Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
As I've argued here a ton of times, the first Castillo fight has absolutely no relevance anymore. Not only was it 6 years so, but more importantly, Castillo didn't have any type of secret formula on how to give Floyd problems. It was simply a case of Floyd having a bad night. If Castillo had known the secret to beat Floyd, then he would have beaten Floyd in the rematch. And that didn't happen, Floyd clearly beat him in the rematch.

Castillo fought well, Floyd fought poorly, and as a result it was a close fight that could have gone either way.
Yeah,that's true...to an extent. JLC DID lay down some sort of blue print in that fight. That the way to beat Mayweather is not bum rushing him(Hatton) and you have have have to be a natural pressure fighter to beat him(unlike Oscar). He also showed that no matter how great the boxer,EVERYONE is open to the body. Nearly allllllll JLC's work was to the body.

It also debunks the theory that all Oscar and Hatton fans had,that their man was faster than JLC so he would do better. JLC is average speed on his best days but he had the natural style,the timing and bodywork and awkwardness. Those are 3 things which are needed to beat Floyd which is why I thought Margarito would have a good chance at giving Floyd a tough fight(obviously that fight not likely to occur now) and it's also why I think Cotto would give Floyd a tough fight.They are big strong guys with natural pressure styles,body work and jabs.

Sure,Floyd won the rematch but again,he didn't look great again did he? I had it 116-112 and 115-113 on repeated viewings.It was a good win for Floyd but dam tough.