Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
I mean the guy has a string of top wins at the weight,how good do you think he was there?How would he fare v the other legendary 135 pounders?
I rate Castillo quite high he had some good victories over.

Jorge Paez
Stevie Johnston
Joel Casamayor
Diego Corrales
Julio Diaz

The only problem is that he didn't reign long at Lightweight i mean he won the title off Stevie Johnston. And he only made 3 title defenses counting the draw against Johnston in the rematch, then he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr x2. He then won a vacant title off Juan Lazcano and again he only made 2 defenses and lost the title to Corrales, he beat Corrales again in the rematch but it wasn't for the title. It just depends on the way you look at it his reign as champion was very short, but even though his reign was short he still beat some good names in the process.

As for Castillo against some of the other legendary Lightweights.

Jose Luis Castillo vs Roberto Duran = Duran by UD.
Jose Luis Castillo vs Julio Cesar Chavez = Chavez by UD
Jose Luis Castillo vs Shane Mosley = Mosley by UD.
Jose Luis Castillo vs Ken Buchanan = Castillo by SD.
Jose Luis Castillo vs Pernell Whitaker = Whitaker by UD.

I threw a few names into the hat thats how i see it anyway.