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Let’s just get this straight, WBA welterweight titlist Marcos Maidana is a rather one dimensional pressure fighter. Yes, what he does, he does very well, but everyone is well aware of his game plan going into tonight’s unification title fight with WBC welter champion Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM …

BLUE CORNER RED CORNER MAIN EVENT – WBC, WBA & RING MAGAZINE WELTERWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS Floyd MAYWEATHER vs. Marcos R. MAIDANA Las Vegas, NV Santa Fe, ARG 45-0 (26 KOs) 35-3 (31 KOs) Weight: 146 lbs. Weight: 146.5 lbs. WBC SILVER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE – 12 ROUNDS Amir KHAN …

British boxing star Amir Khan has vowed to look his best yet, despite spending the past year out of the ring. The former unified Light-welterweight World Champion has endured a frustrating 12 months having seen his chances of fighting Floyd Mayweather disintegrate when the pound-for-pound ace opted to fight Argentine …

An explosive matchup of two world-class fighters is coming to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 3, when British superstar and former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan faces Brooklyn native and WBA International Welterweight Champion Luis Collazo in the 12-round welterweight co-main event …

World Boxing Association International welterweight champion, Luis Collazo, is ready to defend his belt before Víctor Ortíz on January 30, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Collazo and Ortiz passed the weigh-in held on Wednesday, when they both marked 146,6 pounds to be ready and wait for the …

© Hatton Promotions / Mark Robinson Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement from professional boxing following a glorious career which saw him win world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight. ‘The Hitman’ will now concentrate on continuing to build Hatton Promotions that has produced many champions in just over two years.

Already home to a roster of the best boxers in the world, Golden Boy Promotions is proud to announce the latest addition to its team, former Welterweight World Champion Luis Collazo, who today signed an exclusive promotional agreement with the Los Angeles based boxing promoter. “Luis Collazo has been a …

Tonight sees a good welterweight fight scheduled at Foxwoods Casino in Manshantucket, CT as Andre Berto puts his WBC title at risk against former light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz. Since winning the title against Miguel Angel Rodriguez in 2008, Berto, 27-0 (21), has defeated the respectable lineup of Steve Forbes, …

In the co-main event at The Oceana Club in Brighton Beach Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, April 13, former World Boxing Association Welterweight champion Luis Collazo of Brooklyn, New York, scored an easy third round stoppage of outmatched Franklin Gonzalez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Collazo’s appearance was his first …

Last Thursday’s media conference call featured WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto and WBC #5 rated title challenger “Vicious” Victor Ortiz in advance of their “East-West Showdown” event on April 16 from the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, airing live on HBO World Championship Boxing. WBC Welterweight World Champion, Andre Berto: …

Last week Nirmal Lorick, manager and trainer of WBC #2 rated welterweight Luis Collazo ,has publicly pulled out of the scheduled June 5th WBC Silver Championship against hard-hitting Selcuk Aydin. Lorick said that his fighter was not able to make the weight after a long lay-off and in addition to …

Hard-hitting welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin arrived at training camp in Florida last week to prepare for his first world title fight. On June 5th “Mini-Tyson” will face former WBA champion Luis Collazo for the WBC Silver Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. For his preparation Aydin chose to work with Ismael Salas, …