Thread: Corrales looks up towards Mayweather rematch

Corrales looks up towards Mayweather rematch

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Would a Corrales-Mayweather rematch be any different?


By Paul Upham: It was the worse night of his professional boxing career. Dropped five times before being stopped in round ten, what started off on paper as a very competitive match-up in January 2001 turned into a one way parade for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Diego Corrales has never forgotten. In fact, the WBC lightweight world champion gave some indication this week that he is looking to move up in weight and has his sights set on a rematch with Mayweather.

"Absolutely. It is always there," said Corrales, admitting the loss to Mayweather is still fresh in his mind. "That is the one loss I have never gotten back. Of course, it always sits back there. The one thing I have to achieve before I am gone. Time will tell, I'm not gone yet, so we'll see what happens."

While 29 year-old Mayweather 36-0 (24) has bounded ahead in weight to 147lbs, Corrales 40-3 (33) feels that the heavier a rematch is set in weight, the greater the advantage for him. He even isn't really sure how far up in weight he could go either.

"With a six foot frame it is really hard to say," he explained. "With a great weight trainer, there is really no telling how high I could go. I could pack on the muscle and do everything right. I could actually put on that size very quickly and still be very strong. With my height and the more size I get, the better I'm going to be, so I'm happy with that. He's going up there, it's better for me."

Asked if his third fight with Joel Casamayor on October 7 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Showtime Championship Boxing would be his last at lightweight, Corrales was uncommittal.

"Who knows?" he replied. "That decision falls on (promoter) Gary Shaw. He will point the finger, and I will go and attack."

"I take my lead from Chico," said Shaw. "He asked me to only make him big fights. That's all I'm going to make him. I think a lot will have to do with what happens with a (Erik) Morales, or a (Manny) Pacquiao or a (Marco Antonio) Barrera if they wanted to come up to 135lbs. Obviously, he has to win this fight. That's the only thing that counts. If there are not big fights at 135lbs, then we will sit down, (manager) James Prince, myself and Chico and a decision will be made where to go from there. Maybe we will skip 140lbs and go right to 147lbs. I have said this before. Chico is one of the few fighters in the world that when you tell him about a fight, he just asks what's the location and what time does he have to be at the dressing room. It makes it kind of easy on my part."

There is no doubt however, that making the 135lbs limit is becoming increasingly harder for 29 year-old Corrales as he ages.

"It's not easy and it's not fun, but it's my job," he said.

One thing that Corrales did commit to was his declaration that he would never fight Jose Luis Castillo again, after his Mexican arch-rival had left him waiting at the scales in June. Their proposed third fight cancelled when Castillo was an entire weight class above the lightweight limit.

"No, I have moved forward. It's done," he said. "I thought the (Nevada) Commission may have been different as far as the penalty he got. I thought it was quite lenient. All in all, it is what it is. No, I can't see me fighting him again. He wasted a lot of my time, my work and my efforts. I would never fight him again. There's no point in it."


Paul Upham
Contributing Editor

Would a Corrales-Mayweather rematch be any different?

Nope.

Corrales needs to keep his mind on the matters at hand for the moment. Also...I give him props for not entertaining the thoughts of taking on Castillo in a rubber match anymore.

Good read though...

People want to see the rematch between the two? Why? Not unless you're going to give Corrales an excuse and not say that Mayweather made him look that way.

Would it be exactly the same, I'm inclined to say that it couldn't possibly be worse. Would he win, no.

Mayweather or not moving up isn't a bad idea for Diego, he drained himself to make 130 and it seems like he may be draining himself to make 135

PBF might knock the prime right out of him which would be a sad thing ...after the hard fights hes been in i worry about corrales ...i wanna see him for years to come but if he gets damaged in a pbf fight he'll keep losing to top notch fighters ...he needs to let the pbf thing go unless its a ridiculasly large payday in which case hes selling his boxing career

Corrales would get knocked out even quicker ! he has a weak chin. very fragile.

PBF would own his ass again

PBF would win comfortably but he wouldn't drop Corrales 6 times and Diego would throw and porbably land more than he did first time around. Most of his punch stats were in single digits,I think he threw over 10 punches once! I would like to see him move up though,he is big enough but he would get hurt at 147. I have heard him mention Margarito,I would LOVE to see that!

I do agree with Diego that the weight advantage would be with him though. When they fought he literally towered over Mayweather, imagine if they fought at 154 I think Diego would be the stronger of the two.

To be honest at lightweight he looks like skin and bones, there really cant be much toughness to him. I think he needs to move up a couple of divisions to be healthy.

I actually think he could do better at 147 than he does at 135

he might get slower at 147 and 154.

I would LOVE to see Hatton-Diego...much more than Hatton-Castillo. WHY? because I just don't like Diego and want to see him beaten badly

I think theres more chance of Lacy getting another shot at Calzaghe than this one happening

Originally Posted by Lyle

I would LOVE to see Hatton-Diego...much more than Hatton-Castillo. WHY? because I just don't like Diego and want to see him beaten badly

you don't like someone you've never met and want to see him beaten badly

and you wonder why people rag on you all the time lyle

Originally Posted by raleights

Originally Posted by Lyle

I would LOVE to see Hatton-Diego...much more than Hatton-Castillo. WHY? because I just don't like Diego and want to see him beaten badly

you don't like someone you've never met and want to see him beaten badly

and you wonder why people rag on you all the time lyle

Lyle you are a sadistic bastard! I wouldnt mind seeing either Hatton-Diego or Hatton-Castillo. WHY? Because I don't like Hatton and either one of them would beat him badly

No way Mayweather fights Corrales again. Especially after he loses to Casamayor again

Corrales can look up, at the arena lights.. If he ever does fight Mayweather again.

Originally Posted by El Gamo

PBF would win comfortably but he wouldn't drop Corrales 6 times

Your righht, because Corrales wouldn't get up after the 3rd or 4th time.