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... 
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