Matthew Aguilar: Castillo issues brutal beating
By TSS Predictions February 3rd, 2006Matt Aguilar’s take on Saturday’s bout between Jose Luis Castillo and Rolando Reyes …
Rolando Reyes is tough. He is durable. He is capable. But he has never faced anyone remotely close to the quality of Jose Luis Castillo. Reyes’ counterpunching style may present some early difficulties for the two-time WBC lightweight champion, but Castillo has seen everything. By the middle rounds, “El Temible” will have figured Reyes out, and will begin to issue a brutal beating. He will hit Reyes with everything - right hands, left hooks, body shots, uppercuts - and he will look as physically strong as he did against Diego Corrales in October, since he will not have to make the 135-pound weight limit (the fight is contracted for 137 pounds). The courageous Reyes will be a bloody, beaten mess when the referee steps in and stops the fight in the 11th round.
Matthew Aguilar writes for the El Paso Times and The Sweet Science. To read more of his work
February 14th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
I had a chance to watch Reyes fight on a couple of occasions and thought he performed well and was very entertaining to watch as a fighter. In short, I held a good opinion of his fighting skills and expected that he would advance logically to this opporturnity. True, I didn’t think it would be against the venerable champion JLC. Regardless, I looked forward to him stepping up and making a fine showing. Only he and his team knows what was really going on in the ring. It was embarassing for both fighters because they both looked terrible and overly cautious.
Bottom line is I lost most of my desire to see either one of these fighters ever fight again. To begin with, in spite of Castillo being one of the greatest Mexican fighters of all time, his style was made exciting to watch mostly because of Corrales. Two fights with Mayweather, and the fight with Casamayor did not produce the same excitement as the even Corrales/Castillo II. Finally, “The courageous Reyes”? If he doesn’t enjoy the higher levels of boxing, I hear he has a thriving catering business.
C.