I've never seen Collazo fight, but people have told me that he's a very useful fighter. He's apparently a quick, slick southpaw who can give a dig and is training his ass off as I type. Plus, he's fought at welterweight almost 30 times.
Ricky Hatton has ONLY EVER LOST TO SOUTHPAWS! He had three legit losses in the amateurs - his first-ever loss came against a southpaw in the 1993 Junior ABA final, and he lost when he moved up to welterweight in 1996 against southpaw Jurgen Brahmer (lost twice to Brahmer in his only two fights at welterweight, Brahmer beat him in one round the first time). His amateur record is 76-4 because of a loss to a Russian fighter in Cuba at the Junior World's but that is considered the worst robbery in amateur boxing of the last 10 years, so that doesn't count. So his three legit losses in the amateurs were to southpaws.
Brahmer was a 5ft11 light-middleweight in reality, and Ricky has struggled with other tall fighters apart from Brahmer.. like when he was almost stopped against Gilbert Quiros in Detroit in his 20th pro fight in 2000, because Quiros was a tall fighter who had fought at light-middleweight - same with Collazo!
Ricky got dropped against southpaw Eamonn Magee in the first minute of the first round, and it was an awkward, close fight.
So there you go, just some food for thought.
Ricky Hatton has ONLY EVER LOST TO SOUTHPAWS! He had three legit losses in the amateurs - his first-ever loss came against a southpaw in the 1993 Junior ABA final, and he lost when he moved up to welterweight in 1996 against southpaw Jurgen Brahmer (lost twice to Brahmer in his only two fights at welterweight, Brahmer beat him in one round the first time). His amateur record is 76-4 because of a loss to a Russian fighter in Cuba at the Junior World's but that is considered the worst robbery in amateur boxing of the last 10 years, so that doesn't count. So his three legit losses in the amateurs were to southpaws.
Brahmer was a 5ft11 light-middleweight in reality, and Ricky has struggled with other tall fighters apart from Brahmer.. like when he was almost stopped against Gilbert Quiros in Detroit in his 20th pro fight in 2000, because Quiros was a tall fighter who had fought at light-middleweight - same with Collazo!
Ricky got dropped against southpaw Eamonn Magee in the first minute of the first round, and it was an awkward, close fight.
So there you go, just some food for thought.
, ill give you 5/1 odds if ya picking colazo.
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