Hatton - Collazo... a show of hands

[Oasis_Lad]

should'nt we be critical of collazo

i mean he got beat off the worst version of hatton the world has ever seen

this surely means hatton deserves props for beating a slick southpaw at his very worst

i mean southpaws gave him trouble when he was in perfect condition

aka magee and collazo is ten times the fighter

this fight to me just proved hatton's resiliance and courage and his abilty to fight when the chips are down

[PATO 1]

what are you ing about? that was the score of the fight. hatton was the clear winner in a close and good fight.
anyone saying collazo won is a didnt watch the fight or cant come to terms with a white brit who has a better record than mayweather.

lolol

i was shocked because he put 155-113 read before type dip****

[GooGoo]

what are you ing about? that was the score of the fight. hatton was the clear winner in a close and good fight.
anyone saying collazo won is a didnt watch the fight or cant come to terms with a white brit who has a better record than mayweather.

Your an idiot!

[Guest]

This was not a great fight, too much grabbing and holding. It was an OK fight, but def not a great fight.

I liked the drama of the last round though...

[blockhead]

lolol

i was shocked because he put 155-113 read before type dip****

i did read it and that was the score of the fight. go **** yourself. you have proven to know nothing about the sport you nuthugging ****.

115-113 for hatton. no other score is reasonable moron.

[PATO 1]

i did read it and that was the score of the fight. go **** yourself. you have proven to know nothing about the sport you nuthugging ****.

115-113 for hatton. no other score is reasonable moron.

lolololol good post


IRON MIKE TYSON , PUT HIS SCORECARD AS 155 , YES THATS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE , NOT 115 , BUT 155

I EVEN TYPED SLOWLY BECAUSE I REALISE ******S NEED TO UNDERSTAND ASWEL

[kayjay]

It's easy to go with impression and it was certainl;y possible to have the impression that Collazo won. but Anorak is right, Hatton needed only two of the last eight rounds to win the fight by one point. He clearly did get those rounds (somewhere around rounds 8-9 I think but I only watched it once and it has been several months now), so he won the fight. Other than that he clearly lost enough rounds that he gave the impression of not being the better fighter on that night. I give him credit for winning the late rounds that he did win, though, and I liked the way he smothered Collazo. A champ finds a way to win and he did that.

[Guest]

It's easy to go with impression and it was certainl;y possible to have the impression that Collazo won. but Anorak is right, Hatton needed only two of the last eight rounds to win the fight by one point. He clearly did get those rounds (somewhere around rounds 8-9 I think but I only watched it once and it has been several months now), so he won the fight. Other than that he clearly lost enough rounds that he gave the impression of not being the better fighter on that night. I give him credit for winning the late rounds that he did win, though, and I liked the way he smothered Collazo. A champ finds a way to win and he did that.

That's the thing that people don't seem to get... Hatton may have lost the fight, but he didn't lose the boxing match.

[Guest]

No pick from Godzy? He told me on pm he thought the Paler won it.

[PATO 1]

lol this guy thinks hatton lost

Hatton Gets A Gift In His American Debut

By Frank Gonzalez Jr. May 13th, 2006 - Saturday night in Boston, former Light Welterweight Champion and the pride of Manchester England, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton made his debut in the USA, facing Brooklyn’s own, 147-pound WBA Champion Luis Collazo.

Ricky Hatton is one of my favorite fighters and I hate to say it but he proved fairly one dimensional against the slick boxing, veteran Welterweight Luis Collazo, who got floored early but came back to figure Hatton out quickly and out box him with cleaner punching and superior defense for most of the night.

In the opening moments of the fight, Hatton (41-0, 30 KO’s) landed a leaping left hook that pushed Collazo (26-2, 12 KO’s) down to the canvas from the combination of being off balance and surprised. Collazo got up quickly. When action resumed, Hatton pressed furiously, while Collazo worked to protect himself and make it out of the first round. It looked like it was going to be an easy night for Hatton and that Collazo would crumble quickly. Wrong.

