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Life is said to be about experiences, and that one can only benefit from experiencing both the euphoria of triumph along with the melancholy of tragedy. It is hard to understand this concept if you are one that has never really taken a risk at any point in your life, but it is a truism which applies to all without exception.
Sometimes, although passing up wealth is not something most want to do, it is necessary to accept when there are limitations or liabilities that in the end will damage one more than the worth of money. Case in point: Jose Luis “El Temible” Castillo and his “weight incident.”
In May of 2005, Castillo, a veteran of fifty-nine fights, entered contest number sixty both an
unexplainably underrated and unappreciated lightweight champion. His prior accomplishments of slaying the likes of Stevie Johnston, Cesar Bazan, Juan Lazcano, Joel Casamayor, Julio Diaz, and making Floyd Mayweather, Jr. act like Mrs. Mayweather, Jr. in their rematch after Jose Luis was robbed in their first fight, appeared to go completely unnoticed.
Castillo’s opponent on that night was media darling Diego Corrales, who was seen as a fighter that had redeemed himself since losing horribly to Mayweather, Jr. and coming back from a stint in the joint for domestic abuse.
Corrales was saying all the right things and was heavily backed by most of the boxing media; his stature coming in to the fight was at an all-time high. We all know that what happened next has become a piece of boxing history. [details]
Sometimes, although passing up wealth is not something most want to do, it is necessary to accept when there are limitations or liabilities that in the end will damage one more than the worth of money. Case in point: Jose Luis “El Temible” Castillo and his “weight incident.”
In May of 2005, Castillo, a veteran of fifty-nine fights, entered contest number sixty both an
unexplainably underrated and unappreciated lightweight champion. His prior accomplishments of slaying the likes of Stevie Johnston, Cesar Bazan, Juan Lazcano, Joel Casamayor, Julio Diaz, and making Floyd Mayweather, Jr. act like Mrs. Mayweather, Jr. in their rematch after Jose Luis was robbed in their first fight, appeared to go completely unnoticed.
Castillo’s opponent on that night was media darling Diego Corrales, who was seen as a fighter that had redeemed himself since losing horribly to Mayweather, Jr. and coming back from a stint in the joint for domestic abuse.
Corrales was saying all the right things and was heavily backed by most of the boxing media; his stature coming in to the fight was at an all-time high. We all know that what happened next has become a piece of boxing history. [details]
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