Castillejo does not explain why boxing has not had the ‘boom’ of other sports in Spain: “It deserves respect”

Javier Castillejo (Madrid, 1968), known as ‘Lince de Parla’, received recognition from the World Boxing Council (WBC) for his career and then made an important reflection on boxing in Spain. The man from Madrid does not understand why his sport has not had the ‘boom’ of other Spanish sports in Spain, something for which he has asked for more support and more free-to-air television coverage .

“It’s a question I ask myself, I think it’s a political issue, it depends on who is governing, if they like boxing or not,” he argued at first. “There is no explanation for boxing in Spain, which has been a great sport in the 60s, 70s. Pedro Carrasco is a world champion, many champions. And before, well, they were not well known. And that there was almost no television. And now, I don’t know why, I don’t I don’t know what the reason is I don’t know if television, politicians, I don’t know who…”, said Castillejo, born in Vallecas and raised in Parla.

“Television bet on boxing and that it bet on the open air is the best. Just like soccer, basketball, tennis, motorcycle racing, cycling, well, the same with boxing, right? It’s another sport, it’s the second oldest Olympic sport, I think it deserves to be respected”, argued the eight-time world champion and six-time European champion, the boxer with the best resume in Spanish boxing.

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