Comments Thread For: Thurman-Collazo, Harrison-Nelson - July 11 on ESPN

[bigjavi973]

Thurman KO's Collazo... Don't be surprised if Thurman gets dropped. Good test for Harrison.

[icha]

so ESPN trying to keep FNF level...

[big_james10]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...champions-card

Awful fight

I agree that this is a terrible mismatch of a fight. However, I have to say that it is no worse than GGG/Munroe Jr. or Alvarez/Kirkland.

The best decision Collazo ever made was signing with Al Haymon. Collazo is a b-level fighter who is way past his prime, but he is getting fights, he is getting television exposer and he is getting paid well. That wouldn't be happening if he was fighting for Top Rank or GBP.

[DreamerUSA]

Better but wouldve got the same crap for it.

Exactly. The top ten welterweights are all tied up for the most part. So no matter what, he would of just been fighting a guy with a name. If he fought Devon he would get clowned cause Khan just hung an L on him. If it was Berto he would still be cherry picking. So he was going to take **** no matter what if he wanted to stay busy.

[Weebler I]

I don't think Thurman can quite do what Khan did, I would also hope Collazo would bring it a bit better than he did that night.

Thurman is a big favorite though, so I can understand not liking it.

? Thurman will knock Collazo out.

Disappointing match-up which you can guarantee Thurman didn't want, I expect he'll complain about it to the media.

Respect to Collazo though, he called out Thurman way back.

[bigjavi973]

Hold up. So some are ok with the Khan-Algieri fight but not the Thurman Collazo fight?

[hhs661]

I agree that this is a terrible mismatch of a fight. However, I have to say that it is no worse than GGG/Munroe Jr. or Alvarez/Kirkland.

The best decision Collazo ever made was signing with Al Haymon. Collazo is a b-level fighter who is way past his prime, but he is getting fights, he is getting television exposer and he is getting paid well. That wouldn't be happening if he was fighting for Top Rank or GBP.

This matchup isn't even near as bad as those two. I don't think collazo has a chance, but i do like the fact that Thurman's going to be shown on multiple platforms.

[AgainstTheRopes]

Exactly. The top ten welterweights are all tied up for the most part. So no matter what, he would of just been fighting a guy with a name. If he fought Devon he would get clowned cause Khan just hung an L on him. If it was Berto he would still be cherry picking. So he was going to take **** no matter what if he wanted to stay busy.

Haymon's in a tough spot. he has a limited amount of guys at Welterweight and he needs to match make selectively. Thats why you got Guerrero fighting a scrub so he can look impressive, fight a decent name like Josesito Lopez or Devon Alexander with the winner getting a fight against say Adrien Broner or Maidana.

[-DSG-]

Hold up. So some are ok with the Khan-Algieri fight but not the Thurman Collazo fight?

Both fights suck just like Brook-Gavin sucks.

[FrankieClutch]

I'm not a fan of this fight. It feels like a step backwards for Keith, to be honest