José Luis Castillo

José Luis Castillo ( born December 14, 1973 in Empalme, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and former two-time WBC champion at lightweight.

Career

Castillo began his professional career in 1990 at the age of seventeen and punched the first ten years of his career exclusively in Mexico. Mid-90s, he was defeated in battle by the Mexican champion featherweight title to eventual champions César Soto and Javier Jáuregui. In 1997 he finally won the featherweight title as well in 1990 in the semi- lightweight.

In 2000, Castillo moved to the lightweight and boxed now mainly in the U.S.. On 17 June 2000, he won by a narrow and controversial points victory against the U.S. southpaw Stevie Johnston the world title the WBC and defended him through a draw in the rematch. Before the fight he had not been performed at the " Ring Magazine " in the top ten. Johnston, however, stood to one, the victory was regarded as a sensation.

Since late 2001, he increasingly got problems that observed lightweight limit. So he punched yet in January 2002 in a non-title fight seven kilograms over the limit, had the excess weight but then within three months for his title defense against the rising from the semi- lightweight Floyd Mayweather junior boil. Accordingly weakened he lost his title by a point defeat to Mayweather. However, the transmitting channel HBO and much of the writing guild saw him again. In the rematch in December 2002 he was defeated as well, this time without debate.

The next three fights, he completed welterweight limit. After Mayweather's WBC lightweight title resigned in late 2003 to fight in the welterweight, Castillo got the chance to fight the now vacant belt. On June 5, 2004, he was again a points victory over his compatriot Juan Lazcano WBC champion.

He defended the title in a row against the Cuban Joel Casamayor and Julio Diaz. On May 7, 2005, came to a unification bout with WBO world champion Diego Corrales. In a balanced fight Castillo arrive in the tenth round two rainfall. As Corrales got up after the second precipitation, he spat out the mouth guard and received a point deduction. Afterwards, however, Corrales was still surprising technical knockout. win

On 10 October 2005, came to the rematch. Castillo did not make it this time to comply with the lightweight limit, so that the meeting was conducted as a non-title fight. This time, Castillo clearly won with a whacked in the fourth-round.

Then a third fight for February 2006, we agreed, had to be postponed due to an injury. New fight date was 2 June 2006. However, since Castillo was back over the weight limit, Corrales said from the fight. Castillo was thus assigned on 24 August 2006 by a fine in the amount of $ 250,000, also his boxing license was suspended until the end of 2006. A new license it is obtained only under the condition that he no longer boxing weight classes below the half- welterweight.

Upon his return to the ring he proposed on 20 January 2007 the unbeaten in 15 fights Cameroonian Herman Ngoudjo narrowly on points, what has been seen as an indication of the incipient power decay Castillos. Subsequently, a fight against Ricky Hatton on June 23, 2007 in Las Vegas agreed. Castillo succumbed to the British by whacked in the fourth round due to a body hit.

In July 2008, he lost, now ascended to the welterweight division, on points against Argentina's Sebastian Andres Lujan. In 2009, he scored four early victories in building battles against mainly unterklassige opponents. After an early defeat on March 13, 2010 in Arlington against his compatriot Alfonso Gómez José Luis Castillo finished his career.