Why is everyone underating Castillo on ESB?

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  1. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've been wondering about this for quite some time now. And is puzzling how people are constantly putting Castillo down at 135, when he had beaten everyone at that weight class.

    Castillo is one of my favorite mexican fighters who fought with great boxing IQ, accuracy and power so i don't understand why people keep saying that if Castillo almost beat FLoyd then imagine Duran, or Chavez or a Prime Cotto... who were all naturally bigger fighters..? Makes no sense.
     
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  2. Boxing Fanatic

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    i just rewatched his win against floyd last nite. he had void seriously hurt. voids ribs were in pain and also his shoulder
     
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  3. JM22

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    I might get trash for this but who gives... Castillo is one of the best Lightweights ever, his wins against Lazcano, Johnston, Diaz, Casamayor and Mayweather puts him up there, He had the style to give any great/good LW fits.
     
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  4. PrinceN

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    the guy Floyd beat twice?
     
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  5. PrinceN

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    didnt he lose to Alfonzo Gomez?
     
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  6. PrinceN

    PrinceN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    didnt Hatton beat the crap out of him?
     
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  7. Macdeath

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    Castillo was a very good LW, he wasnt a massive name but kept getting good results and was the top man for a while
     
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  8. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    noone is underrating him. he gave floyd a good run but lost. he is rated properly to me. especially since post corrales he has done nothing.
     
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  9. Macdeath

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    That was at LWW, and when Castillo was past his best after a brutal war with Corrales and a contraversial decision in his fight before Hatton
     
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  10. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That was after he was battle worned and corrales match was a nail to the coffin. Why would you judge a fighter at the tail end of their long career?
     
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  11. Lance_Uppercut

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    Spot on!
     
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  12. JM22

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    Maybe that had to do with the fact that he wasn't the same seens that fight?
     
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  13. danieljenkins

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    I was reading an old ring mag and he was in the top 10 p4p so why he gets discredited I don't know
     
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  14. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great post but he fought great opposition and basically everyone at 135 in his prime days anything after Corrales i don't hold him to it bc he was clearly worned out. Oh yeah, he will definitely go into HOF. Are you kidding me? Is not difficult to be in the HOF.
     
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  15. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was a great fighter but overall his highest credit is almost beating floyd. but I think he is rated correctly.
     
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