Castillo - Corrales 2 Oct. 8th in Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center

[TheEvilSaint]

This seems to be the all too typical attitude of the Castillo fan lately. Talking **** and not giving any credit where it is due. Take this post for example, your boy is getting a shot after Diego takes care of his one other mandatory and all you can do is take a shot at Chico by saying he "did not want to make the fight". Well apparently he wanted to make the fight at least a little because he could have turned it down and fought Hatton, tried for Morales, taken on Gatti, or any other number of lower risk higher reward matches. But all you wanna talk about is Chico ducking your boy, yeah ducking him by fighting him-- the oldest trick in the book, I should have known. Secondly, I am just about the biggest Corrales fan in existence and I have done nothing but give Castillo props since that fight for showing so much heart and waging such a war. All I have seen out of most Castillo fans is talk like "the first fight was a fluke" or "Castillo killed him the first time and will kill him the second time" or "Corrales cheated and should have been DQ'ed" (despite the fact that THE RULES say nothing about such things) or "Weeks stopped the fight too soon, Castillo could have kept going" and so on and so forth. Having pride in your fighter makes sense and all, but half of this is just plain ignorant. I can't even imagine how much trash would be getting talked if your fighter had actually won! Show a little class for God's sake!

the same could be said for you. show some class and stop screaming.
castillo is not my boy. and i dont hate chico. i have nothing against either fighter. but when chico filed and APPEAL to prevent a rematch, that was just wrong. i mean come on, filing an appeal to avoid a rematch? who doest that?

[restless_438]

getting back to the subject... im thrilled about this news, this feud could go down in boxing history in a big way

[MexicanWarrior]

Looks like it's almost done.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2095883

Deal could be completed this week

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, who waged one of the greatest fights in boxing history on May 7 in Las Vegas, are poised to return there for a fall rematch.

They will meet Oct. 8 at the Thomas & Mack Center on Showtime PPV pending completion of a buyout of an option that promoter Artie Pelullo holds on Corrales' next fight. It should be completed this week.

"When a fight takes the whole boxing public and general sports fan's attention, it demands consideration for an automatic rematch," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Castillo's promoter, told ESPN.com on Monday. "Therefore, we have been compelled to pursue the possibility of doing this in October. I think the economics and the public demand for it should not hold back the fight from happening. There's been overwhelming demand for a rematch. We're excited about it."

Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) went toe-to-toe in a lightweight unification bout that left those who saw it in awe of its brutality. In a two-way pitched battle, Castillo finally knocked Corrales down twice in the 10th round before Corrales, badly hurt and his left eye nearly swollen shut, launched an improbable rally and stopped Castillo.

There was also an element of controversy over the 10th round, when on each knockdown Corrales spit out his mouthpiece. It cost him a point but gave him valuable recovery time.

The fight was immediately hailed by fans and media as an all-time great bout on the same level as revered classics such as Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier III, Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello I and the Morales-Barrera, Bowe-Holyfield and Gatti-Ward trilogies.

Although Castillo said he wanted an immediate rematch and Corrales said he was also open to one, it looked as though it might have to wait. Pelullo, Corrales' co-promoter, exercised an option 10 days ago that bound Corrales to a rematch with Acelino "Popo" Freitas.

Corrales stopped Freitas, Pelullo's franchise fighter, in the 10th round last August. But because Pelullo gave Corrales the shot at then-titleholder Freitas, he became a partner on Corrales' next two fights with promoter Gary Shaw.

Pelullo and Shaw co-promoted the first Corrales-Castillo bout along with Top Rank. Now, Shaw and Top Rank's Bob Arum are finalizing a buyout of the option, which will allow Corrales to fight Castillo again.

"I have been approached to reconsider the rematch between Acelino Freitas and Diego Corrales in order for Corrales to have a rematch with Castillo, which I had to honor of being one of the promoters of their first fight," Pelullo told ESPN.com. "If we can work everything out, which I think we will, it will allow Diego to pursue further glory by knocking out Castillo for a second time."

