Looks like it's almost done.

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Deal could be completed this week

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, who waged one of the greatest fights in boxing history on May 7 in Las Vegas, are poised to return there for a fall rematch.

They will meet Oct. 8 at the Thomas & Mack Center on Showtime PPV pending completion of a buyout of an option that promoter Artie Pelullo holds on Corrales' next fight. It should be completed this week.

"When a fight takes the whole boxing public and general sports fan's attention, it demands consideration for an automatic rematch," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Castillo's promoter, told ESPN.com on Monday. "Therefore, we have been compelled to pursue the possibility of doing this in October. I think the economics and the public demand for it should not hold back the fight from happening. There's been overwhelming demand for a rematch. We're excited about it."

Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) went toe-to-toe in a lightweight unification bout that left those who saw it in awe of its brutality. In a two-way pitched battle, Castillo finally knocked Corrales down twice in the 10th round before Corrales, badly hurt and his left eye nearly swollen shut, launched an improbable rally and stopped Castillo.

There was also an element of controversy over the 10th round, when on each knockdown Corrales spit out his mouthpiece. It cost him a point but gave him valuable recovery time.

The fight was immediately hailed by fans and media as an all-time great bout on the same level as revered classics such as Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier III, Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello I and the Morales-Barrera, Bowe-Holyfield and Gatti-Ward trilogies.

Although Castillo said he wanted an immediate rematch and Corrales said he was also open to one, it looked as though it might have to wait. Pelullo, Corrales' co-promoter, exercised an option 10 days ago that bound Corrales to a rematch with Acelino "Popo" Freitas.

Corrales stopped Freitas, Pelullo's franchise fighter, in the 10th round last August. But because Pelullo gave Corrales the shot at then-titleholder Freitas, he became a partner on Corrales' next two fights with promoter Gary Shaw.

Pelullo and Shaw co-promoted the first Corrales-Castillo bout along with Top Rank. Now, Shaw and Top Rank's Bob Arum are finalizing a buyout of the option, which will allow Corrales to fight Castillo again.

"I have been approached to reconsider the rematch between Acelino Freitas and Diego Corrales in order for Corrales to have a rematch with Castillo, which I had to honor of being one of the promoters of their first fight," Pelullo told ESPN.com. "If we can work everything out, which I think we will, it will allow Diego to pursue further glory by knocking out Castillo for a second time."

In the meantime, Freitas is fighting in his home country of Brazil on pay-per-view in July. And then we'll take one step at a time.

Initially, Corrales' team expressed concern that because the May fight was so brutal, perhaps they should not fight again. At the post-fight press conference, Joe Goossen, Corrales' trainer, said, "They should never fight again. It's too much."

But money talks. Showtime has already completed its deals with Arum and Shaw, and Arum has secured a site fee in the $3 million to $4 million neighborhood from Las Vegas hotel magnate Steve Wynn, who recently opened the Wynn Las Vegas resort on the Vegas strip, and Harrah's.

Corrales earned $525,000 and Castillo $300,000 for their first meeting. They will both earn substantially more the second time around.

Besides an anticipated rematch in the main event, the undercard is expected to also feature a pair of rematches of all-action fights from this year:

A flyweight sequel between Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein. Arce won their bloody first bout on a 10th-round TKO in the co-feature on the March 19 Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao card.

A junior lightweight rematch between former titlists Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez, who waged a sensational fight May 28 on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson bout. Chavez won a split decision in a fight that begged for a rematch.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.

its good that they are having a rematch. castillo deserves it (even though corrales didnt want to give him one), the public wants it, and boxing needs it. a match like castillo vs corrales was so good, it needed to be done again.

dayum, so me might see rematches of all the FOTY candidates. that's awesome. Different outcome tis time. Pacman make true of the postponed prophecy to KO Morales!


Castillo MIGHT beat Corrales though. I'm feelin it, but not still sho!

That would end up being one of the greatest cards of fighting ever.

But maybe I'm a pesimist. No way those 3 fights would be put on the same card.

If that card goes through then it will be one of the best in a long while.

This is an absolute must PPV. Hope they keep it at a normal price.

