Castillo fails to make weight; bout vs. Corrales is off
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<!-- begin text11 div --><!-- begin leftcol --> <!-- template inline -->LAS VEGAS -- ESPN.com's Dan Rafael reports the scheduled fight between Jose Luis Castillo and lightweight champion Diego Corrales has been called off after Castillo failed to make the 135-pound weight limit Friday.
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</td><td width="65">Castillo</td></tr></tbody></table>Castillo never came close to the 135-pound limit, weighing in at 140 on his first try and 139½ a few minutes later. It was the second straight time he had failed to make weight for a fight with Corrales.
The missed weight was a repeat of the second fight between the two men in October when Castillo weighed 138½ pounds. Castillo knocked out Corrales in the fourth round, and Goossen said Castillo was stronger because he didn't have to make the weight.
Castillo was visibly drawn and had trouble getting up while lying on the stage at the weigh-in. The concern over his weight prompted the WBC to weigh him at various times in his training, and Nevada boxing officials said he would forfeit up to 25 percent of his $900,000 purse if he was over the limit.
None of that helped Castillo get anyway near the weight limit, and his promoter, Bob Arum, angrily accused his fighter's camp of lying to him.
"It's disgusting," Arum said. "If I was Corrales I wouldn't fight."
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</td><td width="65">Corrales</td></tr></tbody></table>Corrales was to make $1.2 million for the fight, which was expected to draw a crowd of more than 10,000 and was to be televised by Showtime.
"I thought all along he wouldn't make the weight," said Corrales' promoter, Gary Shaw. "It's perpetuating a fraud on the public. Don't do the charade."
Corrales and Castillo engaged in one of the great fights of modern times last year, with Corrales getting off the canvas twice in the 10th round to stop Castillo in a battle that left both fighters battered and bruised.
The rematch, though, came off only after Castillo agreed to forfeit some of his purse, then made the most of it by landing a crushing left hook in the fourth round to stop Corrales.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.