Luis Collazo speaks out! Blasts HBO for protecting Berto.

What an idiot. Had you stayed quiet then DiBella would have given you the rematch. Now you just blew your only opportunity. Berto is moving on to bigger and better things. BTW, Berto won the fight down the stretch. I had Berto winning 8 rounds to 4. 8-4 is impossible, but I notice your whole avy and sig are devoted to bashing Puerto Rican boxers.

actually I've heard a lot of people saying Berto won. I scored it 6 rounds each with the point deduction being the difference but a title will not change hands by ref. Especially when Berto won more later rounds and landed harder shots. Collazo bagged alot of early rounds but then took some off and faded. Partially agreed with you. I saw this fight with familiar faces... "not elite, but very good" boxer ... Berto, PW...vs. a "damn good skilled above average" boxer... Quintana, Collazo. The difference is that Collazo kind of faded after the tenth round. He look very tired during the last 2 rounds. That was a bad impression he left on everybody's eyes. Quintana in the other hand, did not faded and without a doubt beated PW. I thought it was going to be a robbery to protect that "zero" in the hottest sensation in WW. I was surprised to see Quintana getting an honest call from the judges. Collazo simply did not "win" the fight. I saw it 114-113, Collazo... due to the point deduction. But the judges that really saw it 115-113, Berto... I can understand giving Berto 7 rounds. I saw it 114-114. Take the point out and I thought we were going to have a new champ.

114/113 Berto after I re watched the bought. Rd1, 3, 6 were toss ups and I gave 1 & 3 to Collazo and 6 for Berto. I have no quarrels with anything different but thats hat I got the second time after actually scoring the fight! REMATCH PLEASE!

I don't think this is HBO's fault. It would be more the promoters etc if that was the case. well maybe the Berto-Collazo rematch should be on Showtime just to be sure ya know.

Give him the rematch he deserves it because he won

After roughly two weeks, the sting from a very controversial decision in the Luis Collazo/Andre Berto fight apparently still hasn't worn off. P.R. guru Ed Rosa recently spoke with Luis Collazo to gauge his thoughts. Directly from the mouth of Mr. Collazo comes this big statement which openly ponders an even bigger question........A question that only Andre Berto and Mr. Lou DiBella can answer..... Luis Collazo (thoughts in the aftermath of the controversial decision): It's been Déjà vu all over again, just like the Ricky Hatton fight. I was brought in as an opponent to face Andre Berto on HBO, I fought my heart out and I did enough to win the fight, but once again, the judges took the victory away from me. I never thought in my wildest dreams that this injustice would happen to me again, but unfortunately, I got three more blind mice to judge my fight. It's always an honor to fight on HBO, but, for the second time, I was robbed against one of their own fighters. Everyone knows I beat Andre Berto. His promoter, Lou DiBella, knows it. Even HBO’s Harold Letterman and Max Kellerman said, on air, that I truly won the fight. I threw almost one hundred and fifty more punches than he did. I rocked him several times and tore him up with body shots throughout the fight. At the end of the day, however, it's all just politics. They know that if I had the chance to fight him again, I would erase that zero he has in his loss column. They just don’t want their young golden ticket to go down. All I want is a fair chance. I would love to fight Andre Berto again. The public needs to demand that it happen again. This first fight was the “Fight of the Year”, and I can guarantee it'll be even better a second time around. I promise I won't leave it up to the judges to decide who the winner will be again. I might not have a world title around my waist right now, but I am the people’s champion. Everywhere I go they keep letting me know that. Everywhere I go! I beat Hatton, I beat Berto; Everyone knows I'm not scared to fight anyone. Margarito, Cotto, it doesn’t matter. I want to fight the best, but first, I'm looking forward to beating Berto again, preferably no later than June. If you’re listening out there Andre, and you're not scared, all you have to do is sign the contract. I’m not a hard person to find. I want a rematch and that's no secret! Now the world knows who's demanding the fight, so show everybody what you're made of. The ball's in your court! Luis Collazo **** off Luis, you never got robbed you delusional twat.

I don't think this is HBO's fault. It would be more the promoters etc if that was the case.

I had Collazo up 114-113 but could have gone either way.Didn't really expect a DiBella fighter to not get a close decision.

but at the same time fighters or other pro athletes can't rely on there natural abilities alone, because fast reflexes and speed erode over time. This is also true.

but at the same time fighters or other pro athletes can't rely on there natural abilities alone, because fast reflexes and speed erode over time. Agreed, Berto won the fight on heart and conditioning. Berto dug down and pulled out the fight and Collazo walks away with a missed opportunity.

Another good post:fing02: Also i think we saw the difference between two fighters that were operating on a different level physically. Berto is an athlete no question about it, but not, because he is ripped, but because he has great speed of hand and foot and natural power and quick reflexes. As we all know you can teach technique, but you cant give someone athleticism or natural physical attributes like power,speed etc. IMO Its the natural physical attributes that dictate how far you go more often than not more so than your Boxing skills. but at the same time fighters or other pro athletes can't rely on there natural abilities alone, because fast reflexes and speed erode over time.

Exactly, that's the difference between a good fighter and a great fighter. Collazo reminds me of Edwin Viruet, a tough Puerto Rican fighter from New York who twice fought Roberto Duran. Watching Viruet box and fight, you wondered why he never became a champion. It's the fighters who are willing to go to that next level that become champion, though. It's like what Teddy Atlas was warning Michael Moorer about, just trying to win every round while not dominating. Moorer had a habit of doing just enough to get by, and I see the same thing with Collazo. Good is the enemy of great, which is why Luis Collazo will never be that next level type of fighter. Another good post:fing02: Also i think we saw the difference between two fighters that were operating on a different level physically. Berto is an athlete no question about it, but not, because he is ripped, but because he has great speed of hand and foot and natural power and quick reflexes. As we all know you can teach technique, but you cant give someone athleticism or natural physical attributes like power,speed etc. IMO Its the natural physical attributes that dictate how far you go more often than not more so than your Boxing skills.

