Little did he know, his next fight would be his toughest, hardest fight to date. It turned out Castillo took Diaz out late in the fight, stopping him in the 10th round, in what was a tough hard fight. Diaz had been in some wars and thought he had enough to take out Castillo late in the fight.
With talk of big money fights ahead, and a unification fight with Diego Corrales, next up for Castillo was the super tough puncher, Julio Diaz. Castillo outboxed the tough Lazcano to win back the WBC belt. Mayweather gave him a rematch later in the year, but gave him another boxing lesson, although Castillo fought a lot better this time around.Īfter a six month break, Castillo came back with more KO performances, in 2003, and 2004, before being matched to fight Juan Lazcano, for “Mayweathers” vacated, WBC lightweight title. Mayweather was too “everything” for the Mexican champion, and he snatched his world title away from him by unanimous decision. It was a great fight with both men believing they both did enough to win, and also a clause in the contract for a rematch to the loser, saw the two fighters sign to fight again three months later.Īfter another 12 rounds of brilliant boxing, Johnson was declared the winner by one point, from the judge at ringside, then later it turned out the judge had it wrong and the fight was scored a draw, helping Castillo retain his title.Īs the champion of the world, keeping the title is usually harder than winning it, but Castillo was doing fine in all departments, until 2002, when he took on the tremendously gifted speedster, “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas. In a close fight, Castillo boxed brilliantly, beating the superb boxer, Johnson at his own game, to win the world title. With almost 10 years of hard slog behind him, sparring the great Julio Cesar Chavez, Castillo moved up to lightweight and challenged the talented WBC champion, Stevie Johnson for his title. He had never fought anyone with this much experience or power, and was blasted out in two rounds.Ĭastillo would fight for the Mexican title again and finally win it on his third attempt, by stopping Rafael Olivera in the seventh round.
In 1993, he stepped up to face the experienced Cesar Soto for the Mexican featherweight title.
#FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION CASTILLO PROFESSIONAL#
Jose Luis Castillo started his professional boxing career at the ripe old age of 16, in 1990, fighting in the steamy fight halls of Mexico where he was consistently knocking out tough Mexican featherweights with ease. Corrales won the fight in spectacular fashion and both fighters punched there way into the “fight of the century” list, and also into the hearts and minds of the boxing world forever. In their first encounter, Corrales and Castillo showed brilliant brutality, in a fight which saw both champions rocked to their boots, throughout in the 10 relentless round slugfest. In what will be a great night of fights for the boxing fans around the world, Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Cas-tillo will go to war again, in one of the most anticipated rematches for many a year.
Proud fighters, giving everything they have… and that’s just the guys on the undercard.
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