Saturday
26 May 2012
         
BOXNEWS Fight Diego Corrales -VS- Jose Luis Castillo

Fight Diego Corrales -VS- Jose Luis Castillo

hits 5894 Print version

Boxers USA Diego Corrales [40-3-0, 33]
Mexico Jose Luis Castillo [54-7-1, 47]
Weight division Lightweight (135 lbs)
Date 03 June 2006, Sat
Location USA USA, Las Vegas, Thomas
Other fights of this evening Fight Vic Darchinyan W TKO 8 (12) Luis Maldonado

News: Fight Diego Corrales -VS- Jose Luis Castillo

Castillo fails to make weight; The fight is off! 3 Jun 2006 18:49

Castillo fails to make weight; The fight is off!

Corrales promoter Gary Shaw announces that the fight is off. "He (Diego Corrales) is not going to put his life at risk," said Shaw. "You saw what happened last time. We are not money hungry!" Castillo's promoter Bob Arum says he is "mortified and completely embarrassed." The SHOWTIME telecast will go on with IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan vs Luis Maldonado as the main event read more ...
Corrales/Castillo: 
The Words are Over - It’s Time for War! 2 Jun 2006 17:35

Corrales/Castillo: The Words are Over - It’s Time for War!

Las Vegas, NV: The final press conference to promote the highly-anticipated showdown between lightweight champion Diego “Chico” Corrales and challenger Jose Luis “El Temible” Castillo took place earlier today and to say the tension was as thick as Peter Gallagher’s eyebrows would be an understatement read more ...
Corrales: I am Ready for Whatever he Brings 1 Jun 2006 18:45

Corrales: I am Ready for Whatever he Brings

FightNews recently caught up with Diego “Chico” Corrales at the IBA gym prior to his open workout in front of the boxing media. The typically insouciant Corrales hung out within the gym for quite some, embracing his friends and candidly speaking to literally anyone who approached him. All in all, it was Chico being Chico read more ...
Castillo: I will KO Corrales! 31 May 2006 14:22

Castillo: I will KO Corrales!

"I think this third fight will be something special," said Jose Luis Castillo today at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas. Castillo faces Diego Corrales in the third confrontation of their classic rivalry LIVE on SHOWTIME Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. "If Corrales doesn't change his style and he fights the same way he did in the last two fights, this one will really be spectacular. I think people are read more ...
More on Corrales-Castillo! 12 Apr 2006 13:58

More on Corrales-Castillo!

Diego "Chico'' Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo are signed, sealed and ready to deliver once again LIVE on SHOWTIME on Saturday, June 3 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The world's most talented and courageous lightweights will collide in their eagerly awaited rubber match for Corrales' WBC title at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 12-round world title bout will be co-promoted by Top Rank, Inc., and Gary Shaw read more ...