Castillo-Ishihara

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 02 Jul 2005, 04:11

Great little fight last night, the SKY sports team really did there homework when they chose this rematch. Castillo was a classy fighter with some great moves but Ishihara was relentless and kept on coming forward, the typical Japanese fighter, limited but tough as nails. He took a body beating and had a lo of swelling around the eyes but kept on coming, a real warrior. I didn't realise what a good division Super Flyweight was at World level, some great matchups there to be made.

The other fight they showed was interesting as well involving Andre Ward, i have seen three of his four fights now and he is improving every time. His opponent was not up to much but Ward's punch picking was very good, he didn't look particuarly good in his debut i remember but his opponent that night was very raw and dirty and he got badly wobbled against Kenny Kost in his second fight, however this is all part of the learning process and last night he looked impressive.

Slapsie Maxie · Post by **Slapsie Maxie** » 02 Jul 2005, 04:29

both very good fights and decent commentary. Ward looks one to watch. I can't think of many Olympic Gold winners who have dropped two weights to go pro. He looked the part

Liked the Hopkins/Taylor preview too.

Slapsie

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 02 Jul 2005, 09:39

I was waiting for this fight since their last bout. I love the way Sky are picking these fights it sure beats the domestic mismatches we had been fed with

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 02 Jul 2005, 10:00

And people were saying they would be cancelling their sky package not so long ago. these are good times for sky imo

Lefthookhappy19 · Post by **Lefthookhappy19** » 02 Jul 2005, 13:57

Super Flyweight is an incredible division. Remember how good Montiel looked and consider he's not even the top dog. Remember the big fuss a while back about Jose Navarro's fight against Kawashima for a version of the world title? Those guys probably aren't even in the top 4 of this division. The division has Montiel, Castillo, Too Sharp Johnson, Navarro, Kawashima, Munoz, Ivan Hernandez, Morel and im probably forgetting a few.