feel free to discuss predict and generally pick the arse out of this match up between two great warriors!

Going by past history of most rematches, I think this will be less explosive than the last. Mainly because both fighters will want to GIVE punishment rather than exchange equal amounts. :)

Castillo might have the edge in this rematch as he wants his revenge whereas Coralles, despite his ego, knows he can win with less lumps than the last time by boxing from a distance.

It's still a hard choice to choose who'd win. Coralles is taller and therefore bit too skinny than the more compact Castillo. Castillo's biggest puch is up close. Coralles has power up close and from a distance.

I dunno who'll win this. This is pay per view, right?

its a tight one isnt it, i must admit i enjoyed the first fight but how much has it taken out of both of them...im not sure the human body is meant to take that much punishment then again a few months later. So part of me hopes it wont be quite so brutal.

Im undecided too

and congrats snoop for setting the standards already.

good stuff :)

It'll probably be a PPV for American viewers but Sky in Britain are showing it for free ;) I chose Castillo by ko11 last time and he was ALMOST there so i'm sticking with that prediction, you can make a great case for both guys so i'm not even going to bother! except to say it will be a good fight but unsurprisingly not equal to the first match.

Both are evenly matched:

both have power
both have about the same ring savvy and experience
both have about the same hand speed
both have heart and determination
both are willing to take shots to give one

Corrales is the bigger puncher...while JLC is the sport's toughest bastard. They kind of cancel each other out there.

Though Castillo was the loser, & was out on his feet....I don't believe either guy was "broken" in the first fight.

I went into the fantasy betting thread and put 50 million on Corrales to win by UD.

Remember Corrales vs Casamayor 1 & 2 ... How in the 2nd fight Corrales didn't get invovled and won on points. I'm expecting to see this happen again, BUT There will be many exciting moments inbetween.

I just think the smart boxer usually wins in the rematches, and Corrales is smarter than Castillo.

I also think Joe Goosen has done wonders with Corrales since them two paired up. I'm sure Joe Goosen will have another trick up his sleave for this fight too.

I'm not terribly confident that Corrales is gonna win this fight... I'm just swaying towards him based on what I've seen him do before, and what other fighters like him going into rematches have done before.

I reckon the picks on this fight will be 50/50.

Well, I wouldn't bet real money on this fight. It's too damn close and I ain't a gamlin' man.

One thing for sure, boxing fans will be winners if this is another classic war!

I got Castillo on this. He should of won the first fight in my eyes,and Corrales is going to go to war wether he wants to or not. IMO Castillo is heavily underated technically, and he is going to take the piss out of Corrales on the inside.

Either way, this match is going to end up as a KO, or TKO. These guys both have hearts of champions.

Well Castillo not making the weight pisses me off... :mad:

We've had a lot of build up for this fight for months and months... A lot of money has been invested in it, (And PPV sales etc).

This does cast a bit of a shadow over the whole thing... "12 round exhibition fight" :rolleyes: This is supossed to be for the World Lightweight Championship!

Well either way... Castillo has pissed me off this time. And if he does win now, people will just say - "It's not suprising considering he stepped onto the scales as a light-welterweight!"

Ahhhh well, I'll try to forget this stuff and just enjoy the fight for what it is.

Well I suppose it wouldn't be a big fight if there wasn't some bullshit controversy around it, this may not make much of an impression on the actual fight weight wise, it would be good to see what they both weighed on fight night last time cos I doubt Castillo would weigh much more than 147 on the night maybe 150 so I don't know what the point in making him weigh in again today is because Corrales doesn't have to, they should have just fined him for being overweight and that would have been it.

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They both have to weigh in at 3pm at the 147 limit just like a traditional welter fight before modern rule changes. This attempts to level the playing field and provides some structure since it may have been part of Castillo's strategy to never have to make the lightweight limit. 147 should be easy for both to make, but it alos limit's the modern tradition of being allowed to gain excessive weight after a weighin.

Sorry I thought I read it was only Castillo that had to weigh in again officially, I never like to see a fighter not make the weight as it's usually a bad sign (I picked Castillo as well!)but to come in two & a half lbs over the limit is quite a bit then to go away and come back 1lb heavier! it certainly doesn't sound like he was bothering too much about making weight so I suppose this is fair enough.

