Benn Schulberg brings us the latest news on the condition of Diego Corrales …

Diego Corrales is as tough as they get in this toughest of sports. Joe Goossen told me yesterday that they had to persuade Chico out of fighting with a damaged rib, an injury he received last Friday in sparring. The doctor told him he had to take time off from training, but only after talking to Goossen and his management team did he finally decide to go home to Las Vegas and rest. This all may be a blessing in disguise for Corrales, who was headed into his third war in nine months with Castillo. Now he will get some more time to shake off his last knockout and prepare for the defining fight of his career, that’s if they can reschedule the fight. Sources told me yesterday that Castillo was weighing around 150 pounds at the time the fight was called off. If that was the case, then he would’ve had a hard time shedding 15 pounds in time to make the lightweight limit. We may have had another debacle on the scale, but now I guess we’ll have to wait and see if and when these two warriors will reschedule their trilogy. Castillo’s really more of a welterweight as he proved in failing to make weight in his last fight so let’s just hope that this postponement isn’t a final ending to this remarkable rivalry. According to the doctor who examined Chico, his rib injury should be healed within three weeks, and at that point he will likely be able to resume training, that being contingent on if there’s a fight on his immediate horizon. Showtime claims that Castillo will still fight on February 4 against an unknown opponent so Corrales may have to find another challenger for his lightweight crown or wait a couple more months in hopes of fighting Castillo one last time. We’ll have to wait and see, but for now WWIII is not happening.