Is Floyd's best win tainted. Was Corrales really dehydrated and weak in the fight

[megadeth]

That interview was in the Velasquez fight. An interim fight for the rematch..

And as far as the gloves, they were complaining about the gloves even before the Morales-Pac fight...

Nahh, its the Morales fight, as Merchant mentions his name and they show clips from the fight.

[mikemurni]

Nahh, its the Morales fight, as Merchant mentions his name and they show clips from the fight.

You're right.. He was asked the question by Merchant after that fight.. But what do you expect him to say, it was a bad cut. Its not like its an excuse. It was indeed a bad cut..

[Maidana vs Rios]

LARRY MERCHANT said: "I was going past Corrales' dressing room, just before the fight, and I saw him sitting there stuffing a big Hamburger (or sandwich) into his face(or mouth)....."

He had already announced that he was moving up in weight, and in fact shortly beofr eht e fight there was a TV sit-down interview where this was brought up. Corrales said "well it isn't easy", and then said "they made e an offer I couldn't refuse".

At that time he was going to jail, was broke and his life was in a shambles. Mayweather's
Brains Trust" as they were called, figured that this was the time to get at him.

TK Stewart, the well known writer, emailed me about this fight, and particularly described the weigh-in. He said that ;

"Corrales looked very bad, his skin was grey, his bones were sticking out, and he almost had to be helped to the scales. He was still overweight although he'd spent the whole morning in the sweat box, and had had nothing to eat for weeks. Although he was the favourite, I knew right there that he had no chance".

Yes you are correct. The commentators were discussing how Castillo looked, and their conclusion was that he definitely could NOT make 130 but was flabby and slow at 135, it could be seen that he had not yet adjusted. One of these guys who falls between the cracks. I believe one of them also inrweviewed him.

When Corrales came out of gaol, he was very fat, but lost it quickly. He was going to take a fight at 147, then 140, but didn't. Had a couple of fights at around 135. I remember one of them was a guy named St' Kitts (?). He actually eventually got down to 128 1/2. I recall the report of it and it was said that he'd lost a lot of muscle in gaol, with no training etc.

this seems to be burned into your memory.

[Pastrano]

i dont think so thats like pac giving a rematch to david daiz

Nope, it CERTAINLY isn't! Hot dame you got there btw. Diaz is miles behind Corrales in resume and overall rating.