Carlos Alejandro Castro Manriquez (born March 6, 1994) is an American

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Early life

Born in

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, Castro was brought to the United States as a young child and settled in

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. His father introduced him to boxing around the age of seven.

Professional career

Castro made his professional debut on June 16, 2016, scoring a four-round

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(UD) victory against Tony Green at the

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. After compiling a record of 19–0 (8 KOs), he returned to the Celebrity Theatre to face Alexis Santiago for the vacant WBC–USNBC

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title on February 24, 2018. After Castro landed a series of combinations in the tenth and final round, Santiago's

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threw in the towel at 1 minute 50 seconds into the round, handing Castro a

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(TKO) victory and his first professional championship. In June of that year, it was announced that Castro had signed a multi-year contract with

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promotional company. Following a UD victory against Diuhl Olguin in a non-title fight in August, Castro defeated

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via UD on February 10, 2019, capturing the vacant WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title at the Save Mart Arena in

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. The judges' scorecards read 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92. After three more victories, two of which were title defenses, Castro moved up to the

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division. His first bout at the weight was a fourth-round stoppage victory against Cesar Juarez in July 2020. Castro's next fight came against former two-weight interim world champion

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on August 21, 2021 at the

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. In a bout that served as part of the

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for Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugás, Castro scored knockdowns in rounds seven and ten, the latter of which promoted the referee to call a halt to the contest at 1 minute 8 seconds into the round, awarding Castro the vacant WBC Continental Americas featherweight title victory via tenth-round

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(KO).

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Carlos Living people 1994 births Boxers from Sonora American male boxers Super-bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople from Ciudad Obregón Mexican emigrants to the United States American boxers of Mexican descent Boxers from Arizona Martial artists from Phoenix, Arizona 21st-century American sportsmen