Chin Checked

[Zab Super Judah]

Something just occured to me about the fight Saturday.

Castillo, despite 4 TKO losses, had never been down, or really hurt, in any of his 59 prior fights. The last fight against Corrales he was visibly wobbled a couple of time before the final barrage of punches put him out on the ropes.

Will this affect his performance at all in the rematch? Will having his chin checked hard and found wanting a few times in a brutal fight make him hesitant at all? Looking at the kind of punishment he dished out against Corrales, seeing him the next day all swollen and puffy, barely able to see through the slits where his eyes were supposed to be and knowing the man still got off the canvas twice and beat him until he was flailing on the ropes, will it give him pause? I would like to think not, as I'm sure he would, but I'm not sure. It must be demoralizing to see the kind of damage he inflicted and know the man still had the heart to beat him.

I know some people will bring up the mouthpiece. It's irrelevant.

Can you get back in the ring with someone whom you gave everything you had against, whom you savagely beat, and still got knocked out by?

this is a pick em fight but im positive that castillo will be wobbled a couple times at least because of corrales power. I actually saw castillo hurt vs i believe it was soto in a fight that took place at 126. I cant beleive he was afeatherweight

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Bull crap, he has been TKO four times, stop overrating him...being TKO'd is nothing bad..he is human.

WTF?
Relax, I was just answering a question. I like the guy.
If you are stopped on cuts caused by a punch, it's a TKO.

[vB Martin]

but its true that castillo has never been down. meanwhile, corrales has been KDd 10 times in 4 fights, and those were not flash KDs.

its clear that castillo's chin is far superior when compared to corrales'.

Honestly, if Corrales has gotten up that many times and won, then his chin really shouldn't be a question mark. Look at the beating he was taking at the hands of Popo, and he took every bit of it and made the man quit.
Neither man's heart or chin are a question in this fight. I just wonder if being KO'd for the first time will make Castillo hesitant. I hope not, but I don't know.

Bull crap, he has been TKO four times, stop overrating him...being TKO'd is nothing bad..he is human.

You can't overrate him. He's one of the toughest bastards to ever lace on gloves. His TKO's all came by stoppage on cuts.