Castillo Weighs in at 140; Fight Cancelled.

[Purist]

This was in preperation before Corrales injured his rib. Showtime did a live interview with him and they asked him if he was confident and Corrales said he was extremely confident because he doubts there will be a fight. And then it carried on. It was before the third fight but before he injured his rib and Castillo had to fight Reyes.

Funny seeing as how today he said he expected him to weigh in at the weight. I feel TERRIBLE for Corrales. The poor dude was nearly in tears. If you are registered to boxingscene.com they have a video. He is furious, and basically echoes the same sentiment that we have been here.

I think he was saying it to hype the fight. Thats around the same time I said I was starting to dislike Corrales because he was talking shit about Castillo and the weight issues. He said it on a LIVE BROADCAST on SHOWTIME if anyone disbelieves me.

But he was pretty right.

[Samson3000]

Sorry Starr, he never said this.

[Purist]

Sorry Starr, he never said this.

I'm pretty sure they talked to him at the Baldomir Judah card(via sattelite) and talked to him about his fight against Castillo the next month and that he said just that.

[Samson3000]

Starr, I saw Judah-Baldomir live, Corrales never said this.

[Gandalf]

just heard about castillo coming in overweight. this is a disgrace, to do it twice in a row is intolerable especially after the controversy surrounding the last fight....

[chamiley]

This is a big blow for boxing Castillo whether intentionally or not cheated boxing fans. He has lost more respect in this situation than he would have if he would have lost the fight. I would be lying if I said I didn't want to see him against cotto or hatton but if he is suspended it would be justified

[Purist]

Starr, I saw Judah-Baldomir live, Corrales never said this.

What was the broadcast where they talked to him. Because I know they talked to Corrales at one of them. Had to have because thats why I started disliking him.

[bigragu]

What the fock?!?! This is ridiculous. What an unsportsmanlike act of Castillo. This is unbeleivable. He said yestarday he would have no trouble making the weight. What a joke.

this is total b*llsh*t.....he has known for awhile that he couldn't make the weight...you don't just wake up one morning and "Oh sh*t I need to lose weight for my championship fight that's TODAY!!!!" This is the second time he has ruined it for Corrales....He needs to be suspended for at least a year.and fined..his actions are as if he could give a rats a** whether or not he makes weight....

[El Gamo]

Castillo needs to be punished,even the most ardent JLC fan must admit this . He made weight for the Reyes fight,he lied and kept saying he would make weight for this one and he cheated Chico Corrales and the fans,us,everyone. He's a disgrace and so too is his camp ! I hope he does not get a chance to fight Cotto but I feel he will,there's too much money to be made there for Arum for it not to be made. I personally feel the second fight should not have gone ahead either ,but Chico thought with his heart instead of his brain. I feel for Diego......

[bigragu]

The fight will probably go on, too much money to be made. When is the last time you saw a fight be cancelled over weight? Mayorga vs Jose Antonio Rivera comes to mind but that is about it. This will probably just end up being another "Non-Title, 12 round special attraction" Fukin Castillo. I like the guy a lot, but shat. This is the second time he has pulled this shat. He has been making lightweight for years now. All of a sudden it is just impossible for him to come close ? Yeah right.

I doubt Corrales is dumb enough to make the same mistake twice....he got KTFO the last time he let his pride get in the way of business...and the business is Castillo has none to challenge for a title he is no longer in that weight class....If he goes through with the fight and loses the titles should be stripped from him and their needs to be a mandatory #1 vs #2 title fight...no more of this non title because I want to make money BS...the titles deserve better....

[chrisbird13]

He must have known about it beforehand, as he has sweated weight off enough times in his career that he knows exactly how much he is physically able to lose without making himself unwell, henc he knows what his weight should be before the weigh in. He said he weighed 139, which is doable to get to 135, but he is either lying or telling the truth but has made no effort to lose any weight at all. I am mega dissappointed, but even more so because he must have known about this a hile ago and he should hae said something so a catchweight could be agreed, or another opponent could be found. As i he has cheated chico out of money and training time. What an ARSEHOLE

[AdamGB]

A 6 foot man can barely make that weight and still be able to walk around and think straight... How long was it going to be before a man of Castillo's size couldn't possibly make the weight?

