Corrales 5 pounds over!

[mic573]

I wonder if corrales will fight castillo at 140 now?

I believe this will lead to the rubbermatch. Corrales really doesn't have much to say now that he is in Castillo's shoes.

[Hitman18]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! This has got to be the most ironic thing to ever happen in boxing history. Now the tables are going to be turned, and its even worse that Corrales couldn't make weight than Castillo not being able to make weight because of all the **** he said like he would never do that and stuff. Corrales must feel like ****, and it makes me feel good. I like Corrales, don't get me wrong, but for him to do this makes me hate him now so much. He should be so much more disrespected than Castillo ever was now. Now I hope he gets KTFO again, and then retire. Castillo is a very nice person, but he must be laughing the **** out of himself right now. Now there has to be a Castillo-Corrales III. Both have caused controversy and anger, both have come overweight and fined. Two very similar stories, two very hungry fighters, they will fight for the last chance to redeem themselves on the two-year anniversary of their first legendary fight, Cinco de Mayo, May 5th, 2007. That sounds like the headline by Showtime right there.

Oh, and Diegofuego, in your ****en face!!! Don't ever come back on here you disgrace. If I even here an excuse from you I swear..........

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

After castillo knocks out Hatton their should be a castillo vs corrales 3 ASAP! I cant wait.

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LAS VEGAS -- Diego Corrales turned the tables on himself.

Robbed of a big payday when his last opponent couldn't make weight, Corrales vowed never to disgrace the sport by not being at the proper weight himself.

So what happened on Friday? Corrales weighed in a whopping 5 pounds over the weight limit for his WBC 135-pound title defense against Joel Casamayor.

"It's terribly ironic," promoter Gary Shaw said. "I'm shocked. I don't know what to say."

Corrales lost his title on the scale and will be fined by Nevada boxing authorities for not coming close to the weight. But, after agreeing to give up some of his $1.2 million purse to Casamayor, the fight will go on Saturday night.

The WBC ruled that Casamayor can win the title by beating Corrales, though Corrales can't keep it by beating Casamayor. In addition, if Casamayor loses, he would fight a top contender -- interim titlist David Diaz -- for the vacant title in his next fight.

The fight was in doubt after Corrales weighed 140 pounds, then came back a short time later and weighed 139½. He was given two hours to get down to 137, but made it only to 139.

Casamayor's purse for the fight was $250,000, but in addition to getting an undisclosed sum from Corrales for his trouble, he will also collect half of the $240,000 fine (20 percent of his purse) levied by the Nevada Athletic Commission against Corrales. The other half of the fine goes to Nevada's general fund.

Also, the fighters must weigh in again Saturday at noon, at which point neither fighter can weigh more than 147 pounds. If they do, it will cost them $25,000 per pound.

"I grabbed Casamayor's hand after the weigh-in and apologized. It's not something I tried to do," Corrales said. "I've been trying so hard to drop the weight, I was almost at the point of passing out this morning. Honestly, I'm responsible for my actions. I believe if you make a mistake, you should be punished. I made a mistake and should be punished."

Representatives of both fighters didn't take long after the weigh-in at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino to come to an agreement on Corrales paying Casamayor some of his purse. But Shaw declined to say just how much of the purse Casamayor would get.

Corrales said he tried everything to lose weight, and that some tuna and a salad was his last meal on Monday. Since then, he said, he had no food or water, sucking just on ice chips.

"My body just wouldn't let anything go," he said. "It just wouldn't."

The 6-footer said he had planned to leave the lightweight division after the May fight with Jose Luis Castillo, but after that was postponed he stayed at 135 pounds so he could get a more lucrative payday against Casamayor, against whom he is 1-1.

It was the third straight fight for Corrales that hinged on a weigh-in. For the first time, though, this one was his fault.

Castillo couldn't make weight twice against Corrales, and the second time Corrales refused to fight him at the higher weight, costing himself a $1.3 million payday.

Castillo was later fined $250,000 by the Nevada commission and suspended for the rest of the year.

When Castillo couldn't get within 3 pounds of the weight for the last fight, Corrales said he wanted to punch him for not making the weight. A few days ago he said he didn't regret not fighting because it would not be fair for a bigger fighter to fight a smaller one.

"I stood on level ground and explained to everybody if he didn't make weight there wouldn't be a fight," Corrales said. "I made the right decision."