In the meantime, Freitas is fighting in his home country of Brazil on pay-per-view in July. And then we'll take one step at a time.

Initially, Corrales' team expressed concern that because the May fight was so brutal, perhaps they should not fight again. At the post-fight press conference, Joe Goossen, Corrales' trainer, said, "They should never fight again. It's too much."

But money talks. Showtime has already completed its deals with Arum and Shaw, and Arum has secured a site fee in the $3 million to $4 million neighborhood from Las Vegas hotel magnate Steve Wynn, who recently opened the Wynn Las Vegas resort on the Vegas strip, and Harrah's.

Corrales earned $525,000 and Castillo $300,000 for their first meeting. They will both earn substantially more the second time around.

Besides an anticipated rematch in the main event, the undercard is expected to also feature a pair of rematches of all-action fights from this year:

A flyweight sequel between Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein. Arce won their bloody first bout on a 10th-round TKO in the co-feature on the March 19 Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao card.

A junior lightweight rematch between former titlists Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez, who waged a sensational fight May 28 on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson bout. Chavez won a split decision in a fight that begged for a rematch.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.

i thought his camp didnt want him to do that fight

[AintGottaClue]

chico can beat JLC and make it eaiser if he uses his rang. all he did was stand inside, if u watch the fight agan u see when chico uses that long rang attack its deadly, if he uses that in this fight JLC will have another TKO lose on his record

[xKillingJokex]

I find it funny that people think Chico can just outbox Castillo and make the fight easier for him. Well Mayweather is a hell of alot better at boxing than Chico..and Castillo...beat him..once..imo..and plus...Chico..never really wanted this fight..this was like his..4th choice of opponent..he doesnt want another fight like the first..and it might not end up that way. I still see Castillo ending this fight around the 8th round

[scap]

I find it funny that people think Chico can just outbox Castillo and make the fight easier for him. Well Mayweather is a hell of alot better at boxing than Chico..and Castillo...beat him..once..imo..and plus...Chico..never really wanted this fight..this was like his..4th choice of opponent..he doesnt want another fight like the first..and it might not end up that way. I still see Castillo ending this fight around the 8th round

My thoughts almost to a tee!

There are way too many people that think Corrales can just sit back and dominate this fight at distance, nice point bringing up MAyweather...if he cant outbox Castillo (the first fight) Diego will have a tough time doing so and Chico will not fight a 12 round boxing match...he eventually will throw down and the brawl will break out.

[jabsRstiff]

Too many people are acting as if Castillo took no punishment in that fight !
He was hurt on NUMEROUS occasions...& took a steady diet of punishment throughout. He was also nearly decapitated at the end of the fight.
He did indeed inflict horrendous punishment on Corrales.

Things are evened out. Castillo has the tougher foundation, while Corrales has the bigger punches. A rematch bewteen the two... would be tough to pick a winner.

[luisillo22]

The rematch is a great idea for Castillo, I admit Castillo did recieve a few good punches from Corrales, but Castillo was dilivering the most power shots. plus Castillo is going to fight just to prove every one that he was winning and it was a premature stop.

[DiegoFuego]

Okay, it's possible that Castillo wins, but I would make Corrales a pretty heavy favorite. I mean think about it. He fought exactly how Castillo wanted him to, and he STILL won the fight. If he boxes and tags Castillo (because we now know who hits harder for a fact), then Corrales will knock him out by the 7th round this time around. Castillo won't do anything different, but Corrales will. Everybody knows that. Castillo only knows how to fight one way, but Corrales is going to switch it up on him and beat the holy hell out of him worse this time. I see Castillo getting dropped.

[scap]

Too many people are acting as if Castillo took no punishment in that fight !
He was hurt on NUMEROUS occasions...& took a steady diet of punishment throughout. He was also nearly decapitated at the end of the fight.
He did indeed inflict horrendous punishment on Corrales.

Things are evened out. Castillo has the tougher foundation, while Corrales has the bigger punches. A rematch bewteen the two... would be tough to pick a winner.

100% agree, the fight is a u pickem, both Castillo and Corrlaes fans should be able to agree with that.