JL Castillo: End of Line for Two Time World Champ

From Boxingherald.com
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Former two time world title challenger Sebastian Lujan (30-5-2, 20 KO’s) won a unanimous decision victory over former two time lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo (56-9-1, 48 KO’s) in a welterweight fight at the Sycuan Resort & Casino in El Cajon, California. Prior to the bout, Castillo said that if he lost he would retire from boxing.

Lujan was in control from the opening bell, throwing over 1,200 punches throughout the course of the fight and outworking Castillo to win a unanimous decision. Official scores were 99-91 and 98-92 (twice). Boxingherald.com scored the fight in favor of Lujan 99-92.

Lujan has now won 5 of his last 6 fights since losing by decision to Sergiy Dzinziruk in an attempt at a junior middleweight title. Prior to that bout, he gained fame for a losing effort against Antonio Margarito in a title fight, where he was stopped in the 10th round due to one of his ears being grotesquely cut open and hanging off his head due to a Margarito punch.

Jose Luis Castillo’s career has been marred with problems since he lost the lightweight title to Diego Corrales in an all time great action fight in 2005. Since then, he defeated Corrales in a rematch that was a non-title fight due to Castillo’s inability to make weight at the day before weigh-in. The rubber match was then cancelled due to Castillo once again coming in overweight. He then struggled to a split decision win over Herman Ngoudjo and was KO’d in four rounds in a junior welterweight championship fight against Ricky Hatton. A scheduled junior welterweight title eliminator against Tim Bradley was canceled earlier this year due to weight issues once again.