Did Collazo Surprise Anyone?

He didn't surprise me....went as expected with the exception of the decision.

I remember the Hatton fight and Collazo impressed and surprised me then.

 

Yeah he did. I didn't think he'd win more than three rounds. Figured Berto's speed and combinations would be too much.

 

Nope i knew he could beat Berto but he did surprise a lot of people who dont know that much about him.

 

Actually overall I thought I saw a lot of people picking a Collazo upset or at least saying he comes damn close.

 

i think ur expectations are too high for collazo
he looked very good against berto
especially given berto's huge speed advantage
i think collazo is as good as he showed us against berto
it wont get any better
im sorry to say because i kno u expect so much more

 

not really i knew collazo was good and thought he would be able to pull off the upset being he is the awkward lefty with a pretty solid chin.

 

Collazo is a likeble guy a good fighter which always come short I think he wasted a lot's of energy chasing Berto and ran out gas in the end, wrong strategy dropping the hands this create a bad impression with the officials looks like Berto wanted more than him. I think he will endup like Judah if you want to be considered a top dog you must pass thru him.

 

He surprised me in a few things and I actually expected Collazo to loose more convincingly, especially after his last performance against Mosley.

He proved he could take Berto's best punch. I didn't think he would be as durable as he proved to be. He brought the fight to Berto and made Berto fight his fight during most of the fight. However, he also surprised me of how careless and aggressive he got at times. It seemed that because he was on tv. and in a big event (championship fight), he wanted to impress the crowed and those at home watching. Or who knows, maybe he just got over anxious.

When I was watching the fight, into the third round or fourth I knew Collazo was going to gas out. When it was the mid rounds and he was walking around with his hands down, I thought he was going to loose and possibly be ko'd later in the fight. But he didn't, by the end, I thought he did enough to get the edge on points, considering the point deduction earlier. With all that said, Collazo exceeded my expectations. I don't think he could have done much better, with exception of not over shooting himself early on.

 

^ san you don't think that had anything to do with the pace of the fight?

it's been well documented going into this fight vs Berto that this could be one of Collazo's last cracks at a title

with the high stakes taken into consideration why would Collazo purposely as you say

"not throwing any punches, posing, dropping his hands"

what if the fast pace of the fight just effected Luis more then Berto?

or was it something else .. that Luis didn't counter punch and chose to brawl, because he thought he had an advantage and could take out the younger, less tested/proven Berto

what do you think of either of those possibilities.

good thread.

 

Collazo is such a frustrating fighter to watch, he could have beaten Hatton convincingly with a little more aggression, or not even aggression, just more willingness to pull the trigger. Against Mosely he stood around posing for 12 rounds. He seems to want to wait for the perfect opportunity to counter punch, but he doesn't have the power to fight like that - he needs to fight more like JMM and less like Arthur Abrham.

So no, I expect to be frustarted and confused watching LC.