Jose Luis Castillo proved again that his lightweight days are behind him by not even coming close to making the lightweight limit of 135 lbs today at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Castillo weighed in at 139.5 pounds both times he was weighed over a 2 hour period for the highly anticipated rubber match with WBC lightweight title holder Diego Corrales, who came in right on the limit at 135lbs.

After some careful thought and discussion amongst the Corrales camp and Castillo promoter Bob Arum, the decision was made to call off the fight. The Corrales camp had understandable concern that their fighter could be at risk fighting the bigger Castillo and didn't want a repeat of the devastating knockout Corrales suffered during their second match, when Castillo came in over the limit at 138.5 lbs.

Ticket buyers will have the option to a full refund or they can still attend the show as the undercard fights will go on at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The main undercard bought will feature Australian IBF/IBO Flyweight king Vic Darchinyan against challenger, Luis Maldonado of Mexicali, Mexico. Both fighters looked well on the scales and came in at the flyweight limit of 112 lbs. One of the two will likely suffer the first loss of their careers as they both sport impressive undefeated records.

Maldonado will enter his first title bout with a record of 33-0-1(25KO's) while southpaw puncher Darchinyan defends his title for the fourth time with a 25-0-0 (20k's) record.

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