I wasn't expecting the rematch until atleast early 2006.It just shows you the kind of warriors these two are,after the brutal first fight they had.Hopefuly everything goes according to plan,fingers crossed.

that would make for an awesome card

Ahh yeah! This is going to be one of the best years in boxing. Can't wait for the rematch.

i think JLC will get his revenge

I wasn't expecting the rematch until atleast early 2006.It just shows you the kind of warriors these two are,after the brutal first fight they had.Hopefuly everything goes according to plan,fingers crossed.

lovin your sig. **** YEAH!

That is awesome. I really hope this happens.

but will FREITAS really go away quietly?..anyway this is gonna be worth 50 bucks..its going to be the REVENGES

the card is gonna have

CORRALES VS CASTILLO

HERNADEZ VS CHAVEZ

ARCE VS HUSSEIN

This is terrible.

I was hoping they'd wait, and face each other again in a year or two ala Morlaes Barrera 2.

Now they're going to fight again. I think Castillo wins this one, and that sets up a 3rd fight.

After that, they'll both be ruined and their careers' will be almost over.

These guys are going to beat eachother into retirment.

I didnt see the first Castillo-Corrales fight, but after hearing about it and seeing clips of it, id definately pay for it.

A flyweight sequel between Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein. Arce won their bloody first bout on a 10th-round TKO in the co-feature on the March 19 Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao card.

But thats what would be the draw for me, that was a dam 10 round war.

But that card probably wont go through, or if it does, they're probably gonna jack the price up higher than it already is.

What id like to do do PPV guys. :boxing:

I think if JLC is the same fighter he was he will beat Corrales because it seemed after the fight Corrales didnt want another one so he might not be the same.

Corrales will crush him easy this time

Corrales will crush him easy this time

:confused:

Corrales fought Castillo's fight AND WON last time. Imagine what he happens when he boxes Castillo? I see no way Castillo wins the rematch.

its good that they are having a rematch. castillo deserves it (even though corrales didnt want to give him one), the public wants it, and boxing needs it. a match like castillo vs corrales was so good, it needed to be done again.

This seems to be the all too typical attitude of the Castillo fan lately. Talking **** and not giving any credit where it is due. Take this post for example, your boy is getting a shot after Diego takes care of his one other mandatory and all you can do is take a shot at Chico by saying he "did not want to make the fight". Well apparently he wanted to make the fight at least a little because he could have turned it down and fought Hatton, tried for Morales, taken on Gatti, or any other number of lower risk higher reward matches. But all you wanna talk about is Chico ducking your boy, yeah ducking him by fighting him-- the oldest trick in the book, I should have known. Secondly, I am just about the biggest Corrales fan in existence and I have done nothing but give Castillo props since that fight for showing so much heart and waging such a war. All I have seen out of most Castillo fans is talk like "the first fight was a fluke" or "Castillo killed him the first time and will kill him the second time" or "Corrales cheated and should have been DQ'ed" (despite the fact that THE RULES say nothing about such things) or "Weeks stopped the fight too soon, Castillo could have kept going" and so on and so forth. Having pride in your fighter makes sense and all, but half of this is just plain ignorant. I can't even imagine how much trash would be getting talked if your fighter had actually won! Show a little class for God's sake!

Castillo fans are crybabies and simply unrealistic

I wonder how much ringside seats will be, kinda tempted to go and bring the bib for this bloodletting heh.

fukin awsome
and more awsomeER
their might be an arce-hussein 2 too?
sweetness

great rematches!!!

i'm with castillo on the rematch.

how about morales and pacquiao II too? forget hernandez-chavez

great rematches!!!

i'm with castillo on the rematch.

how about morales and pacquiao II too? forget hernandez-chavez

They are not going to put Morales/Pacquiao II on an undercard.

I think Corrales will try to box this time around but that will go out the window when Castillo starts tagging him. I still got to go with Castillo by late stoppage.

They are not going to put Morales/Pacquiao II on an undercard.

lol, the fact that you had to tell him that cracks me up, scottie doesn't know

lol, the fact that you had to tell him that cracks me up, scottie doesn't know
Chavez-Hernandez I was a better fight than Morales/Pac anyway.

My three top "fights of the year" so far would all have their sequels on one card. This would be the best card, on paper, I've ever seen (though I'm a fairly new fan, so we're only talking three years...)

Corrales fought Castillo's fight AND WON last time. Imagine what he happens when he boxes Castillo? I see no way Castillo wins the rematch.


You see no way that Castillo wins the rematch, you see no possible way?

