Johnston was pretty sick in the rematch I remember reading in the RING mag, but he still put up a great effort. It was weird to see him flounder after the Castillo fights. There was still Casa, Frietas, Floyd, etc. :huh
I had Johnston winning the first Castillo fight clearly. I had it by 5 points 116-111 for Stevie, but could see it being closer. In no way shape or form did Castillo deserve the decision though. The second fight was an either way type of affair which I had Stevie edging by a point. Both performances were better than the first Mayweather performance against Castillo. The second Castillo fight with Mayweather was as clear a victory for Mayweather as Johnston's first fight with Castillo was. Having said that, I think Castillo was a little raw in the first fight with Johnston. At the end of the day though, Jonhston was as good a fighter as anyone Mayweather fought at the time he fought them, Castillo included. As for Xplosive saying that some here think Johnston would beat Floyd - who? All that's being said is that he would be a tough fight for him, which if you think is wrong, then I'd like to here why.... Floyd would win because he's simply a superior athlete, but it would still be a good tussle. By the way, Stevie's in fighting game > Mayweather's infighting game. Stevie stood comfortably with Castillo for 24 rounds, Floyd got a taste of it and entered the tour de France the second time round.
His chin in his prime was exceptional though. Do you think Corrales knocks him out or somehow wins a decision? I can't see either happening. The fight would likely go to the cards with Johnston winning a close decision (assuming the judges are fair).
if u consider him a top 50 and even think that any1 who doesn't is a hater then u r 1 of his extreme groupies especially due 2 your supposed better education and knowledge of d history of d sport . u r not some1 whom only got in2 it d last 3-4 yrs and barely heard of 110 fighters so u got 2 include him in your top 50 because Tony Thompson , JCCJr. , Lucian Bute and Adrian Broner r 4 out of d roughly 110 u heard about . what xcuse can u have 4 ranking him in your top 50 ? did d creator of sea, son and earth wiped d history of d sport by mistake and forgot 2 back it up ? edit , cing what some wrote : corrales was a fraud and a 1 hit wonder at best
Corrales was not a fraud, sure he cheated against Castillo but Castillo avenged that just as dastardly. Corrales also had wins over unbeaten Garcia (underdog win), Unbeaten Freitas (underdog win), Casamayor (underdog win) and big wins over Manfredy, Brown, Gainer and the Castillo fight of the century. Calling him a 1 hit wonder is ****ing ridiculous and a complete disservice to the lightweights and junior lightweights of that period.
i got a feeling that if i'll bother getting down 2 d depth of it , i will reprove that he was a 1 hit wonder at best . u know , considering things such as age differences , spitting mouthpieces , coming in above d weight , considering that some of your mentions did/do not deserve a mention .
and i thought u know about him more than i do . anyway , some of it is evident in boxrec and if u bother watching his fights after reading what's on boxrec , which i believe u did , then u will at least b able 2 know about it more than i do . i won't extend my interest in him just 4d sake of this argument . he who knows knows , and he who doesn't , can .
Do you ever type with facts or just out of your ass? OR in a way so incoherent no one knows what the **** you're talking about. Tyson has a more rational twitter post logging than you do an ESB post count. get it together man.
He was a thing of beauty to watch when he let his hands go (no homo). Technically sound and a solid fighter. He lacked power, but made up for it by being able to box your ****ing ears off.