Editor's Note:
With the Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo fight
cancelled, SHOWTIME went with one fight on Saturday, an IBF flyweight
title fight between defending champion Vic Darchinyan and Luis Maldonado at
9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Both unbeaten, Darchinyan and
Maldonado, weighed in at the flyweight limit of 112 pounds Friday.
CASTILLO AND CORRALES MAKE IT 3... by Kenny
Perrault
Their first meeting has been called one of the greatest fights in boxing
history with Diego Corrales getting off the canvas to stop Castillo.
However, the first meeting was also met with controversy...
JOSE LUIS CASTILLO: VICTIM OR VILLAIN?...
by George
Elsasser
Yes, the con men among the purveyors of pugilism, along with hypocritical
sanctioning bodies and NSAC alike, have aligned in discontent with promoters
Bob Arum (Castillo) and Gary Shaw (Corrales) - and have the audacity to point
fingers at Castillo as some sort of pugilistic bank robber...
Give me a break!
CASTILLO - CORRALES 3: HATE THE GAME, NOT
THE PLAYER... by Aladdin Freeman
I know the
popular trend is to bash Jose Luis Castillo for not
making weight but that isn’t right. I’ve been reading
all the stories, “the fight fans are the big losers”
or “Nevada should come up with a fine for Castillo” or
my favorite one of all, “Castillo has given boxing a
black eye”…you've got to be kidding me. Damn, I forgot
about all the bad decisions over the years, all the
fights that have lead to deaths, Mike Tyson getting
mad media coverage that he didn’t deserve, yet
Castillo not making weight has given boxing a black
eye.
CASTILLO vs CORRALES 3: 'THE WAR TO SETTLE
THE SCORE' DIDN'T SETTLE A THING...
by Kenny Perrault
Even with the tension thick
at Friday's weigh in I was never sure if people really believed Castillo
would not make the weight or if they simply were just talking about it
to add drama. The drama would quickly come to its climax as Jose Luis
Castillo made his way to the scale. Castillo stepped on the scale then
stepped off repeatedly, making it unclear what was going. The answer was
simple though, Castillo had come in heavy and not by a pound or two but
by five pounds, weighing in at 140 pounds.
DARCHINYAN POWER PREVAILS - RETAINS IBF
STRAP
...
by George Elsasser
With the Castillo-Corrales tie-breaker canceled,
things quickly became the Vic Darchinyan show at
the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV - and the
defending IBF flyweight champion enjoyed the
spotlight with a dazzling display of power
punching, as he eventually stopped a game but
outgunned Luis Maldonado.
CORRALES AND CASTILLO ARE SIGNED, SEALED AND READY TO DO IT
AGAIN...
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.
