Monticello, New York – Gone are the days when boxing and horse racing ranked with baseball as the three major sports in the United States. Gone...
This is not the way guys like Jose Luis Castillo want to be remembered, not with an asterisk next to their name and a footnote attached...
Diego Corrales’ camp made an issue about the weight problems of Jose Luis Castillo prior to their Saturday fight, but Corrales expressed the opinion that the...
Jose Luis Castillo, who came up with a devastating one-punch knockout to beat Diego Corrales, has praise for the champ. He found him very strong, but...
“Let me tell ya a little story,” says Jake LaMotta in the recently released commemorative 2-DVD boxed set of Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull. “When it came...
DUBLIN, Ireland (October 10, 2005) – Bernard Dunne has been hit with a late change of opponent ahead of Friday night’s world title fight at the...
Everybody recognizes Antonio Tarver as the best light heavyweight in the world, even if he doesn’t have a belt of the four major sanctioning organizations. His...
Rating heavyweight fighters has always proven controversial. Sanctioning bodies, boxing magazines, and guys at your local tavern will never agree with precision on a firm top...
Last time out, these two warriors gave us one of the best fights of the modern era (or any era), so this rematch needed no hype....
LAS VEGAS (Oct. 8, 2005) – Showtime Championship Boxing will replay the lightweight rematch between WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales and former WBC champion Jose Luis...
Jab, right hand, hook to the liver. Left to the liver, left to the liver. Right hand over the top, left to the liver, hook to...
LAS VEGAS (October 7, 2005) – Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight for Saturday’s eagerly anticipated rematch with WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales of last...
Early fame garnered or bestowed is an indelible precedent in the court of public opinion. Fame in sports may be incremental, but when notoriety comes early,...
Fight of the year? How about fight of a lifetime. Diego “Chico” Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and Jose Luis Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) will be doing...
Do you remember the old saying The bigger they are, the harder they fall? It perfectly fits Nicolay Valuev – at least judging by October 1....
Where else would a fight fan rather be right now than in Las Vegas for the rematch between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego “Chico” Corrales? I...
For quite some time, Carl Moretti, the Vice President of the New Jersey-based promotional firm Main Events, had been hearing about Joel Julio, a teenaged welterweight...
After last week’s shenanigans, it looks like we’ve got the real deal coming our way this Saturday. From Las Vegas, broadcast via Showtime pay-per-view, Diego “Chico”...
The rematch between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo is about second chances. It is another chance for Castillo to prove that he is the better...
Robert Cassidy Jr., a feature writer for The Sweet Science as well as Newsday, gets together with his dad, former light heavyweight contender “Irish” Bobby Cassidy,...