Its a shame the fight is off... but you are all acting like Castillo tried to cheat and did it on purpose... his mind said he could make the weight and his body couldn't.

How many parts can you take out of a car before it won't move? You're all (too) emotional over this but you need to get clued up on what it's like for a man of Castillo's size to get that light... time after time after time... you can't do it for ever... if it was easy there would be no fat people in the world.

(no I'm not a castillo fan, barely know a thing about him, but when I see a fellow boxer being torn apart and called worse than shite by people who have expectations for him to meet that they don't understand I have to speak out... click away)

[superheavyrhun]

Look, IMO he would have known well before showing up at the scales that he wasn't going to make that weight. Walking from the gym to the weigh-in is not going to magically lose 4 lbs,after all that work he should have been doing to drop those last few pounds. It's not the fact that he didn't make the weight, though that is pretty bad, its the fact that he shows up at the weigh-in, expecting Corrales to give him a second fight over the weight, and Corrales was totally right not to give him a second fight with the advantage Castillo would have.

Next opponent Castillo fights should definitely do what Johnson tried to do to Calzaghe, and demand money up front, to either force Castillo to make the weight or he'll lose out in the wallet, even more than he did this time out.

A 6 foot man can barely make that weight and still be able to walk around and think straight... How long was it going to be before a man of Castillo's size couldn't possibly make the weight?

Its a shame the fight is off... but you are all acting like Castillo tried to cheat and did it on purpose... his mind said he could make the weight and his body couldn't.

How many parts can you take out of a car before it won't move? You're all (too) emotional over this but you need to get clued up on what it's like for a man of Castillo's size to get that light... time after time after time... you can't do it for ever... if it was easy there would be no fat people in the world.

(no I'm not a castillo fan, barely know a thing about him, but when I see a fellow boxer being torn apart and called worse than shite by people who have expectations for him to meet that they don't understand I have to speak out... click away)

[_the_answer_]

this is bullcrap!!!!

damn it!!!
i waited so long for this fight!!

i bet castillo intentionally did it because hes so afraid of corrales's power!!!
and he thinks that if he do what he did in the 2nd fight he will ko him again!!!
he also thought that the nevada state commision will let em fight and just make it
non title fight!!!
what he cares about is the money and the confidence that he can ko corrales again!!!

now to make him pay,,,
he must not earn a single cent from this 'fight' and banned him from boxing!!!

p.s.
give the money to corrales's team.
he deserves it.

[JT Rock]

A 6 foot man can barely make that weight and still be able to walk around and think straight... How long was it going to be before a man of Castillo's size couldn't possibly make the weight?

Its a shame the fight is off... but you are all acting like Castillo tried to cheat and did it on purpose... his mind said he could make the weight and his body couldn't.

How many parts can you take out of a car before it won't move? You're all (too) emotional over this but you need to get clued up on what it's like for a man of Castillo's size to get that light... time after time after time... you can't do it for ever... if it was easy there would be no fat people in the world.

(no I'm not a castillo fan, barely know a thing about him, but when I see a fellow boxer being torn apart and called worse than shite by people who have expectations for him to meet that they don't understand I have to speak out... click away)

The thing I fault Castillo for is NOT being honest with everyone he had to of known if he wasnt gonna make weight and so did his camp....Was he hoping Diego would fight anyway like he did last time and have a better chance of winning?I certainly dont know but I do Know is that there it was very unprofessional and he should be held accountable for his actions,and it put Diego on the spot he had an extremely short time to make a desicion that should take days to make....CASTILLO LOST A LOT OF CREDIBILITY AND SHOULD FACE A FINE AND SUSPENSION