Jesus christ Fuego dont be a moron, this is a u pickem fight and anyone who thinks or says they no how it is going to shakedown is just being dumb.


Maybe you dont know your own fighter very well, sure he may come out and try to box but Diego is a fighter at heart and once he gets tagged a few times he will revert back to his fighter/brawler tendencies...

Cmon Fuego, you have to at least see that Castillo has a chance no matter how stupid you are or how much of a homer you are...

Wow... I can't wait for this. I think Castillo could definitely take Corrales, being that their last slugfest was so close.

Corrales still looks like he's feeling the punishment he took from that one, so on that alone I would have to say that Castillo has the edge.

This seems to be the all too typical attitude of the Castillo fan lately. Talking **** and not giving any credit where it is due. Take this post for example, your boy is getting a shot after Diego takes care of his one other mandatory and all you can do is take a shot at Chico by saying he "did not want to make the fight". Well apparently he wanted to make the fight at least a little because he could have turned it down and fought Hatton, tried for Morales, taken on Gatti, or any other number of lower risk higher reward matches. But all you wanna talk about is Chico ducking your boy, yeah ducking him by fighting him-- the oldest trick in the book, I should have known. Secondly, I am just about the biggest Corrales fan in existence and I have done nothing but give Castillo props since that fight for showing so much heart and waging such a war. All I have seen out of most Castillo fans is talk like "the first fight was a fluke" or "Castillo killed him the first time and will kill him the second time" or "Corrales cheated and should have been DQ'ed" (despite the fact that THE RULES say nothing about such things) or "Weeks stopped the fight too soon, Castillo could have kept going" and so on and so forth. Having pride in your fighter makes sense and all, but half of this is just plain ignorant. I can't even imagine how much trash would be getting talked if your fighter had actually won! Show a little class for God's sake!
the same could be said for you. show some class and stop screaming.
castillo is not my boy. and i dont hate chico. i have nothing against either fighter. but when chico filed and APPEAL to prevent a rematch, that was just wrong. i mean come on, filing an appeal to avoid a rematch? who doest that?

getting back to the subject... im thrilled about this news, this feud could go down in boxing history in a big way

Looks like it's almost done.

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Deal could be completed this week

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, who waged one of the greatest fights in boxing history on May 7 in Las Vegas, are poised to return there for a fall rematch.

They will meet Oct. 8 at the Thomas & Mack Center on Showtime PPV pending completion of a buyout of an option that promoter Artie Pelullo holds on Corrales' next fight. It should be completed this week.

"When a fight takes the whole boxing public and general sports fan's attention, it demands consideration for an automatic rematch," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Castillo's promoter, told ESPN.com on Monday. "Therefore, we have been compelled to pursue the possibility of doing this in October. I think the economics and the public demand for it should not hold back the fight from happening. There's been overwhelming demand for a rematch. We're excited about it."

Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) went toe-to-toe in a lightweight unification bout that left those who saw it in awe of its brutality. In a two-way pitched battle, Castillo finally knocked Corrales down twice in the 10th round before Corrales, badly hurt and his left eye nearly swollen shut, launched an improbable rally and stopped Castillo.

There was also an element of controversy over the 10th round, when on each knockdown Corrales spit out his mouthpiece. It cost him a point but gave him valuable recovery time.

The fight was immediately hailed by fans and media as an all-time great bout on the same level as revered classics such as Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier III, Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello I and the Morales-Barrera, Bowe-Holyfield and Gatti-Ward trilogies.

Although Castillo said he wanted an immediate rematch and Corrales said he was also open to one, it looked as though it might have to wait. Pelullo, Corrales' co-promoter, exercised an option 10 days ago that bound Corrales to a rematch with Acelino "Popo" Freitas.

Corrales stopped Freitas, Pelullo's franchise fighter, in the 10th round last August. But because Pelullo gave Corrales the shot at then-titleholder Freitas, he became a partner on Corrales' next two fights with promoter Gary Shaw.

Pelullo and Shaw co-promoted the first Corrales-Castillo bout along with Top Rank. Now, Shaw and Top Rank's Bob Arum are finalizing a buyout of the option, which will allow Corrales to fight Castillo again.

"I have been approached to reconsider the rematch between Acelino Freitas and Diego Corrales in order for Corrales to have a rematch with Castillo, which I had to honor of being one of the promoters of their first fight," Pelullo told ESPN.com. "If we can work everything out, which I think we will, it will allow Diego to pursue further glory by knocking out Castillo for a second time."

