The Perfect Moment for Casamayor to Retire.

Casamayor can quite legitimately be placed in the #10 spot of the top ten best fighters of the last decade.

He gave prime Castillo a hell of a fight, his trilogy with Corrales will be long remembered. He KO'd an unbeaten Katsidis in spectacular fashion and his a host of other good wins on his resume.

Even pushing 40, he was highly competitive against the P4P #2 and should be regarded as one of the absolute best counter-punchers of the era.

But now its far to say Joel is shot. No 'ifs' and 'buts', the man is shot.

There were sparodic moments in the fight against Guerrero where Joel boxed well - he was able to do this because he still has wilely tricks and vast experience - but his stamina is gone, his reflexes are gone, his heart isn't in it, and the reality is - his friend Guerrero probably carried him.

Now, after near 400 pro/am fights, after a olympic gold and 4 world titles, the 'perfect moment' I'm talking about his this - in round 10 he puts Guerrero on his arse with a sharp, stiff jab - the first man to score a KD against him and the fight ends with both men laughing and smiling - that's a great moment to end things, Joel - lets call time on a GREAT career.

 

I fear he'll fight on.

 

Doesn't surprise me. But how do you know?

 

Basically, the Top 9 of the last decade pick themselves, only debate for me is order:

Manny
FMJ
MAB
EM
JMM
Winky
Mosley
Calzaghe
Hopkins

(not in order^)

Then for the 10th spot, I think it's between

Castillo
Corrales
Casamayor

Depeding on how you scored Castillo-Casamayor, I feel Joel has the best claim. But most would go with Castillo, I guess.

 

Oh right. I watched the British commentary wasn't mentioned, but I know Joel isn't exactly Mr Prudent when it comes to money.