Don't go to war with Collazo, Hatton warns Khan

Agreed.This Dude just won't go away.Somebody needs to give Ricky a hug and tell him he is irrelevant in the whole scheme of things.

 

Since when has Collazo turned into a big puncher? He's always been a classy boxer. With that said Khan always gets lured into a war in pretty much every fight he has.

 

Amir proved a whole lot before by taking on who Mayweather is taking now, Chino Maidana, two rounds into their fight and Chino was on the floor screaming in pain due to a perfectly placed body shot, Khan dominated the fight and showed a gritty chin and willpower to survive all mighty bombing affair in the end stretch so this Garcia loss or that Diaz knockdown are almost irrelevant. The guy has ring generalship, good legs to travel on, fast, fast hands to flurry, power in either hand and is very ambitious. There are a lot of people tryin to treat Amir with descredit and look at guys like Brook as the next big thing. I firmly disagree. Hatton made the UK proud and Amir has a chance against Money.

 

Sometimes the opponent makes you go to war, you can't avoid taking shots sometimes. Collazo will land on Khan and we shall see how he reacts, since leaving Ariza he has looked worse than ever at taking shots but a move to 147 might help but again we shall see.

 

This.

Folks fixate about his chin, or lack thereof, but a fighter can compensate for a shaky beard by using his ring IQ and defensive abilities.

Sadly, Khan has very little of either. Moreover, as you pointed out, his lack of punching power encourages guys to load up on him and look for the one big shot.

 

Collazo fell off hard in the years following the Berto robbery.

His schedule between January 2009 until January 2014 was awful - both in terms of activity and opponent quality.

That is five entire calendar years, and he fought six times, with only a single remotely decent ranked opponent - hard-hitting but incredibly slow fringe contender Freddy Hernandez - who kicked his butt. Otherwise he went 5-0 (3) against the bottom of the barrel, and struggled with that caliber at times more than a former champ in his late twenties/early thirties ought to. Some of the layoffs bridging his shitty performances were lengthy enough to derail any career: 5 months, 22 months, 6 months, 12 months, 6 months, 5 months and 4 months on the shelf between Berto and Ortiz.

Then we come to his supposed comeback earlier this year - the surprise kayo against Ortiz.

Collazo looked sharp in both rounds, essentially picking up where he left off in the 2nd half against Alan Sanchez after a sluggish start.

Even so, it was Victor Ortiz - a guy nineteen months removed from his last ring appearance, in which he took a beating (unlike the judges, I actually had Lopez up when it was stopped; he would've been robbed if not for luckily breaking Ortiz's jaw...) which itself was his only bout in 2012, after going through a grueling 2011. (Berto war followed by Mayweather KO).

Not too much can be read into that KO, if you ask me.

I have no doubt Collazo as he says is taking his career seriously again, had some management issues during his lean years there, and is rededicated to his training and improving for it - but he is still more than 5 years removed from his last solid performance versus a credible opponent. (and Victor Ortiz in January 2014 simply wasn't credible, despite his staying name value)

On name value along, Collazo vaulted himself back up into the spotlight, which is why he is even in consideration for a match with someone as high-profile as Khan...and they are probably smacking their lips realizing that Collazo's illusory stoppage of the realistically now-useless Ortiz creates a perfect scenario where casual fans will accept him to be a challenge when in fact his run of form since January 2009 speaks volumes on the contrary.



...having said all that, don't be surprised if the past-it Collazo does spark him out. :yep Khan was in his WW debut put on the deck by a shot lightweight contender from last decade in Kidd Diaz. (and don't give me "he gave Porter hell, so Diaz still had plenty left" - Porter is extremely flawed and like Khan matched up poorly with Diaz in terms of styles...)


Hatton is 100% correct. Khan should be cautious...even though Collazo of now is a shell of Collazo that Hatton fought. If Khan is careful, then he can outbox the shitty low-output Collazo that gave away rounds to Alan Sanchez and went life and death in spots with Steve Chambers...or knocked around the ring by Freddy Hernandez. He might even be able to drop or stop Collazo if he wears him down with activity from outside. Rumbling with Collazo will end badly...as it did for the even dumber Ortiz.

 

maidana would beg to differ regarding the power bit...

also at 147 it remains to be seen if his power is effective... so many questions to be answered come Saturday... gona be a great night

 

Well that clears things right up for me, thanks for the informed response IB :good

How do u actually see the fight panning out? I think Callazos best strategy is to put khan under pressure as imo khan does not have the power to keep guys off if they try to walk him down Nor does he have the inside game... Peterson did this very well even tho I did not think he won the fight, I feel the only reason why Maidana didn't do this was due to being slowed from the body shot he suffered in round 2... And obviously when he'd fully recovered coming into the late rounds he did it effectively...

I feel this tactic will always work again Khan, I know Callazo is essentially a boxer puncher but does he have the skills to adapt and use his size and weight advantage?

 

Khan shouldn't even go to war with his bedroom pillow.

 

Since joining up with Hunter Khan has shown signs his old self of trying not to jump in and box, let's see if this year out of the ring and a 8month on and off camp under Hunter has improved Khan's mind set and having him going back to pure boxing mode..

I sense we will see a wiser and more controlled Khan this Saturday night..

Let's see..