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HISTORY: On June 3, 2006 Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo were scheduled to fight their third fight in Las Vegas. The fight was cancelled when Castillo could not make the lightweight limit. "
For the second time, rival Jose Luis Castillo had blown the weight for their championship fight, just as he had done for their rematch last October. The difference, however, is that this time Saturday night's fight at the Thomas & Mack Center was canceled when Corrales decided it was not in his best interest to go through with the fight when he was at such a significant weight disadvantage. Corrales made the 135-pound limit, while Castillo was 139½ pounds.
Last fall, Corrales went through with the fight when Castillo (54-7-1, 47 KOs) was 3½ pounds overweight and was knocked out in the fourth round of what became a non-title bout. Corrales (40-3, 33 KOs) wasn't about to make the same mistake again, even though pulling the plug cost him a $1.2 million purse in addition to money he could have forced Castillo to pay him to go through with the bout. "The most upsetting thing to me is didn't I earn the respect from [Castillo] to make lightweight? Last time we fought at lightweight I beat him in one of the greatest fights ever. Didn't I earn the right for him to make the weight one more time?"
Diego Corrales "My decision is for my personal safety," Corrales said. "I have a wife and children I want to see grow up, and the decision is based on my well being." Said a downtrodden Castillo, "I am not a lightweight. I gave myself a chance and I tried my best. I sweat and sweat and I couldn't lose another ounce." The cancellation was a stunning finish to a depressing day that cast a pall over boxing and left everyone involved angry. Offered here is an original, official program for this scheduled event.
FULL DESCRIPTION: This is an original, official program which pictures the fighters on the cover. 38 pages complete including covers. Tight binding. Not scored. Clean inside and out. Not creased or torn. 9' x 12."
