Julio Castillo (boxer)

Julio César Castillo Torres is an Ecuadorian amateur boxer. He won two medals at the Pan American Games: a bronze in 2007 and a silver in 2011.

Career

At the 2006 [South American Games], Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in the semifinals and ended up with a bronze medal. At the 2007 [Pan American Games], he won 15:5 against Carlos Negron, but lost to the eventual winner Eleider Alvarez 8:10 in the semifinal. He failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics and went up to heavyweight, winning a silver at the 2011 Pan American Games.
At the 2012 [American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament#Heavyweight|2012 Olympic qualifier], he lost 8:14 to Michael [Hunter |Michael Hunter], but qualified for the Olympics on the strength of "two wins vs no-names". He lost in the first bout at both the Boxing at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight|2012] and Boxing at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight|2016] Olympics.
He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics.