Fight Diego Corrales W TKO 10 (12) Jose Luis Castillo

The WBC has ordered an immediate rematch between lightweight champion Diego Corrales and former champ Jose Luis Castillo. Castillo protested Corrales' tenth round TKO win to the Mexico City-based sanctioning body, arguing that Corrales was given extra time to recover after being knocked down twice earlier in round ten of their classic confrontation on May 7... read more ...

Citing "furor" about the Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo clash, the WBC is naming a committee to review the fight. A WBC press release states, "There have been many protests from most of the press in Mexico and Latin America, as well as the Federal Boxing Commission in regards to the performance of the referee, who, among other things, let approximately 40 seconds go from the moment of the second knockdown to the continuing of the action in the tenth round..." read more ...

Diego Corrales: "To be in a fight like this against such a great champion was an honor. I said it was going to be a war of attrition, and it was. I am proud to have fought such a great champion like Castillo. He was a great warrior, but you can never count me out! read more ...

It was all we expected. Diego Corrales came back from two knockdowns in the tenth to TKO Jose Luis Castillo in that same round to add the WBC belt to his WBO title on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. Both fighters stood toe-to-toe from the opening bell in an amazing slugfest. Castillo went back to his corner with a cut over his left eye after round four. Corrales started to take the initiative in round five, although both fighters continued to connect with hellacious punches. Castillo came on strong to end round six. Castillo was wobbled by a left hook at the end of round seven, meanwhile Corrales' left eye was closing rapidly... read more ...

"It took me a while in my last two fights to get warmed up, but if Corrales comes to me, this fight is going to be a brawl with each of us taking our best shots at one another," insisted Castillo. "The winner will be the one who is the strongest and the most prepared..." "On paper, this has the potential to be as exciting a fight as you will see," said Corrales. "I definitely feel that at some point, it will be bombs away. Look at our resumes. We both have fought the best guys and have a lot of knockouts..." read more ...

In a highly anticipated match-up, the two best 135-pound boxers in the world will square off when two-time World Boxing Council (WBC) Lightweight Champion Jose Luis Castillo takes on World Boxing Organization (WBO) Champion Diego "Chico’’ Corrales in a world title unification bout Saturday, May 7, 2005... read more ...