In the meantime, Freitas is fighting in his home country of Brazil on pay-per-view in July. And then we'll take one step at a time.

Initially, Corrales' team expressed concern that because the May fight was so brutal, perhaps they should not fight again. At the post-fight press conference, Joe Goossen, Corrales' trainer, said, "They should never fight again. It's too much."

But money talks. Showtime has already completed its deals with Arum and Shaw, and Arum has secured a site fee in the $3 million to $4 million neighborhood from Las Vegas hotel magnate Steve Wynn, who recently opened the Wynn Las Vegas resort on the Vegas strip, and Harrah's.

Corrales earned $525,000 and Castillo $300,000 for their first meeting. They will both earn substantially more the second time around.

Besides an anticipated rematch in the main event, the undercard is expected to also feature a pair of rematches of all-action fights from this year:

A flyweight sequel between Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein. Arce won their bloody first bout on a 10th-round TKO in the co-feature on the March 19 Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao card.

A junior lightweight rematch between former titlists Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez, who waged a sensational fight May 28 on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson bout. Chavez won a split decision in a fight that begged for a rematch.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.
i thought his camp didnt want him to do that fight

chico can beat JLC and make it eaiser if he uses his rang. all he did was stand inside, if u watch the fight agan u see when chico uses that long rang attack its deadly, if he uses that in this fight JLC will have another TKO lose on his record

I find it funny that people think Chico can just outbox Castillo and make the fight easier for him. Well Mayweather is a hell of alot better at boxing than Chico..and Castillo...beat him..once..imo..and plus...Chico..never really wanted this fight..this was like his..4th choice of opponent..he doesnt want another fight like the first..and it might not end up that way. I still see Castillo ending this fight around the 8th round

I find it funny that people think Chico can just outbox Castillo and make the fight easier for him. Well Mayweather is a hell of alot better at boxing than Chico..and Castillo...beat him..once..imo..and plus...Chico..never really wanted this fight..this was like his..4th choice of opponent..he doesnt want another fight like the first..and it might not end up that way. I still see Castillo ending this fight around the 8th round


My thoughts almost to a tee!

There are way too many people that think Corrales can just sit back and dominate this fight at distance, nice point bringing up MAyweather...if he cant outbox Castillo (the first fight) Diego will have a tough time doing so and Chico will not fight a 12 round boxing match...he eventually will throw down and the brawl will break out.

Too many people are acting as if Castillo took no punishment in that fight !
He was hurt on NUMEROUS occasions...& took a steady diet of punishment throughout. He was also nearly decapitated at the end of the fight.
He did indeed inflict horrendous punishment on Corrales.

Things are evened out. Castillo has the tougher foundation, while Corrales has the bigger punches. A rematch bewteen the two... would be tough to pick a winner.

The rematch is a great idea for Castillo, I admit Castillo did recieve a few good punches from Corrales, but Castillo was dilivering the most power shots. plus Castillo is going to fight just to prove every one that he was winning and it was a premature stop.

Okay, it's possible that Castillo wins, but I would make Corrales a pretty heavy favorite. I mean think about it. He fought exactly how Castillo wanted him to, and he STILL won the fight. If he boxes and tags Castillo (because we now know who hits harder for a fact), then Corrales will knock him out by the 7th round this time around. Castillo won't do anything different, but Corrales will. Everybody knows that. Castillo only knows how to fight one way, but Corrales is going to switch it up on him and beat the holy hell out of him worse this time. I see Castillo getting dropped.

Too many people are acting as if Castillo took no punishment in that fight !
He was hurt on NUMEROUS occasions...& took a steady diet of punishment throughout. He was also nearly decapitated at the end of the fight.
He did indeed inflict horrendous punishment on Corrales.

Things are evened out. Castillo has the tougher foundation, while Corrales has the bigger punches. A rematch bewteen the two... would be tough to pick a winner.

100% agree, the fight is a u pickem, both Castillo and Corrlaes fans should be able to agree with that.

My thoughts almost to a tee!

There are way too many people that think Corrales can just sit back and dominate this fight at distance, nice point bringing up MAyweather...if he cant outbox Castillo (the first fight) Diego will have a tough time doing so and Chico will not fight a 12 round boxing match...he eventually will throw down and the brawl will break out.

