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“The world title will be mine once again,” Castillo said. “Being a world champion is an amazing accomplishment. Once you’ve had a taste of it you want it again.”
His journey towards the title continues this Friday on a Telefutura televised card from The Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico when he faces off against journeyman Oscar Andrade (36-1 in a ten rounder.
“I’ve fought Andrade before. He was a very tough guy back then and he’s been in with a lot of good competition,” Castillo said. “This is the next step to getting my belt back.” His first step was a fifth round knockout over Jorge Romero in Tijuana on May 12th.
Castillo lost his WBA Super Flyweight belt to Nobuo Nashiro via tenth round stoppage due to cuts. Nashiro then lost the title to Venezuelan Alexander Munoz who Castillo previously defended against two times. Are you keeping track?
“Look, although Nashiro beat me fair and square, it has to be explained that I was coming on strong when the stoppage occurred,” Castillo said. “The cuts I received over my brows were very bad and they had to stop the fight. I lost on cuts let’s not forget that.”
Nashiro came in with seven fights and was expected to be an easy defense for Castillo. After all, Castillo was hovering around most knowledgeable boxing fan’s pound for pound list. His fluid boxer-puncher style and excellent foot work was being hyped as the “new” Mexican style: a hybrid boxer-puncher who can move beautifully and deliver wicked shots along with being a typically resilient Mexican fighter.
After several successful defenses of his title with quality wins over Eric Morel, Munoz (twice) and Hideyasu Ishihara, surely Nashiro wasn’t supposed to pose a threat. “I have to admit that I underestimated him. That was a terrible mistake on my part,” Castillo said of Nashiro. “I don’t want to take anything away from him. He’s a lot tougher and a much better fighter than his record suggests but I did come in over confident. That won’t happen again.”
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His journey towards the title continues this Friday on a Telefutura televised card from The Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico when he faces off against journeyman Oscar Andrade (36-1 in a ten rounder.
“I’ve fought Andrade before. He was a very tough guy back then and he’s been in with a lot of good competition,” Castillo said. “This is the next step to getting my belt back.” His first step was a fifth round knockout over Jorge Romero in Tijuana on May 12th.
Castillo lost his WBA Super Flyweight belt to Nobuo Nashiro via tenth round stoppage due to cuts. Nashiro then lost the title to Venezuelan Alexander Munoz who Castillo previously defended against two times. Are you keeping track?
“Look, although Nashiro beat me fair and square, it has to be explained that I was coming on strong when the stoppage occurred,” Castillo said. “The cuts I received over my brows were very bad and they had to stop the fight. I lost on cuts let’s not forget that.”
Nashiro came in with seven fights and was expected to be an easy defense for Castillo. After all, Castillo was hovering around most knowledgeable boxing fan’s pound for pound list. His fluid boxer-puncher style and excellent foot work was being hyped as the “new” Mexican style: a hybrid boxer-puncher who can move beautifully and deliver wicked shots along with being a typically resilient Mexican fighter.
After several successful defenses of his title with quality wins over Eric Morel, Munoz (twice) and Hideyasu Ishihara, surely Nashiro wasn’t supposed to pose a threat. “I have to admit that I underestimated him. That was a terrible mistake on my part,” Castillo said of Nashiro. “I don’t want to take anything away from him. He’s a lot tougher and a much better fighter than his record suggests but I did come in over confident. That won’t happen again.”
http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...another-title/