![]() ![]() Castillo's next fight was a title defense against Ring Top 10 Lightweight, Julio Díaz, which Castillo won by TKO in the 10th round. The scores were 116-112 and 117-111 for Castillo, and 115-113 for Casamayor. In what was a very close fight, Castillo was awarded the close and controversial split decision. In Castillo's first title defense, he fought former Super Featherweight and future Lightweight champion, Joel Casamayor. Castillo won the fight by unanimous decision, by the scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 115-113. On June 5, 2004, Castillo regained the Lightweight title and won the vacant Ring Lightweight title by defeating Ring No. The smaller Mayweather was again outweighed by Castillo on the night of the fight, as Castillo weighed 147 and Mayweather weighed 138. Mayweather used his quick footwork, combinations and his jab specialty to coast to another unanimous decision victory, this time with all analysts in agreement, including Harold Lederman. The fight was controversial enough to the Mayweather team that a rematch was signed.Īfter Mayweather's successful shoulder surgery, Castillo re-matched with Mayweather. The HBO announce team loudly voiced its disapproval of the verdict, with unofficial scorer Harold Lederman having Castillo winning 115-111. This can perhaps be explained due to the round isolation scoring system used in boxing favouring Mayweather on this occasion. Despite the clear advantages numerically, judges Jerry Roth and John Keane scored it 115-111, and judge Anek Hongtongkam scored it 116-111, all for Mayweather, a decision that was loudly booed by the crowd. Punch stats showed Castillo with lopsided totals in every category punches landed, thrown & power punches landed & thrown and overall connect percentages. Castillo closed the fight strong, outlanding Mayweather 35-20 in the 11th round and totally dominated the 12th. As the fight progressed, Castillo's power and pressure seemed to turn the fight in his favor, having tremendous success with body punching while Mayweather became more stationary, allowing the stronger Castillo to do significant work. ![]() Castillo had great success in the middle rounds, when he cut off the ring and used his strength to try wearing down Mayweather. In his first bout with undefeated American junior lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., Castillo started slow but gradually lured the flashy boxer into a toe to toe battle. Castillo defeated Bazan by 6th-round TKO, dropping Bazan in the 5th and 6th rounds. Īfter fighting Johnston, Castillo defended his title against Ring Top 10 Lightweight, César Bazán. Three months later, they fought to a draw, memorable because miscalculation adding the scores led to an original announcement of Johnston regaining his title, which Castillo learned about when Johnston showed up in his dressing room to return the strap. Instead, Castillo scored the Ring Magazine Upset of the Year, defeating Johnston by a majority decision, in what was a very close fight. Heavily favored as underdog, Castillo was slated to lose. In 2000, having two straight wins over Jorge Paez and Steve Quinonez, Castillo challenged WBC lightweight titleholder and Ring No. Professional career Lightweight Castillo vs. ![]()
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