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Showing posts with label Luis Collazo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luis Collazo. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Thurman on Collazo: "A hungry man is a dangerous man"

Thurman on Collazo: "A hungry man is a dangerous man"

Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) headlines Premiere Boxing Champions on ESPN against former titlist Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida says that "a hungry man is a dangerous man" referring to his opponent during the press conference.

“Luis Collazo, respectable fighter, has a great resume, has something to prove. He told you he was knocked down and he came back. He got into this fight, and he looks forward to taking my title home with him… A hungry man is a dangerous man” says Thurman who remains cordial the entire conference towards Collazo.

Prior to Thurman's statement above, Collazo owns the microphone first and says: “I feel great, I’m blessed. I’m just humble for this opportunity. I didn’t come here for no handouts. I coming for that W and bring that belt back to Brooklyn.

Although main even fighters were cordial, but it's not the case for the co-featured fighters.

Undefeated Tony Harrison (21-0-0, 18 KOs) and Willie Nelson (23-2-1, 13 KOs) steals the show. Harrison did some pushing and a lot of talking. Nelson fired with his own verbal shots. The duo were inseparable and wanted to remain with their faces inches apart.

“I’m going to prove you all wrong once again, thanks for coming out, thanks for supporting him, and thanks for coming to see me lose, which I’m not going to do" says Nelson directing the comment to the media present as Harrison has been the favorite to win the contest.

“It’s not enough for me to beat Willie Nelson. I want to knock Willie Nelson out. I want to be the first person ever to knock Willie Nelson out" says Harrison when he has the microphone.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Post fight observation: "The Moment"

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On Saturday night at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada Showtime's boxing card dubbed "The Moment" delivered the result that most of us expected: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Amir Khan and Adrien Broner won against their respective opponents. But all three fights didn't play-out the way they were predicted, although results came out as expected.


Many predicted that Maidana is "easy work" for the best boxer of the game. But Floyd Mayweather (46-0, 26 KO's) age 37, was in a hell of a fight against Maidana. And it's a close fight. Really close fight. There's talk of rematch right after the fight. Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO's) not just won one round baby... he bullied (actually it looked like he kick Floyd's ass in the first four rounds) Mayweather, and he swept the first four rounds of the fight and won another one or two in the second half. I had Maidana winning five rounds though. The score 117-111 by Burt Clements doesn't make sense to me. And who says Floyd is a boring fighter? That depends on his opponent. I hope he keeps on picking a fighter like Maidana who keeps coming forward. That showcased how brilliant and tough Floyd Mayweather is. Let's say Pacquiao next. Hehehehe…I'm just day dreaming though -- just like many of you guys.


On the other hand, Amir "King" Khan (29-3, KO 19) was expected to be in a tough fight against Luis Collazo. But the Collazo (35-6, 18 KO's) that knockout a bigger Victor Ortiz, in just two rounds, never showed up against Khan. Not even flashes of him. And the predicted tough fight for Khan became a walk in the park. The word "easy work" is not for Mayweather this time -- instead it is for Khan. Khan was blistering Collazo with lightning fast combinations. Khan finished the fight strong. He dropped Collazo several times. He's stronger at 147. Though, I still doubt his chin. Collazo didn't touch that area clean. Can Khan will be next for Floyd?


All eyes wide open for Adrien Broner? Maybe yes -- in the first half of the fight. Many expected Adrein "The Problem" Broner (28-1, 22 KO's) to win via knockout against 17 months inactive Carlos Molina. Honestly, without taking anything away from Carlos Molina (17-2-1, 7 KO's) -- he was put there for the cocky Broner of Cincinnati to look good. For Broner to get a sure win impressively. And for Broner to picked-up where he left prior to Maidana fight. But instead, Broner was content to be like his "big brother" fighting style. Stick and move, Counter-punching. It's okay to do that. But I believe he can do more than that, to make the fight more exciting. He can knockout Molina if he wanted to. At the scale of ten, being 10 is the highest, how do you rate his performance? Is he really fly, fresh and flashy last Satruday night or simply "The Problem" -- attitude problem?

