Corrales Suing Castillo for 2.4 Million and askin that he be suspended for2 yrs

[Dirt E Gomez]

ok so castillo should pay thats true. but its bad enough he has to pay money he didnt make but suspending him? thats to much. in those 2 years he would have aged and skills will go down hill. After paying chico how is he going to support his fam of he is Ban or fired for 2 years

I sincerely doubt Castillo will be bankrupt finanacially if this goes through.... Guess what? Them's the ****ing breaks. It's also extremely doubtful that the suspension/ban would actually follow through. And if it did, it wouldn't be enforcable outside of the US so if he wished to continue he could merely schedule bouts outside of the US.

[Newportz]

I dont understand why people would want Castillo to be suspended...

He's a good fighter...He creates good matchups...Entertainment...the whole point of boxing...

He ****ed up...twice. He needs to move up and carry on though...

Boxing has finally ressurected itself...After so many years of the sport dying in fanfare, supposed "true boxing fans" are actually rooting on entertaining fighters to be suspended..??

Boggles the mind..

[moy22487]

I sincerely doubt Castillo will be bankrupt finanacially if this goes through.... Guess what? Them's the ****ing breaks. It's also extremely doubtful that the suspension/ban would actually follow through. And if it did, it wouldn't be enforcable outside of the US so if he wished to continue he could merely schedule bouts outside of the US.

tell that to chico...The US is the best place for him to make money. he probably wont be broke, but hey chavez had over 100 fights and some bad money managment had his broke.

[psychopath]

ok so castillo should pay thats true. but its bad enough he has to pay money he didnt make but suspending him? thats to much. in those 2 years he would have aged and skills will go down hill. After paying chico how is he going to support his fam of he is Ban or fired for 2 years

Well I can understand your point. 2 years maybe too harsh and Chico maybe being too sadistic but it's not him or us who's going to determine, it's the court buddy so don't worry about it.

[realheavyhands]

**** if he cant make the wieght he cant make it, hes been havin problems for years and hes aging, who cares if he signed the contract whos to say he wasnt forced into signing it by corrupt ass arum, or maybe he thought he could make it and then realized he couldnt, people make mistakes no ones perfect, so i dont understand why all these people are all on this cats back...

he was 137 the night before he did it on purpose

[moy22487]

he was 137 the night before he did it on purpose

that fact was never confirmed

[DiegoFuego]

damn thats ****ed up...its not castillos fault he couldnt make the weight, i just heard this on the radio.

what the **** are you talking about?

[grayfist]

Boxing history is full of incidents involving weight issues. But, I'm not aware of any, other than the one mentioned in the threadstarter, that was ever brought up for judicial action.


Time was when discrepancies in weight was resolved by the convenience of having the champion stripped of his title (if it is the champ who failed to make weight) or the challenger being refused the chance to wrest the title. Those, indeed, were simpler times; so simple that a 147 lbs. Sugar Ray Robinson thought nothing of facing a 157 lbs. Jake La Motta and a 142 lbs. Henry Armstrong didn't consider calling lawyers about the weight of the 153 lbs. Ceferino Garcia.

Today, boxing has become so complicated that we have seen world champions winning titles not in the ring, where those used to be won, but in proceedings in some state commissions or alphabet bodies, sometimes by force of a judicial edict or two.

Also today, a John Ruiz can go to court to demand payment from James Toney for some claimed slight. And to think he bills himself as, "The Quiet Man."

Am I alone in wishing that more of the action be left inside the ring than are brought outside of it? I'm sure I'm not.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Boxing history is full of incidents involving weight issues. But, I'm not aware of any, other than the one mentioned in the threadstarter, that was ever brought up for judicial action.


Time was when discrepancies in weight was resolved by the convenience of having the champion stripped of his title (if it is the champ who failed to make weight) or the challenger being refused the chance to wrest the title. Those, indeed, were simpler times; so simple that a 147 lbs. Sugar Ray Robinson thought nothing of facing a 157 lbs. Jake La Motta and a 142 lbs. Henry Armstrong didn't consider calling lawyers about the weight of the 153 lbs. Ceferino Garcia.

Today, boxing has become so complicated that we have seen world champions winning titles not in the ring, where those used to be won, but in proceedings in some state commissions or alphabet bodies, sometimes by force of a judicial edict or two.

Also today, a John Ruiz can go to court to demand payment from James Toney for some claimed slight. And to think he bills himself as, "The Quiet Man."

Am I alone in wishing that more of the action be left inside the ring than outside of it? I'm sure not.

Idealism and being naive' would be nice in a perfect world. But this world is far from perfect.

[ßringer]

I think Castillo should have to pay up to Corrales for money lost due to the cancellation. However I see it as completely wrong to suspend Castillo for 2 years. He needs to fight while he still can, he's in his prime and who the **** knows how he'll be in 2 years. He could devolp ringrust and end up losing to lesser fighters.

He needs to be able to fight so that he can earn money so that he can pay Corrales the money he owes him. That's it. Suspension for a few months? Sure. Suspend him for 2 years? No. Castillo would lose out on making money for his family, establishing his career post-Corrales, and we would all miss out terribly on the fights he "would have" had.