From Dan Raphael's ESPN.com chat today (2:00 pm eastern): Can you comment on the decision to withhold Castillo's entire purse for this fight? I think they should have waited for something like that until after the fight and that this could be a real distraction for Castillo. This content is protected Dan Rafael: (2:04 PM ET ) This is a terrible internet rumor brought on by a Web site's awful reporting. His purse is not being held. Don't believe everything you read on sites that are not professionally run. ---------------------------------------------------------- http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=16265 (must have insider subscription when this becomes archived) Many here rag on Dan Raphael of ESPN.com, but he's known for being more of a boxing reporter rather than analyst. That being said, fightnews.com still has the report up, and they're one of the better-recognized sites out there. Has anyone seen this reported anywhere else?
If it really has been withheld, perhaps it would spur Castillo on...might get him in an appropriately pissed-off mood and looking for blood.
