Gabriel Campillo Explained

Gabriel Campillo
Nickname:Chico Guapo
("The Handsome Guy")
Weight:
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:19 December 1978
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Style:Southpaw
Total:34
Wins:25
Ko:12
Losses:8
Draws:1

Gabriel Campillo (born 19 December 1978) is a Spanish former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015, and held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2009 to 2010.[1] [2]

Professional career

Campillo made his professional debut on 2 February 2002, which ended in a four-round no contest against David Hernandez. On 20 September 2008, Campillo fought for the European super-middleweight title, but lost a twelve-round majority decision to Karo Murat. In his next fight, on 8 March 2009, Campillo won his first major regional championship by scoring a unanimous decision over then-reigning European Union super-middleweight champion Lolenga Mock.

On 20 June 2009, Campillo moved up to light-heavyweight and won the WBA title with a majority decision over Hugo Garay. Campillo defended the title on 15 August 2009 against Beibut Shumenov, scoring another majority decision. In their subsequent rematch, Campillo lost his title to Shumenov via split decision, 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 Tavoris Cloud 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 knockout losses to Sergey Kovalev, Andrzej Fonfara, Artur Beterbiev, and Marcus Browne.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
34Loss25–8–1Marcus BrowneKO1 (10), 12 Sep 2015
33Loss25–7–1Artur BeterbievKO4 (12), 4 Apr 2015
32Win25–6–1Mirzet Bajrektarevic TKO7 (8)12 Dec 2014
31Win24–6–1Thomas Williams Jr.RTD5 (12), 1 Aug 2014
30Win23–6–1Ricky Dennis PowTKO7 (10)9 May 2014
29Loss22–6–1Andrzej FonfaraKO9 (12), 16 Aug 2013
28Win22–5–1Ionut Trandafir IlieTKO2 (8)14 Jun 2013
27Loss21–5–1Sergey KovalevTKO3 (10), 19 Jan 2013
26Loss21–4–1Tavoris CloudSD1218 Feb 2012
25Draw21–3–1Karo Murat121 Oct 2011
24Win21–3Sergey BeloshapkinTKO5 (8)15 Apr 2011
23Win20–3Luzimar GonzagaKO1 (8)15 May 2010
22Loss19–3Beibut Shumenov1229 Jan 2010
21Win19–2Beibut ShumenovMD1215 Aug 2009
20Win18–2Hugo Hernán GarayMD1220 Jun 2009
19Win17–2Lolenga MockUD128 Mar 2009
18Loss16–2Karo Murat1220 Sep 2008
17Win16–1Roberto SantosPTS831 May 2008
16Win15–1Sergey KharchenkoPTS618 Apr 2008
15Win14–1Israel CarrilloUD68 Mar 2008
14Win13–1Pavel Florian MadalinTKO3 (6)2 Feb 2008
13Loss12–1Vyacheslav Uzelkov6 (12)13 Sep 2007
12Win12–0Juan NelongoTKO5 (10)19 May 2007
11Win11–0Fernando FernandesTKO3 (6)30 Mar 2007
10Win10–0Juan Nelongo103 Dec 2005
9Win9–0Oliver TchindaPTS617 Sep 2005
8Win8–0Igor LazarenkoTKO5 (6)11 Dec 2004
7Win7–0Florin ChidiciPTS419 Jun 2004
6Win6–0Igor LusakanoPTS425 Apr 2004
5Win5–0Alexander BeroshviliPTS413 Feb 2004
4Win4–0Yarali YaralievPTS46 Nov 2003
3Win3–0Roman Merenkov3 (4)7 Jun 2003
2Win2–0Arturas Margis414 Mar 2003
1Win1–0Arturas Margis3 (4), 4 Oct 2002

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WBA Boxer Profile . World Boxing Association . . Panama City, Panama . 2019-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190620035909/https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-boxer-profile . 2019-06-20 . live .
  2. Web site: Campillo: I'm moved by glory, not greed . 2012-03-05 . ESPN . . 2019-07-06.