Editing Jorge Castro (boxer) (section)

==Professional career==
In December 1991, at Palais Omnisports, Bercy, France, Castro lost to [[Terry Norris (boxer)|Terry Norris]] by a wide unanimous decision in a challenge for the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[super welterweight]] title. It was reported that prior to the bout, Castro had done roadwork for the first time in his life.

In June 1992, at the [[Pensacola Bay Center|Civic Center]] in [[Pensacola, Florida]], United States, Castro lost a wide decision over ten rounds to future pound for pound king [[Roy Jones Jr.]]

Castro became a world champion in 1994 by defeating [[Reggie Johnson (boxer)|Reggie Johnson]] in Buenos Aires by split decision to win the vacant [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] middleweight title. After defeating [[Alex Ramos]] by a [[knockout]] in two rounds to retain the belt, he travelled to [[Monterrey]], Mexico, to defend against the former undefeated holder of the WBA title [[John David Jackson (boxer)|John David Jackson]] in December 1994.

What began merely as an undercard world title fight in a [[pay-per-view]] program featuring [[Félix Trinidad]] vs [[Oba Carr]] and [[Julio César Chávez]] vs [[Tony Lopez (boxer)|Tony Lopez]], soon became a fight that is part of boxing's lore. Castro was trailing badly on all three scorecards, with one eye closed and the other one only halfway opened, bleeding and taking combination after combination against the ropes. Seemingly on the verge of being stopped, Castro landed a left hook to Jackson's chin and Jackson hit the floor. Jackson got up, but he suffered two more knockdowns and Castro completed what could be said that was one of the greatest turnarounds ever in a boxing fight, retaining the title by a knockout in the ninth round.

At the press conference after the fight, Castro called his winning punch ''La mano de Dios'', (''The hand of God''), in reference to the [[Hand of God goal]] by [[Diego Maradona]] during a win by [[Argentina national football team]] at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]], which, like the fight, had taken place in [[Mexico]]. Therefore, that moment became known as boxing's version of ''The hand of God''. The fight, and its ending, were talked about for months on many boxing magazines and books.

Castro defended his title another two times, including a rematch win over Reggie Johnson, and then he lost the title to [[Shinji Takehara]] by a decision in twelve. He split two 10-round decisions with [[Roberto Durán]], winning the first in Argentina, but losing the rematch in [[Panama]], and then he gave Jackson a rematch, this time winning by a decision in ten.

Castro has lost two more world championship fights: in December 2000, he went to Germany and lost by a knockout in 10 to [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[cruiserweight (boxing)|cruiserweight]] champion [[Juan Carlos Gómez]], and in February 2002, he went to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and challenged [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] cruiserweight champion [[Vassiliy Jirov]], a [[Kazakhstan]] native who lives in Phoenix, losing by a decision in twelve. Despite his failures in these attempts to become a world champion again, he did not announce a retirement until 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/node/625020|title="Locomotora" Castro se retira del boxeo, pero no pelearía ante "Mano de Piedra" Durán &#124; y más}}</ref>

On June 18, 2005, Jorge Castro suffered a car accident in Buenos Aires, with a collapsed [[lung]] and some broken [[rib]]s. The accident and its consequences were similar to the one suffered by archrival Duran in Buenos Aires a few years before. Castro required hospitalization and emergency surgery, and was in stable condition after the surgery. He recuperated from his injuries.

On April 22, 2006, Castro fought [[Jose Luis Herrera]], losing by a fourth-round knockout. He had his "revenge" against the same opponent on January 27, 2007, when Castro won by technical K.O. in the second round.

Currently, he has a record of 130 wins, 11 losses and 3 draws, with 89 knockout wins, which ranks him among the most prolific knockout winners in boxing history according to the records of [[Ring Magazine]].