Boxing Round by Round: Diego Corrales – Jose Luis Castillo
The sequel to last April’s thrilling fight of the century took place tonight on Showtime, at Las Vegas’ Thomas and Mack Center. It was a cracking contest but this time Jose Luis Castillo proved to be the better man, landing the perfect shot that Diego Corrales could not recover from.
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Round one begins with the fighters meeting each other in the center of the ring and Castillo immediately landing a left hook. True to his word, Chico brings the fight to the inside. Castillo is working the body the entire first minute. Its already another battle of hooks. At the two minute mark Castillo lands a jarring left hook to the jaw of Corrales. Castillo throws a right hook that lands to Corrales’ jaw at the minute thirty mark. Castillo lands a lead left hook after being warned for a low blow. The round has been thrilling so far, with Castillo being much more accurate with his punches then Corrales. They picked up where they left off, Castillo’s round.
Castillo 10-9 10-9
Round two: The round begins with a clinch after a Castillo jab, the fighters are right on each other, right inside. Castillo lands two punches to the belt line of Corrales, while Corrales counters with a right hook to Castillo’s jaw. Castillo is working the body a lot, and is beating Corrales to the punch virtually every exchange. A big right uppercut to Corrales’ jaw, followed by a right hook from Corrales, they get on the inside and duke it out trading left hooks. Castillo is actually the one creating any distance this round. At the thirty second mark Corrales lands three hooks to the side of Castillo’s head, only to be followed by a left hook by Castillo to Corrales’ chin. Terrific round! I think Corrales needs to fight at more of an angle, and fight to the side of Castillo so he can utilize his terrific right cross.
Castillo 10-9 20-18
Round three: The round starts with both fighters meeting in the center of the ring again and trading hooks. Castillo is working the body at the beginning of the round, and is beating Corrales to the punch. Both fighters, like in the last round, are working the body early. Corrales has yet to throw a jab, and Castillo is taking advantage of that by throwing jabs and straight rights. Castillo lands a straight right to Corrales’ jaw and Corrales backs up dazed. Corrales gets back inside though and toughs it out. At the closing of the round, Corrales lands two hooks to Castillo’s jaw. Corrales has a cut on his left eyelid.
Castillo 10-9 30-27
Round four: The round starts with them again meeting in the center of the ring and Castillo immediately lands a left hook to Corrales’ jaw, and Corrales goes down. Corrales can’t get up and THE FIGHT IS OVER!.
Jose Luis Castillo gains revenge and moves to 53-7-1 (47) while Corrales sees his mark fall to 40-3 (33)