Corrales Killed in Motorcycle accident

[BYU 14]

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Former two-division world champion Diego "Chico" Corrales,
who lived as hard as he fought, died in a motorcycle crash Monday
night in Las Vegas, two years to the day after his greatest triumph.
"He crashed on a motorcycle. It don't look like he made it through this,
" manager James Prince told ESPN.com as he was arriving on the scene.
"He's dead. It's real sad."


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Former two-division champ Diego Corrales was one of
the fiercest fighters of his era.

Prince said Corrales' body, covered in a sheet, was still laying
in the street hours after the accident while police conducted an
investigation. Corrales, 29, will be remembered as one of the
fiercest fighters of his era, a never-say-die warrior who thrilled
legions of fans with several action-packed fights.
Although Corrales claimed four world titles in his career, two at
junior lightweight and two at lightweight, he will be remembered
most for his stunning come-from-behind knockout of Jose Luis Castillo
to unify lightweight titles in a May 7, 2005 fight hailed as one of the
greatest in boxing history.

Corrales and Castillo waged an epic slugfest that was named fight
of the year. Castillo knocked Corrales down twice in the 10th round
before turning the tables to score a dramatic knockout to end the
all-time classic. "That fight with Jose Luis Castillo will be remembered
by many forever," said Gary Shaw, Corrales' promoter.
It was Corrales' last great moment in the ring. He would go on
to lose his final three bouts -- the rematch with Castillo via a
fourth-round knockout five months later, a decision in a rubber
match against rival Joel Casamayor in October and a bad beating
from Joshua Clottey in his welterweight debut on April 7.
A spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed
that there had been a fatal motorcycle accident in the southwest part
of the city at approximately 7:20 p.m. PT, but he would not identify
the person killed. "All we know is that he was riding on his bike, and they
say he was going 100 mph and hit the back of a car," said Jin Mosley,
the wife of welterweight star Shane Mosley and a close friend of
Michelle Corrales, Diego's wife. "He always told me he had to please
the fans, and I should never worry about him getting knocked out.
He would say they would have to carry him out of the ring. That's
the way he fought. That's what made him so exciting." -- Corrales'
promoter George Shaw


Jin Mosley said she heard the news from Michelle, who is six months
pregnant with their child. Michelle and Diego had been separated
for the past few months. "She's a mess," Jin Mosley said. "She was c
rying and I couldn't even understand her at first. She was crying,
'Diego is dead.' He just bought the bike not even a week ago."
Corrales was wearing a helmet, Prince said.
The Mosleys had just returned home to California from Las Vegas,
where they had spent the past several days at the
Floyd Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya fight, but planned to turn around
Monday night and head back to Las Vegas to comfort Michelle.
"He lived on the edge," Shaw said. "He told me he skied like a wild man,
he rode fast, he fought hard, sometimes recklessly, but to me he
epitomized what fighters were about in the ring. He always told me
he had to please the fans, and I should never worry about him
getting knocked out. He would say they would have to carry him out of the ring.
That's the way he fought. That's what made him so exciting."
Corrales, who was 40-5 with 33 knockouts in an 11-year pro career, is
survived by his wife, four children and a step-daughter.

[A-Husker-4-Life]

OH MY GOD, RIP Diego..

[sabotai]

Horrible news. RIP

[Emiliano]

Sad, sad news. I remember that 10th round with Castillo, one of the most exciting round of boxing, ever.

R.I.P. Chico.

[sabotai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imZaiGJgbsw

(NSFW - language)

[Emiliano]

Originally Posted by sabotai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imZaiGJgbsw

(NSFW - language)

Yeah, truly amazing.

[bosshogg23]

Always an entertaining fighter, at his worst vs. Mayweather and best vs. Freitas. Sad to die so young.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Emiliano

Sad, sad news. I remember that 10th round with Castillo, one of the most exciting round of boxing, ever.

R.I.P. Chico.

That 10th round is right up there with the best of them for sure....

[Oilers9911]

Life fast die young. RIP Corrales