Berto-Collazo II In The Works!

Berto-Collazo II in the works! By Lee Bates WBC executive secretary Mauricio Sulaiman sent a letter to the parties of WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0,19 KOs) and former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (30-4,15 KOs) to begin free negotiations of a rematch on their January 17th bout of earlier this year. This ruling had been decided at the last WBC Convention that was held in Chengdu, China. If no agreement is reached then the WBC will conduct a purse bid offer on July 17th at the WBC offices in Mexico City. Berto narrowly defeated Collazo by decision in their bout. Each fighter has had one fight since then. Berto easily decisioned Juan Urango last month, while Collazo to keep busy stopped journeyman David Gogichaishvili this past weekend. (copied from f*i*g*h*t*n*e*w*s.com

Comments (20)

hookoutofhell

in the first fight i was fairly impartial about who i wanted to win, i might have chosen berto because he was a good young fighter who was trying to make hi wasy. since thne however he hasn't looked to take on the big dogs and looks like he would be out opf depth. i hope whoever wins starts to take on the best fighters and actually shows some ambition by trying to make bouts with clottey, williams, or even SSM

16y ago

DuttyAlacrity

Collazo definitely deserves this rematch I think he got shafted in the first fight

16y ago

JoHnNyBoXeR

i hope luis kicks his ass

16y ago

Luis12

From his twitter 4 hours ago. http://twitter.com/AndreBerto lol. shane will ko berto in maybe 2-3rds

16y ago

luxor311

There is still no deal in the works and no ink on the table. Its obvious that Berto's people are avoiding Collazo and looking to cash in on a more lucrative fight outside the WBC.

16y ago

Jean28

Berto stole the 1st fight from Collazo. Collazo will win the 2nd.

16y ago

aristotlemoses

I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch, but I'd like to see him go up against someone like Clottey or Quintana eventhough he is supposed to be fighting yorgey.

16y ago

mrpain81

From his twitter 4 hours ago. Andre Bertothere is no truth about a rematch right now its just all talk iam tryin to fight bigger better fights like Shane so dont believe everything http://twitter.com/AndreBerto

16y ago

MaFu_MoFo

I got 2 words... ABOUT FOCKING TIME!!!

16y ago

Iceta

Luis got robbed the 1st time he deserves the belt not a rematch since he won in the 1st place. How was that fight a robbery? It was Berto who was tearing Collazo up with those body shots. And Collazo had a decent size cut over his eye as well and he lost the last two rounds. It was a close fight, but a rematch would be no different, and that's why Dibella is having Berto fight this guy again. Dibella is terrified of putting Berto in with someone with pop.

16y ago

Mighty_Windir

Luis got robbed the 1st time he deserves the belt not a rematch since he won in the 1st place.

16y ago

TredKiller

Ever heard of Julio Cesar Chavez JR? lmfao!, its better off he doesnt lol

16y ago

Dynamite_Kid

Why ? Berto will win again and prolly have an easier time.

16y ago

KNan

Its about time Luisito deserves the shot!!!! Yeah, but only because he made it close last time, but not convincingly enough to win. You gotta take it from the champ- you know the rules... Every other time he's gotten his "deserved" shot, he's come up short.. Idk why everybody acting like he's Mr. Hard Luck.. He aint no Josh Clottey.

16y ago

KNan

Can we leave Andre Berto alone now? I feel like the forum has been overly harsh on him, but he's taking the fight that everybody thought he should take.

16y ago

joeyg512

Callazo deserves a chance...... I thought the last fight could have gone either way more to Callazo. Berto gots great speed but never been impressed by him.

16y ago

MANGLER

This fight needs to happen. Luis deserves a rematch.

16y ago

vercingetorix3

UD for Berto by wider margins.

16y ago

yeykax

Its about time Luisito deserves the shot!!!!

16y ago

clemente

I think HBO would definately sign up for this fight. do the fighters fight for the same amount of money as the first fight, or do they get more? hbo is probably gonna pay the same amount, if anything berto should take a little less this time around..

16y ago