Will Corrales and Castillo take their rightful places in the IBHOF

Corrales and Castillo fought the greatest championship fight I've ever witnessed live and I have been watching and following boxing since the late 80's as a child. Corrales is a two weight titlist(Ibf and wbo @ 130 and WBC/RING/ lineal lightweight championship Wins over former champions/titlists Castillo, Casamayor, Robert Garcia, Derrick Gainer, Acelino Freitas, Gary St.Clair Castillo is a 2x WBC lightweight titleholder and was the lineal lightweight champion as well Best wins over former champions/titlists Corrales, Stevie Johnston, Jorge Paez, Cesar Bazan, Casamayor, Julio Diaz Both were the cream of the crop not named Floyd Mayweather @ 130-135 and they cleaned out the divisions between them. I think they are more deserving than guys like Arturo Gatti, Barry Mcguigan, Pipino Cuevas, and Mancini because they were exciting and also had world class skills and were at one time or another the best or one of the best at their weights in their era.

Comments (20)

PEsco

both should get in. for castillo his wins over stevie johnson, cezar bazan and his competitive fight with the p4p king mayweather. for corrales, cassamayor, freitas, angel manfredy, r. garcia corrales vs castillo 1 was also one of the best fights ive ever seen and it boosted both of their legacies.

11y ago

El_Gitano

Thought this was cool, AB giving Castillo props. http://www.hostpic.org/images/1503010205140101.png http://s30.postimg.org/edu80faap/broner_castillo.png how to capture screen

11y ago

Wizardsh

No. Neither are HOF fighters. "Rightful"?? They are not but they will still get in

11y ago

GODFR33

No. No. Neither are HOF fighters. "Rightful"??

11y ago

Run8964

...but the mainstream don't vote for the IBHOF. RJJr too has stayed far too long... as so have so many others. TBH, I think Castillo deserves it more than Corrales, but feel Corrales will get in before Castillo, if Castillo even gets in. Isn't Corrales name due to come up soon? Look at it this way. RIP. But remembered as Floyd's stepping stone Chico was in terms of legacy. Sure he was awesome p4p before he fought Mayweather, but that was his moment and no shame in him losing to the best TECHNICAL fighter of all time. What ensued was a series of mismatches and etc. Bizarre. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

11y ago

El_Gitano

Technically ya. But he stayed far too long and his claim was being robbed by Floyd. Outside of that the mainstream knows him as another Mexican workman. ...but the mainstream don't vote for the IBHOF. RJJr too has stayed far too long... as so have so many others. TBH, I think Castillo deserves it more than Corrales, but feel Corrales will get in before Castillo, if Castillo even gets in. Isn't Corrales name due to come up soon?

11y ago

Run8964

Granted both guys have name wins: So does Canelo. Just sayin. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

11y ago

Run8964

Castillo should, corrales no. Technically ya. But he stayed far too long and his claim was being robbed by Floyd. Outside of that the mainstream knows him as another Mexican workman. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

11y ago

Ham_Porter

Corrales never beat Casamayor. Not legitimately anyway. And what makes someone rightful for the IBHOF? How popular they are among the people who do the actual voting?

11y ago

El_Gitano

How about this, don't remember recently a top fighter training for 6 weeks, then going 10 rounds vs a good quality fighter TKOing him, resting what, 2 weeks, then training for 6 more weeks to fight a top notch fighter. That's what Castillo did, he beat Julio Diaz on March 5, 2005, then 2 months later he was going to war with Corrales on May 7, 2005. In the span of 5 months, he fought and beat Joel Casamayor, beat Julio Diaz and went 10 hard with Corrales.

11y ago

Konstantin

I think they should both get in. Both were very good lb/lb fighters and they were also involved in one of the greatest fights of all time. Both left it all in the ring that night.

11y ago

El_Gitano

Corrales will; voters will hold Castillo not making weight a few times against him. How many times did Castillo miss weight? Twice right? Didn't Corrales miss weight vs Casamayor III by 5lbs and also missed weight vs Clottey by I think 2 lbs?

11y ago

Wizardsh

Ibho is joke has no meaning anymore, everybody in thier mom gets in nowadays

11y ago

TAKEOVER7209

Corrales will; voters will hold Castillo not making weight a few times against him. That would be dumb everybody makes mistakes he had a heck of a career.

11y ago

dc3383

Corrales will; voters will hold Castillo not making weight a few times against him.

11y ago

Joshua_Child

Considering that Gatti is in there they both should get in because they are far better. The standards are obviously low and there are already boxer's that shouldn't be in there. It's too late to start raising standards. This is my problem with guys like Gatti getting in. It lowers the bar so much that basically anybody that won a belt on tv gets in. I don't think Gatti should ever have gotten into the HOF.

11y ago

TAKEOVER7209

I agree. A fews weeks ago someone here - I can't recall who - said Corrales was just a fun fighter... A fun fighter with wins over Casamayor - Castillo - Freitas. Lol Casuals what ya gonna do

11y ago

Loquesan

Idk but that 3 fight win streak that Chico had of Casamayor,Freitas,and Castillo is as good as anybody has had in the history of boxing! I agree. A fews weeks ago someone here - I can't recall who - said Corrales was just a fun fighter... A fun fighter with wins over Casamayor - Castillo - Freitas.

11y ago

joseph5620

11y ago

TAKEOVER7209

Idk but that 3 fight win streak that Chico had of Casamayor,Freitas,and Castillo is as good as anybody has had in the history of boxing!

11y ago