Any doubt now that Castillo should not be fighting at 135???

[DiegoFuego]

Anyways.

Even if Corrales pulls out of this fight, Castillo should move to 140 and carry out the fight with Cotto....then stay at 140

How can Corrales pull out when Castillo already has, you biased piece of ****. **** you and your pathetic defense of Castillo. You're both ****ing disgraces.

[Castillofan]

Corrales didn't win his fight with Castillo on the up and up either. He cheated but of course, thanks to the media, that has all been forgotten. If you call one cheat, you have to call the other and that's no disrespect to either guy, but there's no sense in bull****ting that Corrales was above reproach and that Castillo wasn't.

[vB Martin]

Corrales didn't win his fight with Castillo on the up and up either. He cheated but of course, thanks to the media, that has all been forgotten. If you call one cheat, you have to call the other and that's no disrespect to either guy, but there's no sense in bull****ting that Corrales was above reproach and that Castillo wasn't.

The difference is, when Corrales cheated, he was penalized as mandated by the rules of the sport. The thing that Castillo nuthuggers always seem to gloss over is that even when he got up he was clear eyed. Also, if he had been truly hurt, as Castillo nuthuggers claim, there is no way that he could have put together the combinations he did to dominate the remainder and win the fight. A person who is hurt cannot do that, period. A person who is badly hurt cannot recover their faculties in a mere 15 seconds. Obviously, he wasn't all that hurt.

Castillo, on the other hand, refused to make weight for either of the rematches, then tried to claim to be the better fighter after winning the rematch through questionable means.
It doesn't matter if Coralles came into the ring heavier, which is speculation only forwared by Castillo fans, he had to drain extra weight that Castillo didn't. Having to drain that extra 3-1/2 lbs left him in a weaker condition than Castillo, who refused, was.

Castillo coming in overweight for this fight could be a Cotto conspiracy thing, as already mentioned, or it could be a sneaky way of "clearing" his name for his disgraceful weigh-in for the 2nd fight. "See? There's no way I can make 135! My win over him last time shouldn't be looked at as cheating now. I can't help it!!"

Bull****.

[vB Martin]

As to the original question, I think he should be fighting at a higher weight. I'm a proponent of returning the weigh-in to the date of the fight so that fighters are forced to fight at a weight more natural to them.

To all the people who say, "What about the safety of the boxers? They have to drain themselves even more, which is dangerous!":

Playing russian roulette is also dangerous, but it's ultimately your fault if you play and wind up with a bullet in the brainpan.

[moy22487]

The difference is, when Corrales cheated, he was penalized as mandated by the rules of the sport. The thing that Castillo nuthuggers always seem to gloss over is that even when he got up he was clear eyed. Also, if he had been truly hurt, as Castillo nuthuggers claim, there is no way that he could have put together the combinations he did to dominate the remainder and win the fight. A person who is hurt cannot do that, period. A person who is badly hurt cannot recover their faculties in a mere 15 seconds. Obviously, he wasn't all that hurt.

Castillo, on the other hand, refused to make weight for either of the rematches, then tried to claim to be the better fighter after winning the rematch through questionable means.
It doesn't matter if Coralles came into the ring heavier, which is speculation only forwared by Castillo fans, he had to drain extra weight that Castillo didn't. Having to drain that extra 3-1/2 lbs left him in a weaker condition than Castillo, who refused, was.

Castillo coming in overweight for this fight could be a Cotto conspiracy thing, as already mentioned, or it could be a sneaky way of "clearing" his name for his disgraceful weigh-in for the 2nd fight. "See? There's no way I can make 135! My win over him last time shouldn't be looked at as cheating now. I can't help it!!"

Bull****.

but his cheating took away the momentum that was going in castillos way

[Brz_Pugilist]

If Castillo fights again at 135, he should be hung!!!!Move up in weight if u cant make the damn weight!!!!He is seriously killing his body!!!I lost respect for this ******!!

[Red_Menace]

As to the original question, I think he should be fighting at a higher weight. I'm a proponent of returning the weigh-in to the date of the fight so that fighters are forced to fight at a weight more natural to them.

To all the people who say, "What about the safety of the boxers? They have to drain themselves even more, which is dangerous!":

Playing russian roulette is also dangerous, but it's ultimately your fault if you play and wind up with a bullet in the brainpan.

I think increased ring deaths caused by brain injuries would be a bigger black-eye to the sport than a failed weigh-in.

[vB Martin]

Increased ring deaths would be the fault of the fighter who is trying to fight at an unnaturally low weight. The risks are known, if the fighter chooses to ignore them, it's their fault if they suffer for it.

[Red_Menace]

Increased ring deaths would be the fault of the fighter who is trying to fight at an unnaturally low weight. The risks are known, if the fighter chooses to ignore them, it's their fault if they suffer for it.

Well, the state althetic commissions that sanction these fights would disagree, considering it's their reputation and public image on the line. If fighters start dieing more often, you won't see many sanctioned fights, period. And ring deaths will only draw people away from the sport and into other avenues of entertainment. It can only be a bad thing for boxing.

[Castillofan]

So you think either way, Castillo not making this weight is some vindictive ploy on his part?

Castillo wants to fight but can't make the weight as mandated by CORRALES and his camp.

Castillo has not been able to make 135 healthily for nearly two years.

By the way, you KNOW that Corrales was not that hurt in the first fight right?

Just like you KNOW that Castillo has not tried to make weight on two occasions.

Seriously, how dumb would Castillo have to be to go through the controversy of the second fight and then repeat it this time?

Sorry you didn't get to see your hero Corrales get knocked out again people, but Castillo has to conceded just like everyone else that the weight cannot be made. If you think you lost out on this, Castillo loses the most. He loses money and he loses regard moreso in the eyes of the media who always jump on every opportunity to rag him whatever he does.