Arturo Gatti vs Jose Luis Castillo @ 140

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Castillo was always a huge Lightweight so this fight could of been made during sometime during the first half of the last decade. Could of been a great match up! But who do you think would of won?

Actually, let me rephrase the question, afterall this is Gatti & Castillo, these guys loved rematchs right? So...:

Who do you think would of won the majority of the time?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Hesitantly I voted Castillo, but looking at this later I could feel Gatti.
Actually surprising that this never came off as I believe it would have been a malevolent war.

[Taeth]

Castillo was way better than Gatti he would have destroyed Arturo.

[ElTerribleMorales]

IMO Castillo got lucky against Ngoudjo, and was well more past it than Gatti at 140, IMO it would have been a war but Gatti's body shots and resilience would have been the difference, prime for prime obviously i'd pick Castillo, all around more skilled and more talented but due to Gatti's power, guts, and will i doubt it would have been a cake walk

[greynotsoold]

Castillo. I saw him live on the undercard of Chavez/Gamache, along with Enrique Sanchez and, if memory serves, Erik Morales, and Castillo was by far the best fighter of the night. Gatti, may he rest in peace, was a fighters fighter, and he always had a shot, but castillo would've been too much for him.

[Mattyhitman]

If were talking prime V prime at 140, i would have to go with Castillo 2-1 in a trilogy.

Castillo taking the first fight with a clinical display of pugilistic perfection.
2nd fight would be an all out brawl, with Castillo getting drawn into a battle of gut's and will's, this time Gatti coming out on top with a devastating body KO ( ala Hatton esq ) in the later rounds.
Finally, Castillo would get the better of Gatti in the final fight, it would be a mix and match of the previous two, cute boxing but pure gut's with Castillo coming through to stop Gatti late in the fight.

[Fenster]

Castillo was much better overall than Gatti but no way he destroys him at 140. Probably been a fight of the year job.

[bzkfn]

IMO Castillo got lucky against Ngoudjo, and was well more past it than Gatti at 140, IMO it would have been a war but Gatti's body shots and resilience would have been the difference, prime for prime obviously i'd pick Castillo, all around more skilled and more talented but due to Gatti's power, guts, and will i doubt it would have been a cake walk

Almost exactly what I was going to say. prime for prime Castillo was a more skilled fighter, but at 140, Gatti would have taken him in a war. Shame we never got to see it

[TheMacMagician]

Castillo dwindled fast after the second Corrales fight for me, but like everyone has said, prime for prime I'd say Castillo had a splendid beard that would have left Gatti wondering why his shots had no effect and would then stare down the barrel of a long drawn out beating. Gatti could maybe take 1 fight of three sticking to the outside, but we all know he liked a tear-up.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Yeah just to be clear, I was refering to the specific period of about 2000-2004 when Gatti was fairly comfortable at 140 and (IMO) Castillo could of probably fought at 140, no problem.

[JazMerkin]

Yeah just to be clear, I was refering to the specific period of about 2000-2004 when Gatti was fairly comfortable at 140 and (IMO) Castillo could of probably fought at 140, no problem.

In that timeframe it would have been Castillo all day for me. Loved Gatti, but Castillo was just on another level & while I don't think Gatti would have been embarassed, I think Castillo takes the win 75% of the time.

[The Fightfan]

I will disagree with most on the boards. I went with Gatti. I think at that time period Gatti was the better fighter.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Guys, don't forget to vote! (That means you Teath!)

And if you have voted without giving a reason why, well that's just crass.

[bzkfn]

Yeah just to be clear, I was refering to the specific period of about 2000-2004 when Gatti was fairly comfortable at 140 and (IMO) Castillo could of probably fought at 140, no problem.

If that is the period you're talking about, then my money would be on Castillo.

[ICB]

I love Arturo Gatti as much as the next guy, but he lost to fighters like Ivan Robinson x2, Angel Manfredy, and this was in his prime.

Jose Luis Castillo in his prime beat fighters like Stevie Johnston x2, Diego Corrales, Joel Casamayor.

Jose Luis Castillo was an elite fighter Arturo Gatti wasn't, at 140 its not a fair match up because it isn't prime for prime. At 135 Jose Luis Castillo would stop Arturo Gatti late on.