Comments Thread For: Jose Luis Castillo Retires: "I Don't Have it Any More"

[Babalu11]

The worst we can do is talk bad about Castillo...I'm pretty sure he had his reasons to keep fighting, whether it was money or to prove he could still do it. Let's remember him for the warrior he was.. I was really sentimental about tonight's performance. Gomez was a walk in the park for Castillo if he was primed. for me that is the only man to have beaten Mayweather.

Best of luck Temible.

[El Jesus]

i dont even think he needed to even tell us that, we have known that since the hatton fight.

[BritishBoxing92]

Jose Luis Castillo (60-10-1), a one time lightweight king and once considered as one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing, announced his retirement after the loss to Alfonso Gomez on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Castillo is only 36-years-old but he went through many wars during his pro career, including the war with Diego Corrales in 2005, which is considered one of the greatest ring battles of all-time. In their first meeting in 2002, he nearly handed Floyd Mayweather Jr. his first pro loss. [Click Here To Read More]

goodbye jose luis castillo..

[ColWallace]

Whatever the true nature of Jose Luis Castillo and Bob Arum might be in 2010, it's a whole lot better than the low carbon being that wrote the vile piece of **** below. I don't know what else you hate in the world more than you hate yourself. To produce such vitriol about a mere fight is pretty pathetic. Eat dirt and die.

It's funny that Castillo didn't realize that he didn't have it anymore AFTER the fight and not BEFORE. I guess he was looking to have his purse of $50,000 deposit to his account before he announced his retirement, what a ****** liar.

A typical stinking undercard bearing the signature of the
"long nosed" promoter who is coming up with an even worse event when he throw in his ***ish brother with Cotto...if this was a stinker you haven't seen what is coming...

[edgarg]

"I Don't Have it Any More"


I find it sad that Jose Luis Castillo was the last one to know that.

I don't think he was the last to know that. I believe that he was the very first to know.

He MUST have seen during his training for the fight, that he should retire, and his sparring partners and trainer, would be joint second to know.

If I were in his position, and fighting a dub like Gomez, I'd take the fight, since it was already arranged, and hope to finish either a winner or on my feet.

He did the right thing, but for his own health's sake, should have done it a lot sooner.

It comes to us all.

[BOLLOCKS]

I never would've guessed.

[MARKBNLV]

There is some real dumb **** being said here about Castillo and others. I was profoundly saddened he quit like he did, but will never ever complain about being ripped off or short-changed by Jose Luis Castillo. I'd really like everyone to forget about the burn-out, and to remember the flame....

I agree 100 percent

[edgarg]

It's funny that Castillo didn't realize that he didn't have it anymore AFTER the fight and not BEFORE. I guess he was looking to have his purse of $50,000 deposit to his account before he announced his retirement, what a ****** liar.

A typical stinking undercard bearing the signature of the
"long nosed" promoter who is coming up with an even worse event when he throw in his ***ish brother with Cotto...if this was a stinker you haven't seen what is coming...

Who is this .....creature? I nearly made an error and said "person". ........Don't tell me, I don't want to know.........

I saw that Castillo was finished in the first round of his Hatton fight, when his legs buckled from an inocuous left jab. It was then I wrote that he was finished as a fighter, and should retire.

Evidently he didn't hear me, ......or the many others who said the same.

well, he did his best, and will always be remembered with Diego Corrales.

[PensionKiller]

I always find it sad when I hear those words.

It's a shame he is broke and has a big ass family to help look after.

[bojangles1987]

It was extremely sad to see that, unbelievable that was the same man who arguably beat Floyd Mayweather and participated in one of the greatest fights of all time. But I guess many of them go out like that.

Here's to a really good fighter who gave us his all.