Jorge Castro

Jorge Fernando Castro was an Argentine boxer born in Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, in 1967, known by the nicknames Locomotora and Roña. He won the WBA middleweight world title in August 1994 by defeating Reggie Johnson in Tucumán. His comeback knockout of John David Jackson in Monterrey in December 1994 became his most celebrated fight. He collapsed at a bingo hall in Morón, Buenos Aires Province, in the early hours of October 14 and died there, aged 59, according to La Nación. Judicial sources said a preliminary autopsy found acute pulmonary oedema caused by heart failure, and the investigation was continuing.