collazo: Hatton picked the wrong guy

[Gandalf]

www.fightnews.com

April 24, 2006

WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo, like heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis, John Ruiz and many other world champions before him, has returned to the Pocono Mountains in the state of Pennsylvania to train to fight WBA super lightweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton (40-0, 30 KOs) at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston on May 13.

Collazo (26-1, 12 KOs), from Brooklyn, N.Y., likes training in the seclusion of the Poconos because it allows for little else than focusing on boxing. He thinks "The Hitman" made a miscalculation when he signed the contract.

"They picked the wrong guy," Collazo said in reference to Hatton and his camp agreeing to fight him. "I'm a slick southpaw. Styles make fights. I'm the exact wrong style for Hatton.

"They're looking past me. He's one of the best at 140 pounds, now he's moving up to 147. It's a whole new ballgame.

"You (the media) don't know me. Don't be fooled by my innocent face. I'm a different guy in the ring. He likes to come. I like to come, too. I can go either way. If he wants to box, I can box. If he wants to bang, we'll bang. It's going to be a great fight."

[Purist]

He is right. Hatton picked the wrong guy. he's much better then then Shobox showed him to be.

[The Whirlwind]

I hope so, Ricky needs to be tested and there is no point in crossing the pond to make easy fights that do not satisfy the American viewing audience.
I hope this guy Collazo really is as good as he says he is.
Ricky needs a real challenge and possibly a bit of a fright to make him come back down the weight and stay where I believe he is strongest, at 140.

[Gandalf]

it will be a tough fight and hatton wont look pretty, but i fully invisage a hatton victory. might go to the cards, but a decisive victory nonetheless....

[El Gamo]

it will be a tough fight and hatton wont look pretty, but i fully invisage a hatton victory. might go to the cards, but a decisive victory nonetheless....

CC for the article,agreed. I think the Hatton camp would not have taken the fight had they thought Hatton would struggle,I mean he needs to look convincing in front of the US media and also check Collazo's opponents on Boxrec,he has fought guys with losing records in the last3 years and guys with 1-1 in the last 2?!!!

[Gandalf]

it will be a tough fight and hatton wont look pretty, but i fully invisage a hatton victory. might go to the cards, but a decisive victory nonetheless....

CC for the article,agreed. I think the Hatton camp would not have taken the fight had they thought Hatton would struggle,I mean he needs to look convincing in front of the US media and also check Collazo's opponents on Boxrec,he has fought guys with losing records in the last3 years and guys with 1-1 in the last 2?!!!

the southpaw aspect is awkaward and will make hatton look a bit sloppy early on, but as the fight develops hatton will impose himself....collazo is not to be underestimated, but i dont think he is a serious threat...

[Gandalf]

it will be a tough fight and hatton wont look pretty, but i fully invisage a hatton victory. might go to the cards, but a decisive victory nonetheless....

CC for the article,agreed. I think the Hatton camp would not have taken the fight had they thought Hatton would struggle,I mean he needs to look convincing in front of the US media and also check Collazo's opponents on Boxrec,he has fought guys with losing records in the last3 years and guys with 1-1 in the last 2?!!!

the southpaw aspect is awkaward and will make hatton look a bit sloppy early on, but as the fight develops hatton will impose himself....collazo is not to be underestimated, but i dont think he is a serious threat...

do i detect a slight contradiction in my previous posting?! :P