Luis Collazo speaks out! Blasts HBO for protecting Berto.

[Mojita]

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

[Steak]

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.

[Owlzfan84]

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.

[Mr. Ryan]

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.

[MJ406]

Good is the enemy of great, which is why Luis Collazo will never be that next level type of fighter.[/QUOTE]


well especially if Collazo's gonna launch a laundry list of reasons for why he loses.

**** the rematch, get this baby a bottle.

[Dynamite Kid]

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


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.

[MJ406]

Another good post


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.

[Mr. Ryan]

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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.

[Dynamite Kid]

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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.

[catalinul]

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.