Was Castillo even trying to make weight?

[Bozo_no no]

This is what Castillo said last week:

"I've had no problem managing my weight or with my training for this fight. I feel like I'm right on schedule. I'm scaling back on my running and my day to day workouts because I don't have much weight to lose at this point. No matter who I speak to, they ask me about my weight. It gets bothersome."

[borikua]

***in Chalupas! Man I hope they still make the fight.

[keystone30pack]

This is what Castillo said last week:

"I've had no problem managing my weight or with my training for this fight. I feel like I'm right on schedule. I'm scaling back on my running and my day to day workouts because I don't have much weight to lose at this point. No matter who I speak to, they ask me about my weight. It gets bothersome."

exactly

this doesn't sound like words of someone who is conerned that he will not make weight

[DLT]

I bet like last fight, instead of losing weight in the 2 hours he actually comes back bigger. Probally like 142 or something

[keystone30pack]

i know that there hasn't been a link provided

but if he was constipated why wouldn't he take something for it

2 days ago

its too late for ex lax that **** just tears u up anyhow with gas

and fibercon is too slow

its enema time!

i can't believe i jsut typed that on the nsb forum

[enadeus]

He was forced into this fight, I doubt he even wanted it. He wanted the Cotto fight more.

[Zab Super Judah]

ah..dont think I can be his fan after this. If he wanted to he could make it. hes been fighting at this weight for awhile so I dont see why not. Canceling the fight would ba blessing for Corrales though.

[Mech.]

Taken from Forbes

Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight Friday for his lightweight title defense against Diego Corrales, throwing the third fight between the two men into jeopardy.

Castillo never came close to the 135-pound limit, weighing in at 140 on his first try and 139 1/2 a few minutes later. It was the second straight time he had failed to make weight for a fight with Castillo.

If the fight goes on Saturday night it will not be for the lightweight title because Nevada boxing regulations allow a fighter only to lose two pounds after the first weigh-in.

Promoters were negotiating whether the fight would go ahead as a non-title bout, though Corrales' trainer, Joe Goossen said he would advise his fighter not to fight.

"I would say pull the plug on it," Goossen said. "He (Corrales) drained himself to make 135 and the other guy didn't have to do it."

The missed weight was a repeat of the second fight between the two men in October when Castillo weighed 138 1/2 pounds. Castillo knocked out Corrales in the fourth round, and Goossen said Castillo was stronger because he didn't have to make the weight.

Castillo was visibly drawn and had trouble getting up while lying on the stage at the weigh-in. The concern over his weight prompted the WBC to weigh him at various times in his training, and Nevada boxing officials said he would forfeit up to 25 percent of his $900,000 purse if he was over the limit.

None of that helped Castillo get anyway near the weight limit, and his own promoter, Bob Arum, angrily accused his fighter's camp of lying to him.

"It's disgusting," Arum said. "If I was Corrales I wouldn't fight."

Corrales said he would spend the two hours allowed before Castillo's final weigh-in to decide whether to fight.

"A lot of things are going through my head right now," said Corrales, who weighed in at 135 pounds.

Corrales was to make $1.2 million for the fight, and there was a good possibility the two camps could negotiate a settlement and let the fight go ahead as a non-title bout. The fight was expected to draw a crowd of more than 10,000 and was to be televised by Showtime.

"I thought all along he wouldn't make the weight," said Corrales' promoter, Gary Shaw. "It's perpetuating a fraud on the public. Don't do the charade."

Corrales and Castillo engaged in one of the great fights of modern times last year, with Corrales getting off the canvas twice in the 10th round to stop Castillo in a battle that left both fighters battered and bruised.

The rematch, though, came off only after Castillo agreed to forfeit some of his purse, then made the most of it by landing a crushing left hook in the fourth round to stop Corrales.

[scap]

This ****ing hurts!

What the **** did Team Castillo do for the last four or five weeks? Did they buy a ****ing digital scale at target and think they were cool?

What the ****, Im shocked and disappointed in my boy, shocked and disappointed!

Corrales is nuts if he is going thru with this fight but 25% of JL's purse will be tough to pass up even though you know your gonna get iced.

5 ****ing pounds...how?

[Easy-E]

He was forced into this fight, I doubt he even wanted it. He wanted the Cotto fight more.

Corrales gave him the rematch.
Its only fair.