequer 49Win37–4–8 Ramón Pereyra 48Win36–4–8 Miguel Chequer 47Win35–4–8 Edmundo Leite 46Win34–4–8 Ramón Pereyra 45Win33–4–8 Ruben Martinez 44Win32–4–8 Alberto Massi 43Win31–4–8 Hector Galvan 42Win30–4–8 Antenor Santillan 41Win29–4–8 Roberto Carabajal 40Win28–4–8 Domingo Guerrero 39Win27–4–8 Ivan Rojas 38Loss26–4–8 Carlos Estrada 37Win26–3–8 Enrique Orona 36Win25–3–8 Raúl Pereyra 35Win24–3–8 Osvaldo Marino 34Win23–3–8 Luis Pereyra 33Win22–3–8 Manuel Hernandez 32Win21–3–8 Ruben Orrico 31Win20–3–8 Carlos Raimundo 30Win19–3–8 Moises Barbosa 29Draw18–3–8 Ramón Pereyra 28Draw18–3–7 Leonardo Peralta 27Win18–3–6 Armando Marchissio 26Win17–3–6 Ramón Silva 25Draw16–3–6 Ramón Pereyra 24Draw16–3–5 Ramón Pereyra 23Win16–3–4 Juan Carlos Velardez 22Win15–3–4 Luis Andrada 21Win14–3–4 Juan Carlos Quiroga 20Win13–3–4 Luis Colman 19Loss12–3–4 Tito Del Barco 18Win12–2–4 Matias Colque 17Win11–2–4 Luis Barrios 16Loss10–2–4 José Paredes 15Win10–1–4 Kid Roldan 14Loss9–1–4 Hermogenes Quintela 13Win9–0–4 Ramon Acosta 12Draw8–0–4 Luis Andrada 11Win8–0–3 Angel Osuna 10Draw7–0–3 Alfredo Paz 9Win7–0–2 Hector Paiva 8Draw6–0–2 Walter Romero 7Win6–0–1 Amaro Millar 6Draw5–0–1 José Tula 5Win5–0 Victor Plaza 4Win4–0 Osvaldo Varela 3Win3–0 Juan José Leiva 2Win2–0 Abelardo Rosales 1Win1–0 Domingo Gerez

See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

References

External links

Miguel Angel Castellini - The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia