Gabriel Campillo (born 19 December 1978) is a Spanish former

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who competed from 2002 to 2015, and held the WBA

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title from 2009 to 2010.

Professional career

Campillo made his professional debut on 2 February 2002, which ended in a four-round

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against David Hernandez. On 20 September 2008, Campillo fought for the

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title, but lost a twelve-round

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to Karo Murat. In his next fight, on 8 March 2009, Campillo won his first major regional championship by scoring a

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over then-reigning

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super-middleweight champion Lolenga Mock. On 20 June 2009, Campillo moved up to

and won the WBA title with a

over Hugo Garay. Campillo defended the title on 15 August 2009 against

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, scoring another majority decision. In their subsequent rematch, Campillo lost his title to Shumenov via

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, in a result that was described as controversial by ringside observers. Further bad luck with judges' scorecards would continue for Campillo when he faced IBF light-heavyweight champion

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on 18 February 2012, losing a split decision. Despite suffering two knockdowns in the first round, Campillo got up to win most of the rest of the rounds in the eyes of many ringside observers. In his last series of fights, Campillo suffered numerous

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losses to Sergey Kovalev, Andrzej Fonfara,

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, and

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Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campillo, Gabriel 1978 births Living people Boxers from Madrid World Boxing Association champions Spanish male boxers World light-heavyweight boxing champions Super-middleweight boxers