When Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo met in 2005, few were excited by their lightweight unification. Corrales was 39-2 (32) and was coming in after tough fights against Joel Casamayor and ...

Castillo went 2-1 against Corrales and Casamayor and may have had the most HOF-worthy career of the trio, but he left a lousy taste in everyone’s mouth and can’t even get on the ballot.

Goossen prepared Diego Corrales for his victory over Jose Luis Castillo in 2005, when Corrales, on the verge of being stopped, dramatically and clinically responded to instead force the stoppage ...

Ricky Hatton, Michael Moorer, Diego Corrales, Ivan Calderon and Luis Angel Firpo have been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Class of 2024, it was announced Thursday. Also elected were ...

Two-weight champion had legendary fight with Jose Luis Castillo By Adam Smith, Sky Sports Boxing Friday 8 May 2020 07:09, UK ...

Secondly, it was the night of surely the greatest fight of the last couple of decades when Diego 'Chico' Corrales came back from the brink to topple Jose Luis Castillo in 2005.

Before facing Corrales, Castillo had three back-to-back impressive performances, defeating Juan Lazcano for the WBC Lightweight title, winning a split-decision over Joel Casamayor, and stopping Julio ...

Having gained revenge over Joel Casamayor – one of only two conquerors – then moved to lightweight and stopped 35-0 Acelino Freitas for the WBO belt, the exciting Corrales was riding the crest ...

Challenger Jose Luis Castillo (R) and champion Diego Corrales pose for photographers during official weigh-in ceremonies for their scheduled WBC/WBO lightweight championship bout in Las Vegas ...

It is 8 years next month since the untimely death of Diego ‘Chico’ Corrales aged just 29. In 2005 he along with mexican great Jose Luis Castillo gave us one of the best fights in recent history.

Casamayor has only been stopped by Marquez and has only lost to top fighters, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo and Acelino Freitas. His most recent big victory was a 10th round stoppage of ...