It was with great disgust that I watched Jose Luis Castillo have his armed raised in victory Saturday night. The lack of discipline, professionalism and integrity displayed by Castillo and his team was appalling, but not shocking; this is, after all, boxing.

The fighter’s meek, “I’m sorry,â€? after failing to make 135-lbs. was about as convincing as Keanu Reeves acting, which is to say it was a complete crock. Missing the weight by two pounds, even the first time, was not a surprise to the Castillo camp. Any boxer who is struggling to make weight is hitting the scale before and after every workout — and especially after every meal — in the days leading up to the fight. It’s an obsession.

So the Castillo camp knew the morning of the weigh-in that their charge was considerably over the 135-lbs. limit. And they knew it as they left their room Friday afternoon for the weigh-in. Castillo’s so-called doctor tampering with the scale is further evidence.

The fight was for the lightweight title; it was promoted and publicized that way. Not the welterweight title. Why bother having weight classes?

Diego Corrales played by the rules and, except for a career high purse, came out the loser. Would he have won had Castillo trained properly and exercised self-discipline? I didn’t think so going in. But who knows. What effect will the beating Castillo inflicted on him the second time around take? Only time will tell.

What is the deterrent for fighters not making weight? The Nevada Commission’s penalty is lame, just as most of their solutions. A 10% fine is a joke, especially when the fighter is making a career-high payday. Castillo didn’t get to leave the ring with the WBC belt. Big deal. The victory has made him a hot commodity and set up a rubber match in which he’s sure to earn more than $1 million.

Canceling the fight all together would be a calamity. The fans, the promoter and every other entity that took part in the promotion would lose a lot of money. Nobody wins there. A stiffer fine may compel the overweight boxer to say “the hell with it�, go ahead with the fight, but only give a token effort.

The promoter and the commission have responsibilities as well. They owe it to the ticket-buying public, onsite and pay-per-view, to ensure that both fighters have trained – properly – and are in excellent shape. A boxer should be within a certain percentage of the weight when the fight is signed. The commission should monitor both fighters at two-week intervals at six-, four- and two-weeks before the fight. This way, if a boxer is not hitting his interval goals, the promoter has the option of canceling the fight.

What I propose is a suspension for everyone responsible: the fighter, manager and trainer. It would have to be for at least a year, perhaps even 18 months. Interrupting a fighter’s career, a trainer not being able to work a corner or a manager being denied the opportunity to earn money in boxing would motivate and focus the entire camp’s attention on not only making the weight, but doing it properly. No starving, no drying out, no nights in the sauna.

This protects the fighter’s health, the promoters’ investment and also ensures that you, the fan, can see a fight in which both boxers have trained properly for a world championship event.

What do you think?

(Veteran scribe Ed Maloney, who has written for the likes of Newsday, ESPN.com and CBS Sportsline, is Executive Editor of The Sweet Science and a special contributor to the TSS blog)