I was wrong. The way the story developed, they were both to be weighed in. Instead it's just Castillo who has to meet 147 or be fined. The fight goes on regardless.

I didnt really know either fighter before watching thefight last night.
I was just wondering what you guys think would happen in a third fight??

It seems Castillo has Corrales number. Good fight, great punch.


(im surprised no one has posted here yet.)

Well Castillo won in pretty impressive fashion... But I'm in the way of thinking that it's not a legitimate win.

I'm not on anyone's side, but you have to make the weight otherwise it's just not fair.

Both are evenly matched:

both have power
both have about the same ring savvy and experience
both have about the same hand speed
both have heart and determination
both are willing to take shots to give one

Boy, I was wrong about being EVENLY matched. Coz Castillo's punches were much harder this time than before.

He was moving Chico around with those hooks, something he wasn't able to do in their first fight. It was almost like a welterweight vs a lightweight, even though they fought at a catch weight of 147. Castillo bulked up for this match and Corrales fighting inside played right into Castillo's power range.

With JLCastillo clearly built up for this fight and thus, this explains why he could not make the weight limit of 135, you can only drain so much fluid from your body before passing out.

From the first round, I knew it was gonna be a KO win for Castillo after I noticed the power difference. He was much stronger this time than last and Chico wasn't gonna last. Also, Chico and his team seemed to be willing to trade inside, nullifying his physical attributes over the shorter Castillo.

If a third fight is to happen I doubt it'll be at 135, both guys have talked recently of wanting to move up anyway so I don't see why they couldn't do it at 140 unless Corrales doesn't want to give up his belts(Is that right Corrales still has the belts? I thought if he lost they would become vacant? not that it really matters to me the titles are insignificant)
It looked to be shaping up into another cracking fight but I scored the first 3 for Castillo, if Corrales had tried to box more he could maybe have gone longer into the fight but he wasn't interested in trying that so even though he did well inside in the first fight that's really Castillo's game isn't it so he played into Castillo's hands, he should've made Castillo work to get close and used his advantages but I suppose that's just Corrales' way, hopefully if they have another fight it's at 140 so we have two healthy fighters at their best cos I don't see Castillo being able to make 135 again if he can't for a fight of this size.

agreed can see arematch happening here at 140.

winner to take on hatton stateside if PBF dont play game in what would be fight of the year....thats castillo or corralles.. :cool:

The weight issue is a non-issue to me.
Castillo is the better fighter, & the tougher guy.

I thoroughly enjoy watching both of them fight, & love their willingness. I'd like to see both of them go to 140.

I have no interest in the 3rd fight. If this fight was similar to the first fight, then yes I will love to see it. It was a one sided fight & ended by a knockout in the 4th round. I do somewhat agree with Martin about the fight not being a legitimate win, that is if you wanna go by the rules. I still think Catillo won the fight fair & square. No interest for the third fight. Chico can be awesome in some fights, but he also can go down very easily. It very tough to bet for Chico against some of the great fighters today, he can win or get knocked out at anytime. I will never put some real cash on Chico, if I was a bidding man.

Lloks like Chico is the modern day Julian Jackson.

A monster puncher, kill-or-be-killed approach, & the kind of guy who has a great chance of KOing anyone he faces.....while also having the chance to be KO'd by anyone he faces.

lol, I know this is easy to say after the fact but I really did think Castillo would win this one. It was a real shame the fight was made less significant due to the weight issue.

I think Castillo will will be competitive at lightwelter.

me too reckon he would give hatton a right war.

toe to toe, thats fight id like to see.

Damn, a lot of people are touchy on this fight. I had two simultaneous fights going both in NSB here and on another site concerning the weight issue after the KO. Seems a lot of people are trying to convince themselves that this fight wasn't at all tainted by the controversy...either that or they're pissed off they hselled out $50 for a piss-poor PPV :D .

I think Castillo is the better fighter and got out some measure of revenge, but in terms of boxing posterity this fight means little to nothing because of the weight issue.

PPV really was a bust (couldn't buy it but downloaded all the fights). I had a better time watching a tape of an old Billy Irwin fight.