J.L.Castillo is he ATG as lightweight??

[Iceta]

he's definitely a very good fighter but i don't know about atg.

plus wasn't floyd injured in the 1st fight?

Nope. Very good fighter in his prime but ultimately came up short in most of his biggest fights like Emmanuel Steward said in the lead-up to his fight with Hatton.

[boxasmash]

hell no............

[DarchinyFAN]

Lightweight is far to tradition rich of a division.
Just off the top of my head.
Ike Williams
Joey Gans
Roberto Duran
Beau Jack
Shane Mosley
Carlos Ortiz
Tony Canzoneri
(I am sure I have left out a ton of them, and the history buffs could add on)

[The Noose]

In my opinion he beat Floyd Mayweather,and he was
biggest and strongest lightweight ever.
Is he ATG as lightweight?

Floyd was injured.
In the rematch Floyd beat him.

I think the real lightweight ATG's would handle him with ease.

[Clegg]

No, nor is he close.

You can make a pretty good case that Casamayor beat him. I'm not saying he did (I didn't score it), but for all you hear about 'Castillo was robbed against Floyd', the Casa fight is worth mentioning.

The win over Corrales is seriously tainted by the weight issue.

[TheGreatA]

List of notable lightweight champions:

Jack McAuliffe
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Benny Leonard
Sammy Mandell
Tony Canzoneri
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Sammy Angott
Bob Montgomery
Ike Williams
Beau Jack
Jimmy Carter
Joe Brown
Carlos Ortiz
Ismael Laguna
Ken Buchanan
Roberto Duran
Esteban DeJesus
Alexis Arguello
Edwin Rosario
Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez
Pernell Whitaker
Oscar De La Hoya
Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather

Castillo can be ranked above many of them based on the strength of his resume at the weight but I'm not sure where. I'd have to think about it.

[RightCross94]

i think hes a shoo in HoFer and a borderline ATG

[RightCross94]

prime castillo gives any other lightweight trouble

[oldgringo]

Castillo was a very good Lightweight, but he wasn't superior to his peers in my opinion. I believe that he was defeated by Casamayor in their fight. I also believe Johnston edged him in their second fight. He had a good run from '00-'05, but he never showed himself to be consistently better than his opposition. He was just really good, like Corrales, Johnston, Casamayor, etc were at the time.

Good, not all-time great...although I may rate him at the low end of the top 20 all-time to fight at 135.

[Southpaw16BF]

List of notable lightweight champions:

Jack McAuliffe
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Benny Leonard
Sammy Mandell
Tony Canzoneri
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Sammy Angott
Bob Montgomery
Ike Williams
Beau Jack
Jimmy Carter
Joe Brown
Carlos Ortiz
Ismael Laguna
Ken Buchanan
Roberto Duran
Esteban DeJesus
Alexis Arguello
Edwin Rosario
Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez
Pernell Whitaker
Oscar De La Hoya
Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather

Castillo can be ranked above many of them based on the strength of his resume at the weight but I'm not sure where. I'd have to think about it.

Ring Magazine ranking of the ATG Lighweights from 2001..........
1.Roberto Duran
2.Benny Leonard
3.Pernell Whitaker
4.Joe Gans
5.Ike Williams
6.Joe Brown
7.Carlos Ortiz
8.Tony Canzoneri
9.Bob Montgomery
10.Beau Jack
11.Lou Ambers
12.Freddie Welsh
13.Shane Mosley
14.Henry Armstrong
15.Esteban De Jesus
16.Ken Buchanan
17.Jack McAuliffe
18.Ismael Laguna
19.Ad Wolgast
20.Oscar De La Hoya