On April 12, 2008, a 40-year-old Javier Castillejo (62-7, 43 KOs) and a 27-year-old German boxer Sebastian Sylvester (28-2, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 30 days. Sylvester was on a 7-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 17 days.
Sebastian Sylvester stopped Javier Castillejo via KO in the 12th round. Sylvester improves his record to 29-2 (14 KOs), while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 62-8.
On April 28, 2007, Javier Castillejo and Felix Sturm met again in a rematch.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days. Sturm was on a 1-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 26 days.
Felix Sturm defeated Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBA title. Sturm improves his record to 27-2, while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 61-7.
On August 20, 2005, a 37-year-old Javier Castillejo (58-5, 40 KOs) and a 27-year-old American boxer Fernando Vargas (25-2, 22 KOs) met in the ring.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 9 days. Vargas was on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Fernando Vargas defeated Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Vargas improves his record to 26-2, while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 58-6.
On June 23, 2001, the 33-year-old WBC super-welterweight world champion, Javier Castillejo (51-4, 34 KOs), faced a 28-year-old American boxer Oscar De La Hoya (33-2, 27 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 2 days. De La Hoya was on a 1-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
Oscar De La Hoya defeated Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title. De La Hoya improves his record to 34-2, while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 51-5.
On January 6, 1996, a 27-year-old Javier Castillejo (37-3, 23 KOs) and Laurent Boudouani met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a super-welterweight bout.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 23 days.
Javier Castillejo lost to Laurent Boudouani via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 37-4.
On January 3, 1995, a 26-year-old Javier Castillejo (36-2, 23 KOs) and Laurent Boudouani met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 11 days.
Javier Castillejo lost to Laurent Boudouani via TKO in the 9th round, and adds a loss to his record at 36-3.
On April 24, 1993, a 25-year-old Javier Castillejo (29-1, 17 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBA title held by Julio César Vásquez.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 29 days.
Javier Castillejo was defending his super-welterweight titles and, fighting for the super-welterweight WBA titles against Julio César Vásquez and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 29-2.
On August 19, 1989, a 21-year-old Javier Castillejo (7-0, 3 KOs) and Del Bryan met in the ring.
Castillejo came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 21 days.
Javier Castillejo lost to Del Bryan via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 7-1.