The Olivares-Castillo Rivalry

I ran across this article from Sports Illustrated dating back to 1970, a time that saw an unprecedented rivalry in the bantamweight division. I had read of the antipathy shown by both Olivares and Castillo toward each other in an old boxing magazine I have from that time, but this article expands on that quite a bit. It tells a little of the history of both men, which is nice. We have so little on Castillo as a person that I found it interesting.

Anyway, have a read.........SI used to do a very nice job of boxing coverage.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1083538/index.htm

 

Cheers Sal', big fan of both fighters.

 

This was a great trilogy. I came away with a great respect for Castillo actually.

 

Great article. I love this era of bantams. Ruben was obviously the cream of the crop but Castillo, Rose and Rudkin were all great fighters.

 

Thanks for posting!

 

Indeed they were. I think my favorite from that era was actually Herrera, but there's so little on youtube.

 

Hes a very underrated fighter when it comes to this era. He beat Olivares and Castillo which is something not many others can say.

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Castillo beat Herrera too though. And has a win over Olivares.

 

I wouldnt rate him higher than either but he deserves more of a mention than he gets.

 

I rate him higher than Herrera but not by much.

 

I thought he won the second Herrera fight too.

 

Need to watch that again :good

Happy New Year Al'!!!

 

cheers for that, interesting stuff, a real contrast in boxers