The difference between PBF & Chico is the fact that Chico has the power to put a halt to any Castillo rally. Chico's power is an equalizer whereas PBF is a great boxer who really couldn't keep Castillo off him. If Chico can consistently keep Castillo on the end of his punches, I think Chico could win earlier. Castillo hurt alot more in that fight before the 10th than Chico ever was through the fight.

The difference between PBF & Chico is the fact that Chico has the power to put a halt to any Castillo rally. Chico's power is an equalizer whereas PBF is a great boxer who really couldn't keep Castillo off him. If Chico can consistently keep Castillo on the end of his punches, I think Chico could win earlier. Castillo hurt alot more in that fight before the 10th than Chico ever was through the fight.


Castillo was hurt more than Diego, no way in hell.

They both were hurt multiple times but there was a string of rounds where Castillo was rocking Chcio and Chico was real lucky that on a couple of occassion they were at the very end of the round.

I would love to sit down with you and watch the fight and we would then see each of our definitions of the word HURT.

Corrales knocked Castillo out. I'd say he hurt him a LITTLE bit more, don't ya think? :D

The difference between PBF & Chico is the fact that Chico has the power to put a halt to any Castillo rally. Chico's power is an equalizer whereas PBF is a great boxer who really couldn't keep Castillo off him. If Chico can consistently keep Castillo on the end of his punches, I think Chico could win earlier. Castillo hurt alot more in that fight before the 10th than Chico ever was through the fight.
Your right..the difference between PBF and Chico..is Chico's power..but..also..PBF is way better boxer..so..can Chico..box good enough..to keep Castillo off of him..no i dont think so..cause i havent seen much of Chico to prove that he can. Sooner or later hes gonna brawl in the fight. Castillo..lost the fight when he thought he had Corrales out and done. Credit to Corrales for coming back and getting the job done. But Castillo will finish him off this time around..

i didnt say chico is gonna outbox JLC cause that wont happen, i simply said if he mixes up the rbawling but steps back and sets up long rang shots, this fight will be easier for him then the first, using his rang to land more without taking as much

Corrales never knocked Castillo out it was a premature stop, if you watch the fight and actually paid any attention to the actual punches that Corrales put on Castillo it was only like three, not enough to stop the fight. We all know it was a premature stop you just need to accept it. Not only that but Castillo put Corrales on the canvas, I didnt see Corrales do that.

WOW this would be an awesome card, if it gets finalized I'm buying my tix to the fight on the 1st day they go on sale, that would be a fight fan's dream card....do any of you guys remember the Don King card in the mid 90's that was all rematches? Chavez-Randall, Norris-Brown, Jackson-McClellan, 1 other I can't remember....It was one of the best I'd ever seen, great rematches of great initial fights

Corrales never knocked Castillo out it was a premature stop, if you watch the fight and actually paid any attention to the actual punches that Corrales put on Castillo it was only like three, not enough to stop the fight. We all know it was a premature stop you just need to accept it. Not only that but Castillo put Corrales on the canvas, I didnt see Corrales do that.


Actually.....MOST people believe it was the correct call.
Castillo's haed was loose, rolling & snapping from the blows he took.
Apparently, YOU needed to pay attention to the ending...& also to the post-fight reactions.
The controversy was the mouthpiece issue, not the stoppage.

I wish the ref had let it go on, actually. Castillo would have been horrificly KO'd, & clowns like you wouldn't post.

It's great news....But at the same time I would have like to see Morales-Corrales first...

It's great news....But at the same time I would have like to see Morales-Corrales first...


No way...Morales would get his head kicked in...there are way too many differing opinions of what happened in the first fight, this second fight has to happen to put the first one too bed.

Castillo was hurt more than Diego, no way in hell.

They both were hurt multiple times but there was a string of rounds where Castillo was rocking Chcio and Chico was real lucky that on a couple of occassion they were at the very end of the round.

I would love to sit down with you and watch the fight and we would then see each of our definitions of the word HURT.

It's the other way around dawg!!! Chico hurt Castillo in the 2nd, 7th, & I believe the 9th. In the 7th round Chico landed a left right before the bell that made his knees give out. Castillo initiated a clinch (which was a 1st because I had never seen him hit that hard) & the bell rang. Chico was never in any real danger till the 10th when he was dropped. He was caught with some good blows but Castillo was rocked a few times.

