Castillo definitely took a dive...

I heard you. Very sad...he is one of the fighters that we want to see fighting and probably now he will have to say goodbye to boxing.

I wish him the best.

 

Hatton had already thrown a few hooks to Castillo's body in that 4th round that had him rather uncomfortable.

The hook that ended it had leverage, power and snap to it.
It was a perfectly placed hook to the liver.

You'd have to be a complete ****** on the subject of boxing to think that Castillo could have continued had he wanted too.....as a previous poster mentioned, Castillo had that classic delayed reaction that happens often when a fighter gets caught with a hard shot to the liver.

Sorry Charlie, but you need to get a clue. This was'nt DLH taking a dive vs Hopkins to save himself from a beatdown.
That bodyshot from Hatton to Castillo was pure devestation!

 

you obviously have never felt a solid body shot back there under the elbow where there is no protection whatsoever im an ex pro fighter and trust me that body shot was a peach and crippled castillo!
look at his face grimace!
he could have stood up but hed have been seriously hurt.

 

Watch Jose's face as the body shot happens, he winces in pain. If you truely believe he took a dive, you need to get off the forums.

 

Déjà vu!!!

I said the exact same thing (and within the same time frame) of John Ruiz when he fought David Tua.

 

Every time a great fighter gets dominated there is a question of taking a dive. The same case was with Morales vs Pacquaio 3.

 

:rofl

 

Yeah, but Dorin was never going to win that fight...when he got hit, he went down and decided to stay down...

 

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That was no dive

 

Ok, watched the whole of the 4th round...Castillo was not at his best...also Ricky was in top shape - much faster than his competitor. I also counted 5 body shots to the side a shot to which KO'd Castillo (there were about 2 to the other side too). So...NO...it wasn't a dive...the accumulation of shots would have felled anyone...and NO...Castillo doesn't have a douchewater liver...but it's not 100 proof either! The fact that Castillo was "shot" (not what he once was) has nothing to do with the fact that Ricky's shots would have hit a prime Castillo too, and would eventually have brought him to his knees anyway...perhaps not as early as the 4th round though...but a Ricky in that shape would have beaten any version of Castillo, eventually...of that I am sure!:rasta

 

Body shot of the decade. :yep


No dive, dont be daft.

 

Nah I won't call that a dive. JLC was hurt and he was still hurting when the ref counted 10 . . . he could have stand up if he wanted to but knowing he can't move and protect himself he decided to stay down instead of getting more severe punishment.

 

jlc wasnt himself he didnt seem motivated

 

A dive?! OMFG, did you not watch the fight? He took a picture perfect shot after taking several more there previously. It's not rocket science when someone doesn't get up after one of those.