Secondsout.com scored the fight for Collazo

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Round 1
Left hook floors Collazo after 12 seconds with a flash knockdown. Hatton follows up with two hooks to the body and a series of uppercuts and right hands and left hooks but Collazo covers to make it through the opening session.
Hatton 10-8

Round 2
Hatton jumps straight on Collazo from the off, pinning him on the ropes and teeing off with his trade mark left hooks to the body. Hatton picked his shots well. Collazo tried to make a fight of it but Hatton kept marching forward. Collazo got through with a right jab but Hatton caught Collazo off balance at the end of the round.
Hatton 10-9

Round 3
Hatton and Collazo met head to head and teed off on each other. Collazo looked to knock Hatton out of his rhythm and was effective in doing so. Collazo was cut on the top of the head in the third round. Clash of style makes the fight untidy though Collazo's quick hands were now starting to give Hatton all kinds of trouble. Hatton outworked Collazo but Collazo seemed to get through with the more accurate punches.
Collazo 10-9

Round 4
The fourth was also fought at a frenetic pace as both again stood toe to toe. Both men traded evenly trying to break each other down. Neither man looked troubled by the other's punches. Tough round to score but Collazo's right hooks separated them.
Collazo 10-9

Round 5
The right hook of Collazo caused Hatton all kinds of trouble in the fifth. Hatton landed with punches but was getting caught by Callazo's counters coming out of the clinch. Collazo rocked Hatton and now looked very confident. Hatton looked distressed for the first time in his entire career.
Collazo 10-9

Round 6
Hatton had no answer to the hand speed and quick footwork of Collazo. Hatton's workrate noticeably slowed in this round as Collazo gained in confidence. Hatton did connect with a few heavy body shots but Collazo was equal to everything Hatton had to offer.
Collazo 10-9

Round 7
Hatton found the going very tough in the seventh but tried to change his tactics by throwing the right hand from close range which seemed to be working well as Collazo's pace slowed.
Hatton 10-9

Round 8
Hatton now seemed the stronger fighter as Collazo started to struggle with the pace Hatton was setting. Collazo landed a cracking right hand flush on Hatton's chin but Hatton held on and came back with some heavy punches of his own.
Hatton 10-9

Round 9
Hatton again came out in the ninth to take the fight to the champion. Hatton's tactics now were to wear Collazo down and he did at every opportunity so as not to allow Collazo to think about what he was going to do next. Hatton again shipped a couple of decent right hands. A mouse appeared under his left eye.
Collazo 10-9

Round 10
Collazo ended up on the floor in the 10th but from a push. Hatton again walked onto punches and not connecting with too many of his own. Collazo again finished the round big by catching Hatton flush on the chin with a right hand and left cross. Cleaner work from Collazo.
Collazo 10-9

Round 11
Hatton keeps marching forward but getting caught by an oncoming southpaw right by Collazo.
Hatton 10-9

Round 12
Hatton was floored by a combination but was not ruled a knockdown as the referee did not take a count. Collazo piled on the pressue to land massive punches to win the round big. Hatton still goes forward but Collazo is a big last round winner.
Collazo 10-9

Secondsout Scored the bout 114-113 in Luis Collazo's favour

I had it as a draw. I gave 4 to Ricky other than that I scored pretty similar.

i score ricky as 1 point up, the knock down was the key....

hatton lacked his relentlessness and seemed listless at times in the middle rounds....that was not hatton at his best, something was missing there....

What about the knockdown that secondsout claimed in the 12th guys? I didn't see the fight so can't comment, but did it look a legitimate knockdown to Collazo in the 12th?

I thought hatton won the 3rd and the 9th, Collazo was terrific in the middle rounds. Whats the general feeling from HBO, did they enjoy the fight?

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Originally Posted by Greig

What about the knockdown that secondsout claimed in the 12th guys? I didn't see the fight so can't comment, but did it look a legitimate knockdown to Collazo in the 12th?

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it wasnt legitimate to me, more of a stumble....regardless, it wasnt called a knock down

Ricky Hatton has NOT looked the same intensity level since he parted ways with Frank Warren/fought Kostya Tszyu.
Maybe he needs a promoter who is a real flea in his ear all the time to lift his intensity focus in training. ;D
Secondsout.com sound like a bunch of morons.
Make no mistake about it, That was a tight fight, respect to Collazo, but Hatton clearly won it and perhaps if you look back at Collazo sitting on his backside from a Ricky Hatton smack in the mouth you will see why Collazo lost.
In the 12th Ciollazo pushed Hatton and the ref called it as it was and rightly so, it was a Push.
To claim otherwise is just clutching at straws.
Hatton fought like a Challenger with real desire and Collazo didn't look like a champion.
End of story.

Not one single antagonist has said that Collazo looked like a champion and that is because he didn't. He was backed and smacked around. He took it very well but it still happened and he didn't do enough to keep his title.
Get over it.

Thats why Ricky Hatton is the NEW WORLD WELTERWIGHT CHAMPION.

