Showtime Pay-Per-View Boxing Update

"Uno Mas!"..."One More Time!"

Corrales vs. Castillo II

October 8, 2005

Thomas and Mack Center

Las Vegas, Nevada

 6pm PT \ 9pm ET

WBO\WBC Lightweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Diego "Chico'' Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) vs. Jose Luis Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs)

Jr. Lightweight Bout (10 Rds)

Carlos Hernandez (41-5-1, 24 KOs) vs. Bobby Pacquiao (25-11-3, 11 KOs)

Flyweight Bout (12 Rds)

Jorge Arce (40-3-1, 30 KOs) vs.  Hussein Hussein (28-2, 20 KOs)

Welterweight Bout (6 Rds)

Julio Chavez Jr. (22-0, 17 KOs) vs. Jeremy Stiers (9-4, 6 KOs) - added

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Previously Posted

Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo Return In Epic Rematch On October 8!!!

Las Vegas - Three-time world champion Diego 'Chico' Corrales and two-time world champion José Luis

Castillo, who earlier battled in one of the century's most fiery, historic fights, will return in a world lightweight

championship bout at the Thomas and Mack Center on Saturday, October 8, airing LIVE on Showtime PPV

beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

Top Rank and Gary Shaw Productions in association with Caesars Palace and Wynn Las Vegas will present

"UNO MAS!. . . ONE MORE TIME!" -- the encore match of Corrales vs. Castillo.

Corrales vs. Castillo will be available Live! on Showtime Pay Per View.

Corrales and Castillo traded devastating punches and each fought bravely in what many have called 'the epic

battle of our time' in their May 7 title unification bout in Las Vegas. Corrales, 40-2 with 33 knockouts, arose

from the canvas twice to stage a historic rally and stop Castillo, 52-7-1 with 46 knockouts, in the 10th round.

The fight drew sensational 'best ever' reviews:

"In a finish reminiscent of a Rocky movie, Diego Corrales twice scraped himself off the deck in the 10th

round and rallied to stop José Luis Castillo," wrote Kevin Iole of the Las Vegas Review Journal.

"I say put the tape of the entire fight in a film vault, right next to 'Citizen Kane.' This is as good as it possibly

gets," wrote Mike Katz in Maxboxing.com

"I've seen every major fight since 2000 and have seen thousands of tapes of fights back to the 1940s and I

can honestly say I've never seen such a great fight," said Dan Rafael on ESPN.com

"A fight for the ages," said Tim Dahlberg of Associated Press.

"Going into the fight I said this was going to be a fight of pride, a fight of honor," said Corrales, "and to be in

a fight with a great champion like Castillo was an honor. I said it was going to be a war of attrition and it

was."

Castillo, the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion going into the first fight, twice knocked down Corrales

hard in the 10th round. Each time Corrales, while down on the canvas, spit out his mouthpiece which allowed

him to gain precious seconds to recover as his corner man rinsed out the mouthpiece and replaced it.

"Every second is precious when you are down on a canvas," said Castillo. "Corrales, by spitting out his

mouthpiece, had valuable time to recover."

Corrales, down twice, then returned to action and struck Castillo with a very hard left and followed with

additional hard punches to stop him and win the fight.

It was a dramatic, sensational finish as Corrales retained his WBO lightweight title and won the World

Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title belt.

Both of Corrales' world title belts will be on the line Oct. 8. Corrales, native of Sacramento, Calif., trains in

Los Angeles and resides in Las Vegas, NV. Castillo lives and trains in Empalme, Mexico.

The undercard will feature Carlos 'Famoso' Hernandez of El Salvador vs. Bobby Pacquiao; a fiery rematch

between Jorge Arce of Mexico and Hussein Hussein of Australia plus, as an extra added attraction,

undefeated teenage sensation Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. who will box in a six-round bout.

Hernandez, 41-5-1 with 24 knockouts, is rated WBC #5, WBO #5 in the 130-pound weight division.

Hernandez, who lives in West Covina, Calif., is a former IBF junior lightweight champion and is scheduled to

box 12 rounds on the Corrales/Castillo championship card.

Arce, 40-3-1 with 30 knockouts, is the interim WBC flyweight champion. Arce, who has 20 straight wins

dating to 1999, will be in a rematch against Hussein, 28-2 with 20 knockouts, of New South Wales,

Australia. This fight is scheduled for 12 rounds.

On March 19, Arce stopped Hussein a wildly-fought battle which went nine rounds. Arce hurt Hussein early

in the bout, but Hussein rallied in the exciting, fast-paced battle in which both fighters landed hard shots.

Finally, after Hussein was knocked down in the 9th, his cornermen halted the bout.

Chavez Jr. is the undefeated teenage son of the legendary three-time world champion Julio Cesar Chavez.

Chavez Jr. has won his first 20 professional fights and has excellent technical skills. Like his father, Chavez

Jr. likes to hook to the body to wear down his opponents.

Tickets for Corrales vs. Castillo are $800, $600, $400, $200, $100, $50 and $25 and are available at the

Thomas and Mack box office (702) 739-3267.

For information on upcoming SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and “ShoBox: The New Generation”

telecasts, including complete fighter bios and records, related stories and more, please go the SHOWTIME

website at http://www.sho.com/boxing. 

- Press Release issued by Showtime with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

(10/7/05)