Good is the enemy of great, which is why Luis Collazo will never be that next level type of fighter. well especially if Collazo's gonna launch a laundry list of reasons for why he loses. f*ck the rematch, get this baby a bottle.

well yeah, that's been the story of Collazo as of late, see Hatton fight as well (which is referenced in the original Collazo sob fest) bottom line Collazo came up short and is venting .. notice how he's blaming everyone for the loss but himself .. ie HBO for protecting there fighter, the judges for screwing him .. kinda pathetic ... he should man up and look himself in the mirror. Exactly, that's the difference between a good fighter and a great fighter. Collazo reminds me of Edwin Viruet, a tough Puerto Rican fighter from New York who twice fought Roberto Duran. Watching Viruet box and fight, you wondered why he never became a champion. It's the fighters who are willing to go to that next level that become champion, though. It's like what Teddy Atlas was warning Michael Moorer about, just trying to win every round while not dominating. Moorer had a habit of doing just enough to get by, and I see the same thing with Collazo. Good is the enemy of great, which is why Luis Collazo will never be that next level type of fighter.

i'm sick of him whining. if he deserved to win the Hatton fight so much, he shouldnt of lost so many of the early rounds and got knocked on his ass. sure he picked it up late, but its his fault for starting slow and going down. But ofcourse its all the judges fault on that one. Then we have the fight with berto. And what pisses me off is Collazo acts like he dominated. That was a back and forth fight which he was hurt at least twice. He got a gift with the point deduction on berto, but he basically gave away round 7 and he got beat in the championship rounds. But again its the judges fault not his. I mean the judges had everything to do with him getting his ass kicked the championship rounds and for him throwing like 3 punches in round 7. he had his chances to win both those fights, but HE blew it, not the judges.

i cant see 8-4...luis was the busier fighter....even when his punches lost their sting, he was still throwing flurries and landing...i think i scored round 2 a 9-9 round that judge actually had it 9 rounds to 3 I believe, because the point deduction against Berto made it 116-111. so that judge is even worse than some people think. I had Berto winning by 1 point, have no problem at all with Collazo winning. close fight, they definately need a rematch. and I would love to see it. I laugh when I hear fighters blaming HBO for making them lose. robbery or not, HBO never has anything to do with the judging, goofballs.

What an idiot. Had you stayed quiet then DiBella would have given you the rematch. Now you just blew your only opportunity. Berto is moving on to bigger and better things. BTW, Berto won the fight down the stretch. I had Berto winning 8 rounds to 4. another blind mouse? it was 6-6 with Collazo winning cause of deduction and thats at best. Colla o won.. Berto barely wanted to fight, he was holding

well, collazo shouldnt be shiittin on hbo if he wants to fight on it again. also collazo should kiss dibella's asss to get his rematch. dude needs to be a little more diplomatic. it wasnt a robbery in the sense that collazo did not win convincingly if at all.

It really was a close fight and Berto probably pulled it out with his big 12th round. Collazo really just came up just short, which happens a lot with him. He is always right there but fails to go that extra mile to get over the hurdle. But that one judge who had it 116-111 was way off on that tally. well yeah, that's been the story of Collazo as of late, see Hatton fight as well (which is referenced in the original Collazo sob fest) bottom line Collazo came up short and is venting .. notice how he's blaming everyone for the loss but himself .. ie HBO for protecting there fighter, the judges for screwing him .. kinda pathetic ... he should man up and look himself in the mirror. if it was a robbery than why did he take the middle rounds off and lose the 11th and 12th? he looked like he was about to go down in the 12th and the slip couldve easily been a knockdown... it was a VERY close fight. he took rounds off and gassed at the end = champion retains title. he shoe shined and patty caked and bertos sharper punches were counted over his amateur slaps. great fight but lets cut the robbery shit already. Hatton he has an argument... This Collazo crying is getting on my nerves. You lost a close decision, get over it. yeah he lost, and writing out a whine letter like this, Collazo loses a lot of respect. It's a bitch move. Didn't Collazo say post fight that the decision should have been 114-113 the whole way? and to write out a letter like the one posted on the first page that basically says "yeah forget what I said previously about the fight being close, it was a robbery and I REALLY lost because Berto's a protected HBO fighter and DiBella paid off the judges" and as for Luis saying he "wants a fair chance" uh isn't Collazo the one in the ring fighting? you make your own destiny .. and Luis took the middle rounds off plus lost 11 and 12 .. that was a choice Collazo himself made and had nothing to do with the judges. So for Luis to piss and moan about being f*cked by the judges when he took rounds off (especially in a close fight .. or is it a "robbery" like Collazo writes) is very poor character. point blank Collazo should stop acting like a victim. Collazo blames everyone (DiBella, HBO, judges) but himself for the loss. and weather your a Luis fan or not, don't you notice that? if the crybaby is gonna blame HBO for protecting there fighters and screwing him out of decisions then why doesn't Luis save himself the tears and not fight for titles on HBO .. if it's chosen before hand that Luis will lose the decision regardless. regarding the actual fight, I thought Luis made a good account of himself, even in a losing effort. But to write out a letter like this, basically complaining that he got robbed in a close fight .. it's a total bitch move if you ask me. playing the blame game doesn't work when you gave rounds away. Collazo can blame HBO, and blame the judges, but he coughed this fight up, not the judges. (the 116-111 score I would say is poor though)

I had it 114-113 Berto. That is waaaay to close for either side to call robbery in my eyes, but the fight could easily have gone either way. 116-111 was BS though...