Thursday, May 1, 2014

The desire to fight TBE: Amir Khan vs Luis Collazo preview and prediction

The desire to fight TBE: Amir Khan vs Luis Collazo preview and prediction

Amir Khan says during the undercard final presser of "The Moment" boxing event that takes place this Saturday night at the MGM Grand Las Vegas that he definitely wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. But before that Khan has a tough assignment to handle in Luis Collazo who looks rip and ready to fight during the presser.


I think what Amir Khan needs to do in this fight is to throw fast combination from the outside. And then move around; reset his position to avoid counters. But as what they told, every fighter has a game plan until he gets hit. Amir used to throw his game plan out to the window once get hit and wobble. He tends to brawl when he's in trouble, wherein the best thing to do is to try to clinch and smother an opponent's finishing attacks.


If Khan will do the same if he will get hit by Collazo; he'll be in trouble. He just needs to fight smart and use his quickness. He said that he's a different fighter now at welterweight. I hope his chin is a little bit stronger now because welterweight punches have different impact.


As for Collazo, I think he needs to lure Khan in a hit-me, I'll hit you back action in order to land his own punches because I believed Khan is far too quicker than he is. And once he touches the vulnerable chin of Khan, he can force him to trade blow by blow. And I think that's Collazo's best chance.


My Pick:

I think Khan will fight an intelligent fight comes Saturday night. Amir Khan UD 12 Luis Collazo.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Mayweather, Maidana, Khan, Broner, Collazo, Molina grand arrivals

 

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The stars of Showtime's big event this Saturday night arrived at the venue: at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada. Below is the arrival video of boxing's pound-for-pound best Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) and Argentinean hard hitting Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) from SB Nation's FIGHT HUB TV.

You'll find the rest of videos for the grand arrival of England's Amir “King” Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) and his opponent Luis Collazo (35-5, 18 KO’s) plus Adrien “The Problem” Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s), Carlos Molina arrival (17-1-1, 7 KO’s).on FIGHT HUB TV's Youtube channel.



 

Monday, April 28, 2014

SPB's Mayweather vs Maidana fight coverage

Mayweather vs Maidana fight coverage

It's fight week boxing friends!

From today until fight night, I'll be posting as much as I can, updates for Showtime's May 3 boxing event: the fight between boxing pound-for-pound kingpin and undefeated American boxer that calls himself "TBE" or The Best Ever, and that's Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO's) and Argentinean hard hitting Marcos "El Chino" Maidana (35-3, 31 KO's). And of course I'll be posting also the recent happenings of Mayweather-Maidana exciting under-cards; the highly disappointed (for not landing the Mayweather fight) but now extremely motivated fighter from Bolton, England Amir "King" Khan (28-3, 19 KO's) against the dangerous Luis Collazo (35-5, 18 KO's) of New York. And whew... I'll be posting updates too on the fight wherein everybody will be eyes-wide-open; for former undefeated three-division champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner (27-1, 22 KO's) fighting Carlos Molina (17-1-1, 7 KO's).


In this post you'll find below related videos of "The Moment" created by the rightful owner (all these videos are not my own and are property of their respective owners) that I compiled just for you, starting from the fight press announcement, previous fights of Mayweather, Maidana, Khan, Molina and Collazo.


Don't forget to check back again on this post because I'll be updating this one with links from any other post related to this fight card. If you like some related videos to add, just leave a comment and I'll find it for you and add it here. Thanks.


(Posts that I'll write related to Mayweather vs Maidana fight coverage will be linked below, just before the videos.)




Floyd Mayweather vs Marcos Maidana - Full Preses Conference



Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Maidana All Access Episode 1



Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Maidana All Access Episode 2


Mayweather vs. Maidana: Maidana media workout highlights


Mayweather vs. Maidana: Mayweather media workout


Mayweather vs Canelo Hightlights


Adrien Broner vs Marcos Maidana BEST Highlights