These sportsmen are like no others. I also have a 21-year-ol Natia and the tattoo Diego had on his back is for her. He’s very positive about all of this.
He was strange for a tall fighter because he just used to steam forward.
My mom, my brother Anthony, everyone. In true Corrales fashion though, he was furious that his corner ended the fight.Corrales rather foolishly agreed to go through with the rematch against Castillo - even though the Mexican was three and a half pounds over - and was knocked out in four.I was approaching my sixth birthday when Diego was born to a Colombian father (who disappeared) and Mexican mother on August 25, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina.This was the time that I began to really get to know him, in and around Vegas shows. Diego told me much about his life 'inside' in our subsequent chats in Vegas, where I was welcomed into his home.Despite all the previous bad blood and hype ahead of their match, Floyd Mayweather helped support the family in the aftermath of Corrales' death - and to this day, he still looks out for Michelle and the children. But Diego knew the baby was a boy and he helped name him. I had seen the pretty brunette before at various functions through the years but I’ve never had the chance to get to know her better until now. "It appears he was thrown a great distance. Discover what happened on this day. He was very passionate and I would love to have fought him, it would have been exceptional. Only they know why and how they can engage in the harshest, most competitive, and riskiest game of all. The American did a lot of bad things in his life but he did a lot of good things too.
Proof there were few more gutsy and courageous fighters anywhere and Diego Corrales had secured the boxing win of his life.This was the first clash - for lightweight unification and supremacy - with the Mexican warrior Jose Luis Castillo.Diego was quickly living life on the edge. Diego Corrales hit the canvas twice in round 10, but there was to be one last twist in his thrilling bout with Jose Luis Castillo. "Shaw said Corrales, whose career had faltered in recent fights, had recently bought a racing motorcycle, which he was apparently riding at the time he was killed. He was what boxing stood for, and what boxing is all about.
His family cherished him. Armed with bucket-loads of courage, they are supremely dedicated, disciplined, rounded individuals who know they must be in phenomenal shape, not only to cope with the predicaments presented within that strange squared circle, but also to handle the different pressures outside the ring.Diego was battling weight as well, trying to keep his tall frame boiled down at super-featherweight - and he admitted to me that before the Mayweather fight, he was only eating a grapefruit a day.Firstly, it was the birthday of my childhood friend Steve 'Dogger' Donnelly, who tragically died in a fire when he was 23.I choose not to go deep into the details and conspiracy theories of what happened at daredevil speed on the Nevada highways.
I liked him from the off.
We will continue to update information on Diego Corrales’s parents.Diego Corrales is part of the Baby boomers generation. We would like to get grants to help others and help educate our children about the history of boxing. In fact, he was schooled and taken apart. After a nine-round all-action and crackling slugfest, Corrales was decked twice and virtually out in the craziest of 10ths - only to somehow rise to stop Castillo in the very same session. We want a nice Hall of Fame museum to cherish these fighters.MCL: Through Diego and after he passed, I think I’ve met most of the fighters now so I can’t think of one in particular. The former champ known as “Chico” died in a tragic motorcycle accident back in 2007 while Michelle was pregnant with their baby boy. He loved it!
A marvellous man. (Laughs) And with Rich being in Reno and I’m in Vegas, it just progressed into more. His reply: 'Where do you want me to come and meet you?'
Remember, Diego was unbeaten and had never previously been floored. "He fought recklessly and he lived recklessly," he said.