It was almost the fight that never was. After witnessing a trilogy bout go up in smoke after his opponent Jose Luis Castillo was unable to make weight, Corrales (40-3, 33 KOs) weighed in at 5 pounds ...
These days, it’s very easy to take shortcuts in the sport of boxing. A trilogy meeting between Deigo Corrales (40-3, 33 KOs) and Jose Luis Castillo went bust after Castillo was unable to make weight.
For all the many macro debates to be had about what the International Boxing Hall of Fame is and should be, at this time of year, the focus shifts to the micro debates. Voters’ ballots are almost due ...
Last Friday’s weigh-in fiasco involving Diego Corrales – paralleling the poundage problems Jose Luis Castillo had preceding his second and third fights with Corrales – was not the lone incidence of ...
Corrales himself weighed in well over the limit for the Casamayor rubber match. The magazine, along with the WBC, whose title was also on the line, both made the determination that the belt was only ...
PHOENIX - Former super-featherweight champion Joel Casamayor scored a ninth-round TKO over Lamont Pearson in a lightweight bout Friday night. The 34-year-old Casamayor then issued a challenge on ...