In the aftermath of Pavlik Taylor 2 I had almost forgotten one thing from the undercard that bothered me.

Montiel's victory over Castillo was heralded one of the most dominant displays of modern times, by the Top Rank commentators. Now, I cannot disrespect anyone for beating Martin Castillo, but I feel that is a stretch.

Castillo was a tenacious fighter and anyone defeating him is doing alright, but it was stressed before the fight that he was 31 years of age. I felt that the Castillo that stepped in to fight Montiel was a mere shadow of his former self. To me he looked like a war ship that had simply run out of ammo and was attempting to out manouevere a younger fully loaded battle cruiser.

In short, I feel that Martin Castillo is shot and Montiel was getting a bit too much credit.