Luis Collazo vs. Samuel Andrés Vargas Ariza

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God's Way or The Bull of Bogotá?

Poll closed Mar 17, 2019.

  1. Collazo on points

    3 vote(s)
    27.3%

  2. Collazo by stoppage

    5 vote(s)
    45.5%

  3. Draw

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  4. Vargas on points

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  5. Vargas by stoppage

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Co-main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card on St. Patricks Day @ MSG in the "Little" Hulu Theater. Scheduled for 10 rounds at welterweight. Collazo is rated #12 in the division by the WBO, and Vargas is #11 in the WBA rankings and current holder of their North American title.

    Height and reach are precisely the same. Vargas has the slightly prettier record, a decade less on the odometer, and is eight years the Puerto Rican southpaw's junior. That said, Collazo has been written off as shot to bits many times before, only to silence his critics with a timely upset...and his ring IQ soars above Vargas, who probably won't ever know 1% as much about the sport as Collazo has forgotten. Plus, I'll never forget this:

    (from a thread entitled "best win of 2013")


    ...and, Collazo is currently 1-0 (1) against opponents named Sam V. :sisi1
     
    IntentionalButt, Feb 28, 2019
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  2. BoboFett

    BoboFett Member Full Member

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    I think Collazo takes it by late KO/TKO. He always comes to fight and that right hook of his is pretty decent. But he's up there in years.
     
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  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Yeah - for that latter reason I'm vacillating between a grind-down stoppage or a wide UD. Vargas is abysmally bad at fighting, but he isn't exactly chinny.

    On the flipside, if Father Time does finally catch up with God's Way, of course we all know what happens when a Mexican starts putting the squeeze on a disinterested boricua. :sisi1
     
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  4. Mike1978

    Mike1978 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I thought Collazo was with Al Haymon, surprised he is fighting on espn.
     
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  5. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Still going,may get a rematch with Thurman should he win.
     
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  6. Somachenko

    Somachenko The Matador Team Full Member

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    Vargas received a gift draw against a fairly atrocious Mauro Godoy, so my inclination is that Collazo is just a step above him in class and will either win by UD or stop him in the last 3 rounds
     
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  7. thegoose86

    thegoose86 Member Full Member

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    Vargas did pretty well vs Khan even dropping him, but that could be a sign of how little Khan has left. Vargas may be Columbian but not in the same way Eledier Alvarez is since Vargas sounds like a regular white person from Toronto.

    anyway I think it's not going to be as wide as people think but should be a 8-4, 7-5 Collozo win (he's OOOOLD)
     
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  8. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Collazo was robbed against Berto and Hatton.
     
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  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    A long time ago, in a galaxy far away.
     
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  10. thegoose86

    thegoose86 Member Full Member

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    they both have Khan in common as an opponent and Vargas did considerably better but also Khan did considerably worse.
     
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  11. FloatingGhost

    FloatingGhost Some guy Full Member

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    This is very true...

    ...as is this.
     
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  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Odds:

    Collazo 10/11
    Vargas 6/5
    Draw 20/1
     
    IntentionalButt, Mar 11, 2019
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  13. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cant believe Collazo is still fighting. I was so pissed when he took the title off of Jose Antonio Rivera WAY back. Dude's a fighter.
     
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  14. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Collazo stoppage late rounds after pantsing him all fight long. 9th round sounds about right.
     
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  15. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like Vargas. Tough as nails and in shape.
     
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