My word, there does seem to be some real bad sports among the American members on this board.

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Originally Posted by yoitsdan

I thought hatton won the 3rd and the 9th, Collazo was terrific in the middle rounds. Whats the general feeling from HBO, did they enjoy the fight?

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hatton shoudl have done more in those middle rounds. he didnt seem to know what to do...

he needed head movement to slip the jab and try and get inside....he should have been closing down all angles with more effective footwork...

I agree, Ricky went to sleep after a strong opening spell.

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Originally Posted by miles

i score ricky as 1 point up, the knock down was the key....

hatton lacked his relentlessness and seemed listless at times in the middle rounds....that was not hatton at his best, something was missing there....

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Yeah the knockdown was the key to my scoring as well; Hatton won three of the first four, with a 10/8 1st round; Collazo won 3 of the next 4; and they split the last rounds even, thus 114/113 Hatton.

I scored it Rounds 1 (10-8), 2, 4, 7, 9 and 11 to Hatton rounds 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 to Collazo.

But Rounds 3 and 8 could of gone either way, which would of given Hatton a slightly clearer victory.

Overconfident, overawed, outboxed, that's how I saw the fight in the early hours of the morning. I am a huge Hatton fan and hold a natural bias for the man from my home town. BUT This was without a shadow of a doubt the most difficult performance/matchup I have ever witnessed of Hatton's, and I have seen the majority of them. What certainly was apparent was that Hatton could not bully in the ring at the new weight. I dont use the term 'bully' in a derogotory term as that is his style and that is the style I like to see, but he couldn't do it this morning. I really didn't think the fact that Collazo was taller, would be the difficulty, Hatton has faced taller compition previously (such as the Maussa), but it did prove difficult. As correctly noted by Sky in their commentary, Hatton kept getting hit by the right hook from Colazzo, and that was when he could see! His left eye was so badly shut by the latter rounds that he was getting hit with alarming regularity. I had the fight tight. I did think Colazzo was shook several times in the fight, but felt he definitely got through with the cleaner shots. Hatton did work hard as usual and did outwork as he normally does, but simply without the power and snap we are accustomed to seeing. I hate to say it but have to agree with Colazzo when he said he expects a guy to do better than that to take his title. I would have to agree. It now leaves unanswered questions about Hatton at 147. At 140 I think he is too strong a prospect but may have real difficulties with the bigger weight. I admire Ricky for moving up, fighting for a belt straight away and fighting in the states, but the man who really impressed me tonight was Luis Collazo, who was quick with his hands, courageous, gracious in defeat (considering the closeness) and a guy who can make giant steps in the welterweight division.

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Originally Posted by miles

i score ricky as 1 point up, the knock down was the key....

hatton lacked his relentlessness and seemed listless at times in the middle rounds....that was not hatton at his best, something was missing there....

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Yeah the knockdown was the key to my scoring as well; Hatton won three of the first four, with a 10/8 1st round; Collazo won 3 of the next 4; and they split the last rounds even, thus 114/113 Hatton.

I scored it Rounds 1 (10-8), 2, 4, 7, 9 and 11 to Hatton rounds 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 to Collazo.

But Rounds 3 and 8 could of gone either way, which would of given Hatton a slightly clearer victory.

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thats a very fair breakdown. its also a pretty difficult fight to score. perhaps collazo was landing the cleaner shots but then again hatton was landing more shots. not easy to judge by any means.

at the end of the day in a close fight like that then a knock down is a very crucial thing...

that fight was too close for my liking though....WAY too close....

As I said I didn't see the fight, all I know was that there were a lot of nervous Hatton supporters here this morning posting in the round by round and a quite a few of the lads over at Ricky's own site felt that he was lucky...

Clydey said in another post that styles make fights and I agree that Collazo is completely different stylistically to Margarito and Mayweather. BUT - the two areas that Ricky struggled with tonight were 1) Collazo's speed and southpaw stance and 2) The power of a natural welterweight.


Now here is my thought - admittedly neither Floyd or Margarito is southpaw BUT Floyd is quicker than Collazo and Margarito hits harder than him.



I think Rick should be on the first bus back to 140 where he can make a fortune cleaning up the likes of Cotto/Castillo/Corrales/Witter...

I don't think he'll reach pound for pound number 1 (which pains me to say because he's s uch a lovely guy) because I just don't think he's good enough.


And if he wants to stick around for a while at 147 he's got to go back to the boxing style he employed against Tackie and Philips...

Greig, it was indeed, a very close shave for Hatton, he either underestimated Collazo, or Collazo is a lot better fight than I and most others thought.

Hatton is going to have improve, if he wants to fight and beat the Mayweather's and de la Hoya's of this world.

But he won, he can hopefully learn from the fight. Even when you are at the very top level of boxing, you cannot except an easy fight, weather you are Floyd Mayweather, Winky Wright, MAB or indeed Ricky Hatton.

I would not say I am nervous so much as relieved, that was far too close for comfort ;)