{"id":194048,"date":"2026-02-26T02:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194048\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:05:07","slug":"bakersfield-boxer-ruben-castillo-dies-at-68-after-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194048\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield boxer Ruben Castillo dies at 68 after cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Ruben Castillo, a celebrated professional boxer raised in Bakersfield, has died at 68 following a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>His family told 23ABC he passed away in Beaumont, in Riverside County, on Tuesday, February 24, surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>The Castillo was a featherweight contender known for his charisma in the ring and relentless fighting spirit. He faced boxing legends including Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, Roberto Dur\u00e1n, and Alexis Arg\u00fcello during his career.<\/p>\n<p>A proud product of local schools, including St. Francis, Castillo first laced up the gloves at just 9 years old. <\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Ruben Castillo, a celebrated professional boxer raised in Bakersfield, has died at 68 following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-194048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}