Castillo vs. Cotto

[Wacko3205]

I bet it wasn't Castillo's idea to make the fight at 135. All he did is not make weight! No crime, no foul. Should be suspended for it. Maybe a fine. But a suspension would be bullsh*t. Remember Corrales said no to the fight. What was he worried about? A half starved man is gonna beat him again?

No crime no foul?

What do you think that they have weight classes for?

Also...no crime no foul? Have one of your team members stick his toe under the scale to help you out because they knew you wouldn't be able to make the weight...no harm no foul.

Sorry...but fuck Castillo. Two times.

I'm with Tybuff...Vegas & the fans & the networks lost a shitload over his no crime no foul.

He's a prick. Bottom line. He should be suspended & fined.

[Galaxy]

I bet it wasn't Castillo's idea to make the fight at 135. All he did is not make weight! No crime, no foul. Should be suspended for it. Maybe a fine. But a suspension would be bullsh*t. Remember Corrales said no to the fight. What was he worried about? A half starved man is gonna beat him again?

No crime no foul?

What do you think that they have weight classes for?

Also...no crime no foul? Have one of your team members stick his toe under the scale to help you out because they knew you wouldn't be able to make the weight...no harm no foul.

Sorry...but F*** Castillo. Two times.

I'm with Tybuff...Vegas & the fans & the networks lost a shitload over his no crime no foul.

He's a prick. Bottom line. He should be suspended & fined.

Sweet bro I know what your saying, but it wasn't Castillo who said no to fighting. I know what weight classes are for but people make to much outta the weight difference. Walker & Greb used to fight heavyweights! Corrales should have gone on with the fight but made a condition that Castillo could not gain more than so many pounds before fight time. Sure everyone missed out but Castillo was willing to fight!!! A fine I'm happy with a suspention is crap. He didn't break no laws, just didn't make weight.

[TyBuff]

I bet it wasn't Castillo's idea to make the fight at 135. All he did is not make weight! No crime, no foul. Should be suspended for it. Maybe a fine. But a suspension would be bullsh*t. Remember Corrales said no to the fight. What was he worried about? A half starved man is gonna beat him again?

No crime no foul?

What do you think that they have weight classes for?

Also...no crime no foul? Have one of your team members stick his toe under the scale to help you out because they knew you wouldn't be able to make the weight...no harm no foul.

Sorry...but F*** Castillo. Two times.

I'm with Tybuff...Vegas & the fans & the networks lost a shitload over his no crime no foul.

He's a prick. Bottom line. He should be suspended & fined.

Sweet bro I know what your saying, but it wasn't Castillo who said no to fighting. I know what weight classes are for but people make to much outta the weight difference. Walker & Greb used to fight heavyweights! Corrales should have gone on with the fight but made a condition that Castillo could not gain more than so many pounds before fight time. Sure everyone missed out but Castillo was willing to fight!!! A fine I'm happy with a suspention is crap. He didn't break no laws, just didn't make weight.

If weight doesnt make a difference then why have weight classes at all? Typically 2 or 3 lbs wont make a difference, but the difference here is that we are talking about two people totally drained of all substanance to get to a certain weight. I believe that at that point 2 or 3 lbs does make a difference. IMO.

[moonlight19]

He barely made Light Welter - forget about Lightweight.

4 1/2 pounds is considerable when you think about it. Remember that after a couple hours he actually came back heavier (143 or something). Chico did the right thing to walk away. It was extremely unprofessional and disrespectful and that's not even considering the attempt to cheat the scales.

I don't know why Hatton or Cotto would trust this guy to live up to his end of a contract with them. Who's to say he coud even make 140 now?

147 is more realistic but he'll probably come in at 153 for the weigh in.

[RHHatton]

Seems to me that a few people are losing their faith in Cotto slightly, I hope he puts on a good performance in december though cos it would be a great match up later in 2007, Maybe he could figh tthe winner of Hatton v Castillo??

A few people losing faith doesn't really mean S*** regarding Cotto...just look at how many people lost faith in Hatton & his 1 mega man win. What happened to him dominating America?

Talk about losing faith.

Good doggy.

What are you going on about i said Bob Arum doesnt want cotto anywhere near hatton at the moment which (to me) suggests he has lost a little faith in Cottos ability at world level. Whats that got to do with hatton beating kosta(1 mega man win)??

In regards to hatton dominating america, give it time Wacko and you will see.

I must admit though before you start biting my head off, Im very pissed off with the current talk of opponents although i can see what direction team hatton wants to go. The current promotional team hatton has is not good enough if you ask me.

[El Gamo]

Ain't no one lost faith in Miguel. Cotto is on the fast track to stardom! If he was to fight Castillo,as long as he stayed on the outside,he would outbox Castillo. Fight does not look like it will ever happen though.

[OumaFan]

Castillo's definitely been dissapointing, I don't even think he tried to make weight for the second fight and I also thought that helped him out. If you have one guy drying out to make weight and the other guy not, the guy who's not is gonna have a strength advantage. So I don't know why he even agreed to the third fight.

I'll still enjoy watching him fight, he's an exciting fighter, but he needs to get his shit together and move up to 140. He should be punished, but it won't make a huge difference, even if its a year suspension it would just be in Vegas.

Back to the original point, I'd favor Castillo to beat Cotto at 140 in a good fight, but with Cotto moving up to 147 its not really looking like a possible matchup.