Shaw said he personally checked on Corrales 10 days ago to see if he was on track to make weight, and the fighter weighed just a shade under 142 pounds. Fighters generally tend to lose several pounds in the last two weeks before a fight, so Shaw said he wasn't concerned.

Corrales was supposed to return to the ring Saturday night for the first time in nearly a year. It didn't figure that his opponent's weight would be a problem because Casamayor knows something about making weight from being on the Cuban national amateur team.

And Corrales had always made the weight in his career, despite being a 6-footer carrying the weight of a much smaller man.

True to form, Casamayor weighed the class limit of 135 pounds. But the weight of his opponent was a shocker.

Corrales gained fame in a May 2005 fight against Castillo that has already become legendary.

Both fighters have a lot at stake. For Corrales, it's proving that his knockout loss to Castillo in their rematch was a fluke. Casamayor, meanwhile, must show he still has his superb boxing skills and reflexes at the age of 35.

"I expect a war out of him," Corrales said. "For some reason they find glory and their old youth when they fight me."

Casamayor (33-3-1, 21 KOs) stopped Corrales the first time they met, knocking him down twice and finally winning in the sixth round when bleeding caused by a faulty mouthpiece left Corrales swallowing blood. But Corrales (40-3, 33 KOs) also knocked Casamayor down in that fight, and came back to win a decision by outboxing him in their second fight.

He is a 2-1 favorite this time in the fight for the WBC lightweight title, but the crafty Casamayor believes the odds should be reversed.

From ESPN

[Verstyle]

a re weigh in. all i gotta say is DAMN. 147 LIMIT ONLY?

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LOL talk about Irony....

There was Castillo killing himself to make weight and nearly collapsing to get on the scale for their third fight, and Corrales said it was bs and that he was faking it etc.

He said no to the fight... and there was no fight.

Now here is Corrales excusing himself by saying how he killed himself to try and make it and how he was feeling like he was going to pass out.

But Casamayor like a true warrior is not pulling out and is gonna go through with it.

Even more ironic and awesome it would be if Casamayor beats Corrales tomorrow. All the **** he's talked about how Castillo should have been fined etc despite Goosen acknowledging that Castillo shouldnt have been the one fined but his handlers and promoters for they put him on the spot. Especially since Castillo has been wanting to move up for years but arums kept him on the lightweight division with big money promises at the expense of his health.

[Hurlex]

F**k corrales,was never a fan and even less mcuh now (but atleast i respected him before)..but how u gonna talk crap and sue someone and then do the act you talked so much **** about and are sueing someone for hahahaha.....feel sorry for casa tho,he ends up paying for it to weight less and having not to go over 147 tomo..but whatever..wish him luck,hope he Ko's corrales but its less likely now. Cant wait to see what Corrales trainer and camp say...hope someone throws a banana at his f**king head *shrug*

[kadyo's]

LOL talk about Irony....

There was Castillo killing himself to make weight and nearly collapsing to get on the scale for their third fight, and Corrales said it was bs and that he was faking it etc.

He said no to the fight... and there was no fight.

Now here is Corrales excusing himself by saying how he killed himself to try and make it and how he was feeling like he was going to pass out.

But Casamayor like a true warrior is not pulling out and is gonna go through with it.

Even more ironic and awesome it would be if Casamayor beats Corrales tomorrow. All the **** he's talked about how Castillo should have been fined etc despite Goosen acknowledging that Castillo shouldnt have been the one fined but his handlers and promoters for they put him on the spot. Especially since Castillo has been wanting to move up for years but arums kept him on the lightweight division with big money promises at the expense of his health.

I remember about posters here talking about how castillo did it deliberately and about it's just natural that there are people around him who check his weight every now so he would meet the weight requirement come weigh in timeand abour JLC just did not bother at all because the weight difference is so big at 5 lbs and that had it been 1 or 2 lbs it would have been alright. Wonder where they are now and what they are thinking. haha!!! karma karma.

[mic573]

It's not something I tried to do," Corrales said. "I've been trying so hard to drop the weight, I was almost at the point of passing out."

Same thing Castillo said and Corrales said it was bull****. Now he knows.

It kind of pisses me off that Showtime hasn't said anything about it or made a big deal out of it. When Castillo failed to make weight they immediately started to talk down on him.

[MaYaN_SuN]

LMFAO! wheres all the Corrales fans that were pissed about castillo??