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By Jason "J-Gon" Gonzalez
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Collazo with trainer/manager Nirmal Lorick
After losing what many considered to be a controversial decision to England’s Ricky Hatton, Luis Collazo of Williamsburg, Brooklyn did more than enough to win over the suits at HBO. The stage is set Saturday, February 10th, the Puerto Rican southpaw will engage in battle with the former three division champion and future hall of famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada for the WBC Interim Welterweight Championship.
Under the guidance of Byron Oglesby, Collazo (27-2, 13 KO’s) will be completing a 4-week training camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. With the first two weeks in the bag already, ********* spoke candidly with Oglesby as we get a sneak peak into the Collazo camp.
Mosley (43-4, 38 KO’s) was originally scheduled to face Kermit Cintron for his IBF championship, but due to contractual problems between Cintron and his promoter Bobby Bostick, Cintron was scratched and in came Collazo. Collazo is no stranger to taking fights on short notice. The Hatton fight was on short notice and he beat Jose Antonio Rivera for the WBA welterweight title on two weeks notice.
“I have known Louie and Nirmal [Collazo’s head trainer] for about 11 years now. At the time I was working with the Simms brothers. And between traveling from New York to Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, we had to cross paths more than once. I developed a working relationship with Nirmal. He helped me with Travis and Tarvis and I helped him with Louie. The rest was history. We developed into a family,” said Oglesby, 36.
Oglesby, who is originally from Atlanta, normally brings his fighters back to his neck of the woods to train. But now in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, one must wonder why the change? “First and foremost Louie wanted to train in a much warmer climate. And as you know we had Travis going for the title down in Hollywood, FL. We were all here already. Louie helped Travis get ready and vice versa. So we killed two birds with one stone.”
When asked if this camp was any different than previous camps, Oglesby replied, “Not much different than before. Obviously every fight is different but we are implementing the same formula. All we are doing is fine-tuning some of the things in Louie’s arsenal. We are going to make sure we fight the right fight on February 10th. We plan on capitalizing on all of Shane’s weaknesses.”
Exactly what are Shane’s weaknesses? “Put it like this…we are preparing for everything he does well and we are preparing for everything he does poorly. We are getting ready and Louie will fight a tremendous fight”, Oglesby responded.
At just 25-years-of-age, and already a world champion, you have to wonder if Collazo has scratched the surface of his maximum potential. His valiant performance against Hatton resulted in Hatton moving back to junior welterweight. So how does Oglesby assess his progress? “The Ricky Hatton fight was a maturing process. He is the reason why Louie will shine on the tenth of February. A young lion like Louie isn’t going to make the same mistake twice.”
Collazo has been doing roadwork and light sparring. He is currently running 5-minute miles on both sand and turf. And so far he has sparred with WBA junior middleweight champion Travis Simms, super middleweight prospect Jaidon Codrington and the WBA No. 1 ranked middleweight Randy Griffin.
Tune in next week for camp notes from week three of Camp Collazo. Junior middleweight Jesus Felipe Valverde and junior welterweight prospects Edgar Santana and Kendall Holt will round out the sparring for week three.
http://www.*********.com/j-gon82.htm
Collazo with trainer/manager Nirmal Lorick
After losing what many considered to be a controversial decision to England’s Ricky Hatton, Luis Collazo of Williamsburg, Brooklyn did more than enough to win over the suits at HBO. The stage is set Saturday, February 10th, the Puerto Rican southpaw will engage in battle with the former three division champion and future hall of famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada for the WBC Interim Welterweight Championship.
Under the guidance of Byron Oglesby, Collazo (27-2, 13 KO’s) will be completing a 4-week training camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. With the first two weeks in the bag already, ********* spoke candidly with Oglesby as we get a sneak peak into the Collazo camp.
Mosley (43-4, 38 KO’s) was originally scheduled to face Kermit Cintron for his IBF championship, but due to contractual problems between Cintron and his promoter Bobby Bostick, Cintron was scratched and in came Collazo. Collazo is no stranger to taking fights on short notice. The Hatton fight was on short notice and he beat Jose Antonio Rivera for the WBA welterweight title on two weeks notice.
“I have known Louie and Nirmal [Collazo’s head trainer] for about 11 years now. At the time I was working with the Simms brothers. And between traveling from New York to Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, we had to cross paths more than once. I developed a working relationship with Nirmal. He helped me with Travis and Tarvis and I helped him with Louie. The rest was history. We developed into a family,” said Oglesby, 36.
Oglesby, who is originally from Atlanta, normally brings his fighters back to his neck of the woods to train. But now in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, one must wonder why the change? “First and foremost Louie wanted to train in a much warmer climate. And as you know we had Travis going for the title down in Hollywood, FL. We were all here already. Louie helped Travis get ready and vice versa. So we killed two birds with one stone.”
When asked if this camp was any different than previous camps, Oglesby replied, “Not much different than before. Obviously every fight is different but we are implementing the same formula. All we are doing is fine-tuning some of the things in Louie’s arsenal. We are going to make sure we fight the right fight on February 10th. We plan on capitalizing on all of Shane’s weaknesses.”
Exactly what are Shane’s weaknesses? “Put it like this…we are preparing for everything he does well and we are preparing for everything he does poorly. We are getting ready and Louie will fight a tremendous fight”, Oglesby responded.
At just 25-years-of-age, and already a world champion, you have to wonder if Collazo has scratched the surface of his maximum potential. His valiant performance against Hatton resulted in Hatton moving back to junior welterweight. So how does Oglesby assess his progress? “The Ricky Hatton fight was a maturing process. He is the reason why Louie will shine on the tenth of February. A young lion like Louie isn’t going to make the same mistake twice.”
Collazo has been doing roadwork and light sparring. He is currently running 5-minute miles on both sand and turf. And so far he has sparred with WBA junior middleweight champion Travis Simms, super middleweight prospect Jaidon Codrington and the WBA No. 1 ranked middleweight Randy Griffin.
Tune in next week for camp notes from week three of Camp Collazo. Junior middleweight Jesus Felipe Valverde and junior welterweight prospects Edgar Santana and Kendall Holt will round out the sparring for week three.
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