The Wba super-Fw champion Jezreel Corrales entered this fight with a record of 21-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He suffered his only defeat when he faced Jhonatan Arenas in 2009, since then he has collected 20 victories and one no-contest beating twice Takashi Uchiyama in 2016 (=Uchiyama vs Corrales I and Corrales vs Uchiyama II).
His opponent, Robinson Castellanos, has a boxing record of 24-12-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He lost to Oscar Escandon last year (=Castellanos vs Escandon) but he came back to win in 2017 against Yuriorkis Gamboa (=Gamboa vs Castellanos). Jezreel Corrales vs Robinson Castellanos is valid for the WBA Super World super featherweight title; undercard of Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2017-07-15
Where: Forum, Inglewood, California, USA
Division: super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg)
Title: WBA Super World super featherweight title
Corrales’ previous fight: Jezreel Corrales vs Takashi Uchiyama 2
Castellanos’ previous fight: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Robinson Castellanos
Corrales’ next fight: Jezreel Corrales vs Alberto Machado
Castellanos’ next fight: Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs Robinson Castellanos
Corrales vs Castellanos Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
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Corrales is probably the weakest champion in boxing right now.
how is he the weakest champ?
What I meant is that he’s very flawed. I don’t see him winning against Berchelt, Davis, Lomachenko, Sosa, Walters, etc… The only big name he has faced so far is Uchiyama.