DIEGO CORRALES (40-3-33 KOs) of Las Vegas has the heart of a lion and was totally ready on June 3 for his third fight against Jose Louis Castillo (54-7-6,47 KOs) of Mexicalli, Mexico. Corrales at the age of twenty-eight has fought as a pro for ten years and is a three-time world champion. In his first fight with Castillo on May 7, 2005, Corrales scored a tenth round TKO in a WBO-WBC Title Unification Bout. During that fight Corrales was knocked down twice early in the round, gained extra time to recover after each knock down by dropping his mouthpiece. The fact is however that he displayed heart and courage to win the fight. Jose Louis Castillo, a bigger fighter has had problems making weight; especially for the fight that never happen on June 3rd. The thirty-two year old Castillo who has been a boxing pro for more then fifteen and one half years has been fighting at 135 lbs. for five years. His one punch knockout over Corrales on Oct. 8th, 2005 was controversial at a time when he didn't make the 135 lb. weight limit. Both fighters have had their share of problems. Corrales who was scheduled to fight Castillo on Feb. 4, 2006 had to postpone their meet-up due to a rib injury he suffered. Now at the fault of Castillo, another canceled fight. The fight that never was giving the boxing world a slight bruise.

Top Rank and Gary Shaw Productions in association with Wynn Las Vegas and Caesars Palace may have been disappointed over this complication, but nevertheless had a pretty good fight card which was held at the Thomas and Mack. The 12-round IBF World Fly Weight Championship had Vic Darchinyan (26-0-21 KOs) of Sydney, Australia take on Luis Maldonado (31-1-25 KOs) of Ocotian, Mexico and win the title by knocking out Maldonado in 1:08 seconds of round 8. A ten-round super-welterweight bout had Yuri Foreman (21-0-8 KOs) of Brooklyn win by a unanimous decision over Jesus Valverde (22-12-16 KOs) of Mazatlan, Mexico. This was a fight that had Valverde frustrated. Valverde came to fight which Yuri Foreman did more dancing; evading the pressure of Valverde; but Foreman scored numerous times giving him the victory. Cristina Kwan of Las Vegas made her professional debut in a four-round Mini Fly-Weight bout against Valerie Rix (4-0-1 KO) of Orlando, FL. Rix, who obviously has more experience, caught Kwan with a couple of good punches when both fighters had a heated exchange in round one. Kwan was knocked out in 48 seconds of round one.

Those are the highlights of the June 3rd fight card which had an attendance of approximately 2,500 boxing fans.