The Legacy of Jose Luis Castillo

[Pullcounter]

I was one of the suckers who bought tickets, booked a room and flight for Castillo/Coralles 3 and got bamboozled because he couldnt make weight. I dont think he did it on purpose, he seemed to outgrow the division and its obvious that the fights with Chico probably ended him as a serious fighter anyway.
I don't think Ricky Hatton would stand a chance against the guy who fought Coralles in the first fight, so when I saw him in the Hatton fight and frankly the Ngoudjo fight too, I knew he was finished.

Having said all that, I think the guy is a legitimate hall of famer and has to be considered one of Mexico's greatest fighters. He beat Chico, Casa, Julio Diaz, Stevie Johnston, Floyd Mayweather(IMO), Lazcano...
That and he was in the greatest fight of all time.

What do you guys think?

maybe not first ballot HoF but he will probably make it for the corrales trilogy

[QUISQUEYA]

maybe not first ballot HoF but he will probably make it for the corrales trilogy

"Trilogy"? Really?

[PittyPat]

"Duology", right?

[QUISQUEYA]

"Duology", right?

And that second fight was "tainted".

[warp1432]

Of course he's HOF material. How the **** could he not be. He's the best lightweight of the 2000 era besides Floyd Mayweather, who he was able to give a great fight the first time around and still was competitive the second time (even though I think Floyd beat him a lot easier then the 115-113 score suggests).

JLC wins:
-Stevie Johnston
-Juan Lazcano
-Julio Diaz
-Joel Casamayor
-Diego Corrales (was overweight, but a good win)
-Herman Ngodujo
-Cesar Besan
-Rolando Reyes
-Jorge Paez

Damn good resume