After the big 10-8 first round for Hatton, Collazo slipped early in the second, and it was ruled as such. Hatton was all over Collazo with his trademark pressure. Collazo landed a clean right hook that shook Ricky up. Hatton kept pressing and landed a big right that rocked Collazo. Though Hatton was doing more damage, Collazo was getting into his rhythm and finding his road map to neutralizing The Hitman.
10-9 Hatton.

They wrestled in clinches early in the third. A head butt forced the very competent referee John Zablonke to separate them and take a time-out. Blood was dripping from a cut on Collazo’s head but he looked well able to continue. He even turned the tide in his favor with some crisp combinations that landed flush. Hatton took to grabbing on and hoping to score inside but it was Collazo who was able to deliver the more telling shots during the wild exchanges. Collazo’s defense and aggressive counter punching let Hatton and the fans watching around the world know that this would be no walk in the park for the Hitman after all.
10-9 Collazo.

Collazo opened the fourth with a spot on right hook to Hatton’s face. Hatton returned with wide swinging shots that too often were missing the mark. Collazo was using distance and good timing to be the more impressive boxer in the fourth. 10-9 Collazo.

The fifth consisted of more of the same, Hatton charging forward, grabbing in close and Collazo slipping Hatton’s punches and landing good counters in spots. Hatton looked confused and incapable of out hustling his heavily tattooed opponent with the fast hands and slick mobility. A time out was called as the ref separated the fighters to check the blood streaming slowly from Collazo’s head from the earlier head butt. Collazo peppered Hatton with shots that had Hatton’s left eye swelling shut. 10-9 Collazo.

The seventh was a better round for Hatton in some spots but Collazo continued to be the ring general, in control and scoring the more better shots, while Hatton charged forward, clinched and constantly had to reset his offense. Another time out was called to fix tape on Collazo’s gloves. Why don’t they all use duct tape? It has to be intentional to use anything less. Collazo didn’t need the extra time outs though. Hatton worked hard but was mostly ineffective against the slick southpaw from Brooklyn.
10-9 Collazo.

In the eighth, Hatton started retaking the momentum as he worked quite hard to get inside and land some good shots. Collazo swarmed Hatton to neutralize the effect of Ricky’s rally. Hatton was able to do some good work in the eighth, enough to say he won that round.
10-9 Hatton.

The ninth saw a desperate Ricky Hatton struggle to land anything cleanly. Collazo held his ground and traded with Ricky in spots. Late in the round, Collazo landed a flush left that had to hurt. Hatton’s sheer pressure kept this a fairly even round. Hatton’s left eye was just about closed at the sound of the bell.
Even.

Hatton aggressively pressed the action to open the tenth. Collazo fell from a push, called a slip. Collazo landed a left followed by a combo to the body. Hatton landed a left right combo, they slugged it out and Ricky got the better of it until Collazo elected to box outside and take advantage of his superior boxing skill. Late in the round, Hatton landed a big right.
10-9 Hatton.

Between rounds, Hatton was furiously attended to in his corner to control the swelling over his left eye. Ricky looked something I’ve never seen before; tired. His face was a swollen pulp. Collazo looked fresh and save for the cut over his forehead, appeared relatively unblemished in his corner.

The eleventh was more of the same, with Collazo landing the cleaner punches and Hatton missing too often during ineffective rallies.
10-9 Collazo.

In the final round, Hatton slipped in the corner of the ring (ruled a slip). Collazo pummeled Ricky with a variety of shots, notably a right to the face that gave the impression that Hatton could be on his way to losing by knockout. Hatton desperately pressed on, albeit ineffectively. I can’t imagine anyone who knows anything about boxing could have scored Hatton the winner of the final round. 10-9 Collazo.

As the official scores were read, 114-113 and 115-112 twice, I was almost shocked that Luis Collazo was about to get his due. Then I heard, “And the new…”

Ricky Hatton is a tremendous fighter and a great ambassador for boxing but Luis Collazo clearly out boxed him for eight of twelve rounds. Somehow, the Judges scored Hatton the winner by Unanimous Decision