Jose Luis Castillo Lightweight failed to make weight for title bout against Diego Corrales

Jose Luis Castillo's 4 1/2 excess pounds at his weigh-in last week not only cost him a $900,000 payday against Diego Corrales but could wind up sidelining him for a lengthy period.

The Nevada Athletic Commission on Thursday filed a disciplinary complaint against Castillo, who twice weighed 139 1/2 pounds on June 2 for a fight the following night in which he was supposed to weigh 135 pounds.

Castillo could be fined as much as $250,000 and also could be suspended or have his license revoked.

But that might not be the end of the troubles for Castillo, who on Oct. 7 missed the 135-pound limit for a lightweight title fight against Corrales by 3 1/2 pounds. A Corrales attorney said his client is considering a lawsuit against Castillo, while Corrales promoter Gary Shaw said "no question" he plans to sue the former champion.

"This is a serious situation and we'll treat it as such," said commission chairman Skip Avansino, who added that Castillo would be required to appear in person before the commission.

Shaw said he stands to lose "several hundred thousand" dollars as co-promoter of the fight and that he doesn't believe Castillo's promoters when they deny knowing he was having trouble making weight.

Shaw said he will not only sue Castillo but is considering a lawsuit against Top Rank and Fernando Beltran, Castillo's Mexican promoter.

Executive director Keith Kizer said he believes Beltran serves as Castillo's manager, though he is not licensed as such. Top Rank president Todd duBoef said he believes Castillo is self-managed.

"I believe he never tried to make weight and he and his people perpetrated a fraud and a charade upon the public," Shaw said. "He thought he'd bargain his way to another fight. (Top Rank's Bob) Arum and Beltran knew he was not on weight, but they never said anything."

Beltran failed to return several calls seeking comment. But duBoef said Top Rank officials were being told the week of the fight by Castillo's employees that he would be able to make the weight.

He said Top Rank had no reason to want to see Castillo miss weight.

"What would our agenda be?" duBoef said. "We run the risk of losing the event if he's over. If we had known, like Diego himself said, we could have made a call and tried to forget about it as a title fight and negotiated a different weight. But to think we had some premeditation in this is a ridiculous allegation.

"We're embarrassed and economically disadvantaged by this. We wanted to put the event on. This isn't what we wanted. I'm disappointed Castillo's people weren't telling us the truth. At dinner (June 1), I was told he weighed 137 1/2, but he wasn't even close to 137 1/2. Someone lied to us, and that's not right."

Corrales attorney Marc Risman said the boxer is still weighing his legal options.

But he said he hopes whatever action the commission takes against Castillo doesn't impede Corrales' ability to collect a judgment against Castillo.

"Diego, more than any promoter or any hotel or anyone involved, is the real loser in this," Risman said.