Oscar Collazo: record, next fight and profile →
Collazo, Jerusalem Fight Photos Gallery - Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California - Making history for Villalba, Puerto Rico, Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (7-0, 4 KOs) etched his name amongst the greats of Puerto Rican fighters and his division by being the fastest to become a world champion in the minimumweight division.
Oscar Collazo was more than ready Saturday night for a world champion despite his lack of professional experience. The powerful, skillful southpaw battered Melvin Jerusalem over the final four rounds of their fight and stopped him after a one-sided seventh round at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. After absorbing a lot of body shots, Jerusalem told referee Ray Corona that he didn’t want to continue after the seventh round of their WBO minimumweight championship match on the Alexis Rocha-Anthony Young undercard.
Alexis 'Lex' Rocha continues to properly maintain his welterweight frame. The 25-year-old southpaw from Santa Ana, California was right within the tight weight range that he has enjoyed throughout his pro career spanning more than seven years. His latest trip to the scale was no exception as Rocha was 146.6 pounds for his rescheduled twelve-round contest versus Atlantic City’s Anthony 'Juice' Young, who was 146.4 pounds.
On his historic journey to become the fastest world champion in his division, Villaba, Puerto Rico’s Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (6-0, 4 KOs) hosted a media workout at Wolf Elite Boxing in his native Puerto Rico. Collazo will challenge current WBO Minimumweight Titleholder Melvin “Gringo” Jerusalem (20-2, 12 KOs) of Santos City, Philippines in a 12-round fight presented in association with Miguel Cotto Promotions on the DAZN Rocha vs. Young undercard.
The fight night is set for Rocha vs. Young, scheduled on Saturday, May 27 live from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. The main event features Alexis “Lex” Rocha (22-1, 14 KOs) who will defend his NABO Welterweight title for the third time against Anthony “Juice” Young (24-2, 8 KOs) in a 12-round fight.
The promoters for Oscar Collazo got it right the second time around. Golden Boy Promotions and Cotto Promotions have jointly gained control of Collazo’s mandatory title challenge of WBO strawweight titlist Melvin Jerusalem. The promotional partners claimed rights to the title fight after submitting $152,000
Melvin Jerusalem and Oscar Collazo remain in a holding pattern. A purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights for the WBO strawweight title fight ended in a default. Thursday’s session saw just one participant, Hector Soto on behalf of Promociones Miguel Cotto and Golden Boy Promotions—Collazo's co-promoters. His attempted offer was invalidated for failure to comply with purse bid terms.
A title fight in boxing’s tiniest division is now subject to the highest bidder. The 30-day negotiation period provided to Philippines’ Melvin Jerusalem and Puerto Rico’s Oscar Collazo has expired without a deal in place, which means their WBO strawweight title fight will head to a purse bid. The sanctioning body has scheduled the hearing for February 23, along with the Kazuto Ioka-Junto Nakatani WBO junior bantamweight title fight.
Melvin Jerusalem and Oscar Collazo will have to cut short their respective victory laps and begin talks for a head-on collision. The WBO has formally ordered a mandatory strawweight title fight between the Philippines’ Jerusalem as its newly crowned champ and Puerto Rico’s Collazo who just became the top contender over the weekend. The two camps have until February 14 to reach teams and avoid a purse bid hearing.
Oscar Collazo can enjoy dealer’s choice for his first career title fight. The unbeaten Puerto Rican southpaw became a double mandatory challenger after a statement-making fifth-round knockout over Mexico’s Yudel Reyes. Collazo floored Reyes twice in the fateful round, the latter producing the stoppage at 2:59 of round five in their DAZN-aired opener Saturday evening at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.