Former world champion dies in front of his daughter in a bingo hall

Sad news from Argentina. Former boxing world champion Jorge Castro collapsed and died in a bingo hall near Buenos Aires. Particularly tragic: his daughter Quimely and his ex-wife had to witness everything. Despite resuscitation measures, the former middleweight world champion could not be saved.

Argentine authorities confirmed the 59-year-old's death from a heart attack. His daughter told Argentine media: "My father's death was natural. He had a heart attack. His chest started to hurt and he couldn't take it anymore. It was a matter of just 15 minutes, no more. The forensics of the Policía Científica have already proven that it was a completely natural death."

Her father was with her and her mother. They went on "a completely normal trip together. My mother and he are very close friends; although they haven't been a couple for 15 years, they are very good friends. It was a trip that the three of us went on."

“It hurts a lot, daughter,” Jorge Castro said

Castro's daughter described the last moments before her father's death: "We were doing well and suddenly he said to me: 'I'm going to the toilet.' When he came back he said: 'My chest hurts a little.' I told him: 'That's because you smoke like a crazy person.'

That was the moment "when we notified the staff on site. And it all happened so quickly - exactly as I'm telling you. He lay down and lost consciousness. They took him to a separate room, started trying to resuscitate him in camera, and that was it."

Castro made his professional debut in 1987 and went by the nickname “Lokomotiv”. He fought 144 fights in 20 years before retiring in 2007. On August 12, 1994, he won the WBA world championship title after a points victory against Reggie Johnson.

The fight on December 10, 1994 against the previously undefeated John Jackson (32:0) is considered one of the highlights of his career. Castro took a beating for eight rounds before he came out of nowhere with a left hook and a straight right in the 9th round to send Jackson to the boards and claim the victory by knockout. fetched.

More than a year later he had to give up the title in a fight against the Japanese Shinji Takehara. Now Castro has lost his biggest battle. He leaves behind 15 children and 14 grandchildren.