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how did it go down? decision or stoppage? who won?
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yeah thanksComment
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this is how i seen it. both times.
by graham houston:
This was predictably Berto’s toughest fight, but I think it must have been a tremendous learning experience for the 25-year-old from Winter Haven, FL. It looked, after four rounds, as if Berto was in serious danger of losing his WBC title and unbeaten record, but he showed grit and also the ability to make adjustments. With the fight in the balance, I thought that Berto pulled out the win by finishing strongly.
Collazo started very well indeed and had frequent moments of ascendancy, but overall I thought that Berto was edging his way in front with some impressive jabbing and body punching.
Berto had to fight hard and dig down deep, though. Collazo got off to a flying start when he landed a one-two from his southpaw stance that sent an off-balance Berto into the ropes in the first round, and the 27-year-old Brooklyn fighter, of Puerto Rican heritage, looked well-placed to pull off the upset when referee Keith Hughes instructed the judges to take a point from Berto’s score for holding in the fourth.
At this stage of the proceedings, Berto was getting nailed too often by left hands through the middle, while Collazo usually outhustled him by busily throwing a high volume of punches on the inside.
Berto was starting to settle down, though, after being made to look ordinary. The fourth round was the worst for Berto as Collazo backed him up and scored points. Berto remained calm and steady, though, and by the fifth he was landing the heavier punches, sending Collazo’s gum shield out of his mouth with a right-hander. By mixing up his tactics, sometimes jabbing and using the ring, at other times pressing in and letting his hands go, Berto was taking Collazo out of his stride.
As hard and as well as Berto fought, though, he was having to make a supreme effort against a competent and game Collazo.
Berto had a vertical cut over the right eye from a clash of heads, but Collazo suffered a cut over the left eye.
Collazo was being walked down and hurt to the body by the later rounds. Berto showed savvy by going to a shiftier style of boxing, moving, jabbing and countering in some rounds, but he was at his best when he took the fight to Collazo and let fly with body shots and combinations.
The last two rounds saw Berto ratchet up his attack and this is what impressed me the most about him. He went after Collazo and seemed to be hurting him to the body in the last round. It was a hard-driving finish to the fight by Berto and it allowed him to pull in front on the scorecards (a flattering 116-111, then two scores of 114-113). Collazo fought an excellent fight but couldn’t match Berto’s greater strength and energy in the home straight.
This close, tough contest should make Berto a better fighter. Berto didn’t get discouraged when he was cut and falling behind, and Collazo simply couldn’t stay with him in the last round — the round that decided the
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Berto was faster and landed some crisp shots, but he got outworked on the inside for some of the fight. It seemed that when Collazo stepped up his workrate inside Berto had no answer and Collazo got the best of him. Collazo faded badly in the last two rounds and Berto swept them, making it a 6-6 fight on my card, I would have had Collazo winning 114-113 because of the deduction. Berto showed himself to be susceptible to body work and infighting, as well as workrate. But he also landed some crisp shots with awesome handspeed. Collazo showed he was very durable and good at pressuring, but he didnt have the conditioning to close the show.Comment
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interesting, thanks guysComment
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