Giovani Santillan

Giovani Santillan (born 3 December 1991) is an American boxer who has been competing in boxing since 2012.

Early life
Santillan was born in San Diego, California to parents from Mexico.

Amateur career
As an amateur, Santillan won the 2004 California State Silver Gloves on Junior division(12–13 years olds) and fought in the finals of the 2005 Junior Division National Silver Gloves.

Professional career
Santillan beat Imarjoe Miller via Unanimous decision in his debut match.

Santillan won the NABO welterweight title against Sammy Valentin and throughout 2017 and 2018, Santillan successfully defended the title two times.

Santillan regained the NABO title back in October 2023 after defeating rising star, Alexis Rocha via 6th-round knockout at Kia Forum and makes Rocha taste his first knockout loss.

Santillan faced Brian Norman Jr. for the vacant WBO interim welterweight title on May 18, 2024 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. He lost the bout by knockout in the tenth round with uppercut.