Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I
Date / site: May 7, 2005 / Las Vegas
Result: Corrales TKO 10
Some fights are dramatic. Some violent. Castillo-Corrales was more. The lightweight bout was spontaneous combustion. The first nine rounds were Fight-of-the-Year worthy. Then, boom, the 10th. Castillo knocks down Corrales. Castillo drops him again, setting up what surely would be a knockout victory for the Mexican. Then Corrales, digging deep, lands a right and follows with a blinding succession of blows. It’s over. Corrales never won again. He died two years later, to the day, in a motorcycle accident.