Castillo-Corrales was thought by many to be the fight of the year for 2005, but the rematch didn’t look to be shaping up too well when Castillo was unable to come in at weight. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. got a bit more of test than he had expected also, when he was extended to the fifth round against Jeremy “The Storm” Stiers (9-4) who had held the IBC Americas & IBC Continental welterweight titles.

The start of the fight was delayed a few seconds as Stiers forgot to put his mouthpiece in. Junior easily won the first round and in the second started landing numerous pounding blows to both the head and body. Stiers hadn’t gone down yet, but looked very winded already. Round three was a somewhat less active round for Chavez but still his round and with a good finish. Stiers got in some good shots at the start of round four, but Chavez proved this round that his straight right is definitely his best punch, landing some brutal shots on Stiers. After taking a lot of punishment Stiers doubled over from a body shot, and referee Richard Steele stepped in to stop the fight 47 seconds into round five. Chavez Jr. once again upped his undefeated record to 23-0, with 18 KO’s.

In the main event, Jose Luis Castillo knocked out WBC/WBO lightweight titlist Diego Corrales in the fourth round, but unfortunately was not able to win the titles due to his ability to come in at weight. Also on the card, Jorge “Travieso” Arce won by TKO in the second round of his rematch against Hussein Hussein when trainer Jeff Fenech had seen enough and threw in the towel. Bobby Pacquiao won a questionable split decision over Carlos “Famoso” Hernandez with scorecards of 95-93 and 95-94 and one scorecard of 97-92 for Hernandez.

Referee: Richard Steele
Announcer: Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Promoter: Top Rank