By Jason "J-Gon" Gonzalez
"The rumor about Luis Collazo breaking his wrist is completely false," says Nirmal Lorick, trainer of the WBA welterweight champion. "It's a total lie. That might be Ricky [Hatton's] camp's way of turning down the fight. The fight is a go, however we have not received any dollar value. We want to make sure we get the same monetary value for fighting one of the best fighters pound-for-pound. I give Ricky Hatton his props. Ricky is one of the best fighters pound-for-pound, we just want to get paid....There's a $2.9 million jackpot, HBO is putting some money in, what we want is $1 million for the fight. [Monday] the WBA gave us the exemption on making the mandatory against Oktay Urkal." Collazo was slated to face Urkal on May 6. Lorick added that promoter Don King has received an undisclosed offer.
Tuesday, March 21 2006
"The rumor about Luis Collazo breaking his wrist is completely false," says Nirmal Lorick, trainer of the WBA welterweight champion. "It's a total lie. That might be Ricky [Hatton's] camp's way of turning down the fight. The fight is a go, however we have not received any dollar value. We want to make sure we get the same monetary value for fighting one of the best fighters pound-for-pound. I give Ricky Hatton his props. Ricky is one of the best fighters pound-for-pound, we just want to get paid....There's a $2.9 million jackpot, HBO is putting some money in, what we want is $1 million for the fight. [Monday] the WBA gave us the exemption on making the mandatory against Oktay Urkal." Collazo was slated to face Urkal on May 6. Lorick added that promoter Don King has received an undisclosed offer.
Tuesday, March 21 2006
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