It's the other way around dawg!!! Chico hurt Castillo in the 2nd, 7th, & I believe the 9th. In the 7th round Chico landed a left right before the bell that made his knees give out. Castillo initiated a clinch (which was a 1st because I had never seen him hit that hard) & the bell rang. Chico was never in any real danger till the 10th when he was dropped. He was caught with some good blows but Castillo was rocked a few times.


Again we need to wathc the fight in the same room, you say Castillo was only hurt in the 10th...are you kidding? You are kidding!


MAn I dont know what to say to someone who says that Chico was only hurt in the tenth...are you sure we are talking about the right Chico fight...Chico vs.. Castillo ya know the one that happened just a little bit ago..you must be thinking of Chico vs, Casamayor 2...

Watch the fight agin and tell me that Chcio was ****ed up in the 3 and the 4th...I would have to watch it again to tell you the other rounds but apparently you need to watch it again too, I cant believe what you are saying.


Again this is why we need a rematch there are so many different opinions to this fight, a remtach will hopefully settle this dispute.

I'm glad this is gonna happen in my opinion Castillo got screwed in that last fight because they should have at least gave him a standing 8 count.Especially when he floored Corrales twice in that round.

Again we need to wathc the fight in the same room, you say Castillo was only hurt in the 10th...are you kidding? You are kidding!


MAn I dont know what to say to someone who says that Chico was only hurt in the tenth...are you sure we are talking about the right Chico fight...Chico vs.. Castillo ya know the one that happened just a little bit ago..you must be thinking of Chico vs, Casamayor 2...

Watch the fight agin and tell me that Chcio was ****ed up in the 3 and the 4th...I would have to watch it again to tell you the other rounds but apparently you need to watch it again too, I cant believe what you are saying.


Again this is why we need a rematch there are so many different opinions to this fight, a remtach will hopefully settle this dispute.

We were watching the same fight & I said that he was caught with some good shots but he wasn't in any real danger of getting KO'ed till the 10th. He was buzzed but not seriously hurt. Castillo was getting buzzed alot more than Chico in that fight. I've seen alot of Castillo fights & have never seen him seriously hurt till his fight with Chico. Julio Diaz I think surprised him once but he wasn't in serious trouble.

We were watching the same fight & I said that he was caught with some good shots but he wasn't in any real danger of getting KO'ed till the 10th. He was buzzed but not seriously hurt. Castillo was getting buzzed alot more than Chico in that fight. I've seen alot of Castillo fights & have never seen him seriously hurt till his fight with Chico. Julio Diaz I think surprised him once but he wasn't in serious trouble.

There was a couple times that Chico got caught at the end of rounds and was very lucky that the bell rang when it did-he was hurt.

Of course Castillo got hurt a few times, both these guys were tagging each other Hagler/Hearns style except they did it for 10 rounds not 3.

As for that being the only time Castillo has been hurt watch his war with Lazcano, a very underrated brutual fight, for as much of a beating as he gave Juan he also got tagged a few times and you could easily classify it as being hurt.

Bottom line is I cant wait to see the rematch of the greatest fight I have ever seen!

speaking of the undercard i thought that Arce was fighting Wonjongkam the WBC flyweight champ on the undercard Martin-Rijker.

The difference between PBF & Chico is the fact that Chico has the power to put a halt to any Castillo rally. Chico's power is an equalizer whereas PBF is a great boxer who really couldn't keep Castillo off him. If Chico can consistently keep Castillo on the end of his punches, I think Chico could win earlier. Castillo hurt alot more in that fight before the 10th than Chico ever was through the fight.

If Mayweather couldnt keep Castillo away what makes you think Corrales can?

If Mayweather couldnt keep Castillo away what makes you think Corrales can?

It's called power which Mayweather doesn't have enough of to really discourage Castillo.

Dude shut the fuk up corrales is a little ***** and did not deserve to win the first fight. Castillo clearly had it won and the ref stole the fight from castillo and gave it to Corrales. This time Castillo will make quick work of Corrales and prove that he is the best 135lb fighter.Talking **** about how us Castillo fans are not giving credit to Corrales, why don't you Corrales fans just admit your fighter lost. "Corrales got his ass wup"

You guys know that the fight is off....right?

