Castillo & Lacy: Pain and Punishment

[Rick Reeno]

If they ever make a movie about Jose Luis Castillo’s life they should call it "Pain & Punishment" because that is exactly what most of the WBC Lightweight Champion’s title challengers feel after a fight with him. The movie would have the hero in Castillo, the blood and guts that most of his opponents end up shedding, and daring rescues of opponents made by intervening referees over the years. Last night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas another page of the pain and punishment script was written as title challenger Julio Diaz was systematically dismantled in ten rounds of a fistic drama where he too ended up having to be rescued at the end. [details]