{"id":171004,"date":"2025-06-09T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171004\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:14:11","slug":"i-am-rare-boxer-who-beat-floyd-mayweather-heres-how-i-won-and-left-him-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171004\/","title":{"rendered":"I am rare boxer who beat Floyd Mayweather – here’s how I won and left him furious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Castillo is one of only eight boxers to have beaten Floyd Mayweather in an amateur fight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is an elite feat which was never accomplished in the professional ranks, as Mayweather retired with a perfect unblemished 50-0 record.<\/p>\n

\"Mayweather<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mayweather was a top amateur, having represented Team USA in the OlympicsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But when stepping in the ring with a less experienced Mayweather, Castillo completed what would turn out to be a truly historic feat.<\/p>\n

The pair met on a Mexico vs USA dual meet in Las Vegas in 1994.<\/p>\n

And interest was heightened in their contest with the boxing fraternity in town to watch Roy Jones Jr<\/a>‘s showdown with James Toney the following day.<\/p>\n

Many have tried and failed to undo the elite IQ and seemingly invincible defence of ‘Money’, who had one of the best skill sets ever seen in the squared circle.<\/p>\n

But Castillo came with the perfect game plan, and left the expectant crowd reeling.<\/p>\n

The Mexican decided to simply emulate Mayweather’s tricky style, which he revealed left his opponent frustrated and angry.<\/p>\n

He explained: “The best way I can explain to you what I did is that I fought like Mayweather<\/p>\n

“I tried to do everything he did, because in that time it was easy for me to fight in that kind of boxing. <\/p>\n

“Hit and move, hit and move. Then I\u2019d put my hands down and throw a jab and then move.<\/p>\n

” I just played with him. I tried to make him feel mad because he couldn\u2019t hit me. Playing dirty, kind of like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Castillo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Castillo beat Mayweather in 1994 in the amateur ranks<\/p>\n

Castillo was an elite technician himself and his skills were certainly validated in his victory over the future legend Mayweather.<\/p>\n

The Mexican himself was one of eight fighters to have beaten<\/a> the eventual perfect 50-0 icon.<\/p>\n

But he was the only one to go on and replicate the glory in his own professional career.<\/p>\n

He went on to reign as a WBA and IBF super flyweight world champion, and even reached the pound-for-pound mix.<\/p>\n

Castillo retired with a superb record of 35-4 before retiring in 2010, seven years prior to Mayweather.<\/p>\n

Despite his success, he never reached the commercial stardom of Mayweather, who was a one of a kind superstar.<\/p>\n

\"Mayweather<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mayweather was never beaten as a professional – so Castillo is in rare companyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Mayweather went on to bank earnings in excess of $1.2 billion from his stellar time in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

So his amateur losses amounted for nothing as his list of achievements are rarely matched in the sport’s vast history.<\/p>\n

He went on to beat a set of true fellow greats, including Manny Pacquiao<\/a>, Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n

And his showdown with Pacquiao in 2015 was declared the ‘Fight Of The Century’ and it became the most watched pay-per-view event in history.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Castillo’s own legacy will go on and he was delighted with how his own career turned out.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI never thought I was going to become a world champion and go to the Olympic games and be one of the most famous fighters in the world. <\/p>\n

“I feel good, not only for beating Mayweather, but because I\u2019ve done a lot of things in my life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Castillo is one of only eight boxers to have beaten Floyd Mayweather in an amateur fight. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,34978,71195,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-171004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-floyd-mayweather","11":"tag-martin-castillo","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114655006893722322","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}