Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, great fight between Amir Imam and Walter Castillo: it gets three stars.The undefeated Amir Imam entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 16-0-0 (14 KOs=87%) and he is ranked as the No.19 super lightweight in the world; he has already fought in 2015 beating Fidel Maldonado Jr in an exciting fight (=Maldonado Jr vs Imam).
His opponent, Walter Castillo, has a record of 25-2-0 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.83 in the same weight class. The last time he lost was in 2012, against Vicente Mosquera, since then he has won nine consecutive bouts beating Shad Howard in his last fight. Imam vs Castillo is valid for the WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title; undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Andrzej Fonfara. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-04-18
Where: StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Title: WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title
Imam’s previous fight: Fidel Maldonado Jr vs Amir Imam
Imam’s next fight: Amir Imam vs Fernando Angulo
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Castillo was very aggressive and put a good fight. However, he was out boxed by the boxing quality of Amir who has an excellent and very fast jab.
I would say that Amir’s specialty is the double jab that he used very frequently all over the fight.
His moves on the ring are spectacular and they show like a kind of master precision.
Agreed, impressive prospect in Amir.
Along with the offensive qualities you noted, he showed a rather good shell defense, too, especially later in the fight.
Awesome performance by Imam! I saw flashes of Thomas Hearns especially in the 5th round… Even Paulie seemed envious of his so effective jab! But let’s not forget about his good footwork.