Jose Luis Castillo and Diego “Chico” Corrales 

Jose Luis Castillo and Diego “Chico” Corrales

Jose Luis Castillo and Diego “Chico” Corrales fought each other twice last year in Las Vegas - both fights were great but neither was without controversy. Their first match took place on May 5, 2005 at the Thomas and Mack Center and saw Corrales come back from two knockdowns in the tenth round to score a TKO over Castillo. The controversy in this fight revolved around Corrales spitting out his mouthpiece when knocked down thus gaining more time to recover. This fight, by the way, was named “Fight of the Year 2005” by the Boxing Writer’s Association of America. They met again on October 8, 2005 and Castillo scored a decisive KO in round 4. Unfortunately for Castillo he did not win the Lightweight Title because he did not make weight coming in 3 ½ pounds over after three tries. For this weeks’ fight Castillo stands to forfeit 25% of his purse if he doesn’t make weight so he’s being carefully monitored by his trainers, promoters and the WBC. Will doing what he has to do to make weight take too much out of Castillo? Will coming off a devastating KO affect Corrales confidence?