A LOOK BACK Floyd vs Castillo. A Clear & Disgraceful Robbery!!!!!!

The Fight by Frank Gonzalez

Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather entered the ring in dapper fashion, donning a white, gold and black trim leather ensemble. The word GRANT blared from the waistline of his trunks. He was the challenger tonight and was introduced first.

Jose Luis ‘El Terrible’ Castillo entered wearing typical Mexican colors with the word Sonora on the backside of his waistband in honor of his homeland. As the referee, Victor Draculich gave the instructions, Roger Mayweather, Floyd’s trainer, interrupted to say, “Keep ‘em up.” Pointing at the beltline of Floyd’s trunks. Both fighters were good sportsman, touched gloves and started the fight.

Mayweather landed the first punch. Castillo hardly did anything in the first round as he threw about 25 punches and landed only three. Floyd dominated the first two rounds as Castillo rarely jabbed and didn’t follow up when opportunities presented themselves.

Castillo started showing signs of life deep in the second round. As a commentator for HBO as well as a former fighter, I found it strange that George Foreman wouldn’t pronounce Castillo’s name properly. He kept calling him Castell. It was annoying. As a well-paid professional, wouldn’t you at least take a minute to learn to say the fighter’s name correctly? How would George have liked it if when he was fighting, Howard Cosell had referred to him as Foolman instead of Foreman? I wonder.

In the third round, Floyd came on strong, but Castillo came to life mid-way through the round and took over. I scored that round even. In the fourth, Castillo continued to mount pressure on Mayweather, who punched on the run. JLC kept hitting on the break and after the bell, drawing a warning from Draculich. Castillo really started to turn the fight in his favor in the fifth, and although Mayweather at times out boxed him, he got off the more telling shots. The sixth and seventh rounds belonged to Castillo, who pressed Mayweather aggressively and won those rounds. Mayweather did a lot of running as the fight progressed. In the eighth round, Castillo was winning but lost a point for hitting on the break after multiple warnings, forcing a 9-9 round instead of 10-9 in his favor. The ninth round was all Castillo, whose ring generalship and power punching won the round. At the end of the ninth round, Mayweather hits Castillo after the bell, the referee looked as though he was going to take a point away from Floyd, but didn’t.

In the 10th round, with Castillo pressing Floyd with body shots and power, Mayweather took to using his elbow and was warned a few times and by the end of the round, had a point taken for it. I was amazed that Floyd was actually disciplined, since he was the favorite and is HBO’s darling.

In the 11th round, Roger Mayweather instructed Floyd to stand and punch, perhaps an indication that his trainer was concerned that Floyd may have been behind at that late point in the fight. Castillo dominated Mayweather in that round. I never saw Floyd look so overwhelmed. He was losing the fight. In the final round, Castillo seemed full of energy and was out working Mayweather, scoring with the heavier handed shots and ultimately winning the battle and the war. As the last bell rang, both fighters continued to brawl and had to be separated by Draculich. They both raised their hands in victory.

Without a knock out to settle things, HBO went to the scorecards.

The Judge’s scores read as follows:

John Keane of England – 115-111 for Mayweather

Jerry Roth of Nevada- 115-111 for Mayweather

Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand-116-111 for Mayweather

[B]Harold Lederman of HBO had it-115-111 for Castillo.

All the announcers, including Foreman had Castillo ahead.[/B]

My score was 116-111 for Castillo.

The Punch Stats:

Castillo Mayweather

203 Landed 157

506 Thrown 448

40% Percentage 35%

Power Punching Stats:

Castillo Mayweather

173 Landed 66

377 Thrown 151

46% Percentage 44%

Fight below in 7 parts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1R5QecHEMU&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ov6xoYMfbI&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW6F7ixM0RU&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MFx8CkdccM&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mzbk6j2Xw&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdJ170hHqk&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rmBg5k_l4&feature=youtu.be

 

Lol. clear loss here. If u think Floyd won u don't know **** about boxing.
This and Lara two of the worst big time HBO robberies.

Castillo won 8 rds to 4.

 

On that evening Floyd suffered his first defeat and the careful cherry picking began as to make sure this would never happen again.