Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al
When a guy performs like castillo in the corrales fight you never have to prove zip again
I was about to post something similar to this.


I was looking at JLC and Hattons records yesterday and I noticed that JLC has as many if not more KO's alone then fighters have fights, 17 yrs. is easily said but it's been a long time. You know something else I noticed? JLC has 7 losses 5 by KO, 4 out of the 5 KO's have happened in the 10th rd. I thought that was pretty interesting.
But anyway my point being when you've had a career like his, at this point what the hell does he have to prove.
Most people think he beat PBF, hes the sole person who is looked at in that way loosing to Hatton would be just another loss.


Which leads me to saying that is why I'm not hyped about the fight or really think it will help Hatton. I think it's a high risk, low reward fight for Hatton. For JLC it's a high risk and high reward fight. This is my personal opinion.
Look at JLC career, look at his last 3 fights.
He came overweight in 1 and should be VERY grateful Corrales was a man of his word and a warrior to even take the fight, he looke like S*** against Reyes I mean possibly the worst fight hes ever fought. He struggled Herman and managed to edge out a decision.
Call me crazy but this is just how I see it....
Absolutely how I see it as well, CC Mick.. Castillo has been a warrior for so many years there's no way to hold anything against him now.. Besides, if he is past his best, then that's just how it is... He can't mentally change what his body is doing or telling him.. To suggest that he has been lacklustre as of late because he just needs the money or whatever is also kind of backwards imo... Since he needs the money he should be more wary of impressing the fans then ever.. It's just the fact that he physically couldn't do it anymore, at least not at 135. And in his last fight, he was coming off a relatively long layoff stepping up to a new weight that he still has great difficulty making. Perhaps these people who are suggesting he isn't hungry or motivated anymore should try and get down to there fighting weight and see how easy that is, carrying almost no body fat for months(not to mention after a 17 year career with over 60 fights..). I believe Castillo will do everything he possibly can in and out of the ring to perform at his peak this saturday. For fans to hold it against him if he just can't do it anymore is plain dumb. He wouldn't be taking this fight if he wasn't motivated.