Monday, May 07, 2007

R.I.P. Diego Corrales


So I just read this a second ago and wanted to put it up on the blog. "Former two-division world champion Diego "Chico" Corrales, who lived as hard as he fought, died in a mororcycle crash Monday night in Las Vegas...Corrales, 29, will be remembered as one of the fiercest fighters of his era, a never-say-die warrior who thrilled legions of fans with several action-packed fights." Straight up this guy was a fucking soldier. He's the guy who went the distance with Pretty Boy despite being knocked down 5 times. For those of you who don't know him, I am putting up the youtube clip of him vs. Castillo (it might have been up here earlier) from a few years back where he gets knocked down twice but rebounds to win by KO. It is considered one of the best fights in recent history and has the best round in recent history. I remember really being pumped for Castillo-Corrales 3 but it never got made cause one of them didn't make weight. Boxing lost one of its toughest guys today.

1 comment:

juanfish said...

what a great fight that must have been. it makes me so sad that i never got to see him fight live. RIP.