Don't expect Gatti-Ward or, for that matter, even Gatti-Baldomir. It's almost mathematically impossible for Hopkins-Dawson to be anything other than a tactical chess match. However, the match-up between the 46-year-old, age-defying master and his consensus top challenger is the fight to make at light heavyweight and the logical progression of events if fans are to … [Read more...]
Golden Boy Signs Luis Collazo
Former welterweight world titlist, Luis Collazo (31-4, 16 KOs) has just signed an exclusive promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Collazo, a talented 30-year-old southpaw with a fringe following among Puerto Rican fans, has suffered from long bouts of inactivity over the last several years of his career, just fighting six times over the last four years. A former … [Read more...]
Mundine, Collazo, and Salita in Wednesday Action
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Queensland, Australia-- In a rematch of last December's shocking upset, Anthony Mundine (41-4, 24 KOs) evened up the score by taking a unanimous ten round decision from Garth Wood (10-2, 6 KOs). The affair was crude and bloody throughout, with both fighters suffering cuts due to accidental head clashes. Mundine managed to pull ahead … [Read more...]
Collazo, Salita Return Wednesday Night in NYC
Former WBA welterweight champ, Luis Collazo (30-4, 15 KOs) returns to active status Wednesday night, April 13th, at the Oceana in Brooklyn, New York in a jr. middleweight contest against club fighter, Franklin Gonzalez (13-8, 9 KOs). Collazo, who has been in the ring with the likes of Ricky Hatton, Shane Mosley, and Andre Berto, has had his career stalled in recent years by … [Read more...]
Who Can Defrost the Frozen Welterweight Division?
by Paul Magno The welterweight division still boasts boxing's two best fighters in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather as well as a pretty serviceable, if slightly unproven, Andre Berto as a third wheel. But below them, other than a 39-year old Shane Mosley, already sporting a one-sided loss to Mayweather and scheduled to face Pacquiao on May 7th, the division is almost … [Read more...]