Castillo's run at 135 was one of the best ever

[El Dominicano]

Apparently some ****ing idiot made a thread about Castillo being overrated and that Pacquiao and Marquez would easily beat him.

Good. Read the first post, educate yourself and shut the **** up.

Anyone who thinkz JMM/Pac would easily beat JLC is out of there damn mind.

1st NO OFFENSE, JMM will hit canvas ALOT against JLC
Pac would get K.O'd

[Silencers]

Castillo's run was really good at lightweight, he's definitely one of the best lightweights in the past 20 years, shame what's happened to him now though. Very good fighter in his prime, especially on the inside.

[Mr. Ryan]

Why do you think he never caught fire?

He did, but too late in his career to take advantage of it.

The misconception about Castillo was that he was just an unskilled brawler. The thinking was that he was limited, lucked into a workman-like decision over Johnston and was waiting to have his title taken away by a big name offering money.

He endeared himself with his performance in the first Mayweather fight but took a backwards step with the rematch. I think it was his win over Lazcano on the Hopkins-DLH card that really set his career on fire. It was a very good fight and it was bloody and kept the audience happy through the terrible main event.

He followed it up by being featured prominently against Casamayor and Diaz before jumping into the history books against Corrales.

[Steak]

Resume-wise at lightweight, where would you put Castillo? I don't know anything about the history of the sport... in fact, 1990 is about as old as I can go for credible knowledge on things in history of the sport.

So...

1. Duran
2. ???

Is Castillo there, or who has a lightweight resume that can match his?

Let's hear it!

well, you also have to throw Whitaker, Benny Leonard, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Joe Gans and others in the mix. I wont try to rate the Lightweights because I havent seen enough of a lot of them, but theres been a lot of talent at Lightweight throughout the history of boxing.

but he had a great run there.

[Thread Stealer]

Castillo is the most accomplished lightweight since Whitaker.

His opposition was just a who's who of the division from 2000-05.

[Fox McCloud]

Another ****** Calzaghe fan shot his mouth off about Castillo being wildly overrated...

I wonder how many times I'm going to have to bump this.

[Fox McCloud]

It really bothers me how Dan Rafael always punches Corrales's ticket to the hall of fame, but says that he wouldn't vote Castillo in...

[Doctor_Tenma]

Anyone who thinkz JMM/Pac would easily beat JLC is out of there damn mind.

1st NO OFFENSE, JMM will hit canvas ALOT against JLC
Pac would get K.O'd

You're awsome :wank:

[Doctor_Tenma]

It really bothers me how Dan Rafael always punches Corrales's ticket to the hall of fame, but says that he wouldn't vote Castillo in...

How did you score JLC vs. Casamayor?

[Fox McCloud]

How did you score JLC vs. Casamayor?

I don't score, but I thought Casamayor did the better work, as I do in generally all of his close losses.

Castillo looked dazed and confused at times, because he couldn't stop Casamayor's rhythm.

I can't remember which half was dominated by which, any help?