|
Draw between Brown abd Castillo. Brown retained his title
El Paso Convention Center, El Paso, TX, United States, 2000-06-23
WBA LW CHAMPIONSHIP
Joe Brown 13-1-0 (4) MDraw12 Jose Luis Castillo 9-0-1 (6)
On a very even and changing fight between this two lightweight superstars
Joe Browncould retian his title when the fight was ruled a draw.
Neither of the boxers had the total control for a long time and the result of the fight was always into doubt.
The challenger Castillo started better winning the first two round but Brown reacted winning the following three rounds on a big form and also shaking Castillo several times.
On the sixth round the pace slow down but Brown edged the stanza with little effort.
But Castillo reacted and won rounds seven and eight convincingly.
From the ninth round to the end of the fight all the stanzas were actionless and very competitive and difficult to rate with Brown edging the ninth and eleventh rounds and Castillo the tenth and the last ones. My scorecard was 114-114 and the official scorecards were 114-114 (x2) and 115-114 for Castillo.
Also on the undercard:
HW: Joe Mesi 6-7-0 (4) KO8 Randall Cobb 1-10-0 (1)
SHW: Robert Helenius 6-6-0 (6) UD10 Alexander Povetkin 8-2-0 (4)
BW: Jorge Elicer Julio 4-11-0 (2) UD10 Gaby Canizales 6-9-0 (2)
LHW: Donny Lalonde 10-7-0 (6) UD10 Georges Carpentier 9-4-0 (2)
MW: Stanley Ketchel 10-1-0 (8) TKO9 Sergio Mora 3-10-1 (0)
JLW: Hector Camacho 9-0-0 (4) UD10 Miguel Garcia 3-8-2 (3)
FW: Fashan 3K Battery 8-6-1 (1) UD10 Wilfredo Vazquez 4-12-1 (3)
|