Lightweight rematch no done deal

By Jeff Haney , lasvegassun.com


Promoter Gary Shaw disputed an online report that said a deal has been struck for Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo to stage a rematch of their memorable May 7 lightweight bout on Oct. 8 in Las Vegas.

Corrales stopped Castillo in the 10th round at Mandalay Bay after twice getting knocked down in the consensus best fight of 2005, and perhaps of the decade so far.

"There has been a discussion with Top Rank, but there are still a lot of details to be worked out," Shaw, who promotes Corrales, said. "The problems, as always, are in the details. And Bob (Arum, of Top Rank) and I haven't gotten down to any details yet. ...

"I guarantee that there have been no documents circulated anywhere, to anyone, regarding this fight."

While a rematch against Castillo would make for an attractive show, Shaw said, it's also possible that Corrales' next fight could come against Ricky Hatton, who upended Kostya Tszyu earlier this month and holds the IBF 140-pound championship.

"Frank Warren (Hatton's promoter) called me (Tuesday) and offered me a fight against Hatton," Shaw said, "and as Corrales' promoter, I have to consider that offer

You *******s need to stop it with the 'premature stoppage' bull****.

I'm a Castillo fan and I am GLAD the fight was stopped. At least this way JLC is able to fight a rematch should it occur. He was unable to defend himself, wide open, the ropes holding him up. If the fight is allowed to continue, he may not be able to feed himself right now, yet alone sign on for a rematch. So I agree with the stoppage.

But the bull**** with Chico's mouth piece alone is more than enough to warrent them going a second time. I have no doubt that without the extra time he was given, Corrales get's stopped himself.

I take nothing away from either of them. But Corrales is an ******* if he chooses to take anyother fight without the intention of setting up a rematch. If he wants to allow his body recover before hand, that is fine. But it should be his top priority IMO.

As for the result, I think Castillo will win a rematch.

I agree that Corrales will attempt to keep this fight outside after the punishment he suffered in the first fight. But keeping Castillo on the outside is far easier said than done.

You have to ask yourself, Why did Corrales go inside & trade with Castillo?
He did it, because he & Goosen KNEW, they could not keep Jose away forever & they had to do something to stop him finishing over the top of them. So it was there top priority to bang JLC's body early to take away the steam from him in the later rounds And I think that was smart.
But it was STILL not enough to keep him from coming on strong in the later rounds.

With Corrales trying to box, I believe Castillo will be able to come on even stronger & finish Corrales this time around.

ok for this fight they need to make a rule to where if the mouthpiece comes out, it stays out until end of the round.

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Castillo will beat him this time.

Corrales is going to win another very close, if somewhat less brutal, fight this time around. It will again go down to the championship rounds with Diego again grinding out a very competitive stoppage, although it will not be nearly the brutal encounter the first one was. And don't worry about the mouth piece fight fans, they can change the rules all that they want-- this time it is going to be staying in Chico's mouth because this time he will be staying off the canvas.

Corrales is going to win another very close, if somewhat less brutal, fight this time around. It will again go down to the championship rounds with Diego again grinding out a very competitive stoppage, although it will not be nearly the brutal encounter the first one was. And don't worry about the mouth piece fight fans, they can change the rules all that they want-- this time it is going to be staying in Chico's mouth because this time he will be staying off the canvas.

corrales has an easier but still punishing time winning imo.

I find it funny that people think Chico can just outbox Castillo and make the fight easier for him. Well Mayweather is a hell of alot better at boxing than Chico..and Castillo...beat him..once..imo..and plus...Chico..never really wanted this fight..this was like his..4th choice of opponent..he doesnt want another fight like the first..and it might not end up that way. I still see Castillo ending this fight around the 8th roundWhat fights you were watching, were you drunk during the fights. Mayweather beat Castillo both times & I've seen both fights. Chico will win again. :p


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chico isn't gonna fight the same fight as before. he doesn't even want to fight this fight let alone try to bang it out like he did last time. jlc is a true warrior and will take this kind of fight everytime. that may be his biggest downfall. it may shorten his career. chico is going to try and fight from the outside but i think jlc will get in side enough to do the damage he needs to. if jlc wants to win it will have to be a ko. sure he will get on the inside at times i just don't think it will be enough to win a decision. chico will be pot shotting from the outside earning points and lets not forget that he can earn points on the inside against jlc as well.