Mayeather is so adaptable he needed a rematch to figure out Castillo's style

[Come∂ian]

Be happy we are in the presence of greatness, I know who I have my money on.

[SmoothMon]

Jose Louis Castillo was an A-Class fighter in his prime.

Thank you for pointing that out. He was also a Champion.. And so was Diego Corralez, Sharmba Mitchell, Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah, Oscar de La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Erik Morales, Marcos Barrera, and a slew of other fighters all these "Pound for Pound" kings claim to have on their resumes, but never fight the guy still in his prime or own his level. Boxing used to be the best. All the money made it soft. People forget about how boxing used to be, when even the soup can guys would probably give your current favorite fighter a run for his money.

[SmoothMon]

Ray Mancini
Alex Arguello
Julio Cesar Chavez
Roberto Duran
Pernell Whitaker
Shane Mosley


I would not pick Castillo to beat ANY of the above.

wow.. that's like comparing david haye to Ali. You just can't do it, doesn't make him any less good. And I'm not a Haye fan

[SmoothMon]

Floyd lost the first fight hands down. Castillo was A class in his (short) prime though. Castillo outboxed the supposed pure boxer mayweather.

No disrespect...but you have the worst list of favorite boxers I've ever seen my friend.

[SmoothMon]

Of coarse they are Lol.

Kelly Pavlik is not an elite fighter Lmao, dont give me the BS about Taylor's wins over B Hop either, Hopkins himself was no longer elite when he beat Taylor imo, that is why he lost, if he had any where near close to his prime he would of been able to beat Taylor with ease, Hopkins has elite Boxing skills but what makes him NOT elite anymore is that fact his physical attributes of stamina, reflexes deteriorated a long time ago.

Castillo FOUGHT the top guys

I prolly prashed that wrong but what im getting at is, he beat Johston who whilst being a top guy in that particularly divison does not = capable of beating the elite, he got lucky against Casamayor imo.

No not just on his reign at LW no, i know he would plough threw Castillo like wet paper though.

Quick question for you, Have you ever laced up a pair and got in a ring yourself? I've noticed people on here that fought or trained have a lot more respect for the sport.

[Dynamite Kid]

TS clearly refuses to take on board others opinions' also why bring up Hatton anyway? What does an argument between who is better out of those 2 matter in relation to Mayweather, especially if you believe Hatton may be better...Mayweather beat them both and even KO'd an undefeated Hatton.

What's done is done, Mayweather has only 1 even slightly contraversial/arguable victory in his whole career yet people seem to cling to this and the fact he has been hit by a couple of southpaws he dominated when it comes to detracting from his ability.

How have i refused! to take on anyone else's opinion on board? all it comes down to is that no one has yet convinced me to change my opinion.

I dont really know who is better of out Hatton/Castillo but given that i think it could go one way and that i view them as the same caliber of fighters what with resume's/achievements etc, that is the only reason i brought that up.

yet people seem to cling to this

Its great to bring the *****'s back down to earth.

[AnimalToast]

Leave it die bro. Danke

[-GDS-]

All great fighters have had close fights. The difference is the only close fight Mayweather had was while he was injured. You can tell the smart haters from the dumb ones in the the smart ones will just insist Mayweather has never faught anyone, while the dumb ones will cling to the first Castillo fight as proof that Mayweather is a fraud.

[Dynamite Kid]

So Castillo's fights with Johnston are close fights, one being a draw and the other being a controversial win, he has a controversial win over Casamayor and a glorious loss to Mayweather and got chinned by Chico, that about right?

Shows how overrated this cat really is eh?

[-GDS-]

So Castillo's fights with Johnston are close fights, one being a draw and the other being a controversial win, he has a controversial win over Casamayor and a glorious loss to Mayweather and got chinned by Chico, that about right?

Shows how overrated this cat really is eh?

Chico did cheat a bit to win. And the fact that he even faught guys like Casa and Johnston speak for itself. Pac would of never faught guys like that.