Collazo out 5 or 6 months!

ICB · 02-27-2007 08:44 AM

http://www.fightnews.com/

**boozeboxer** · 02-27-2007 09:00 AM

Won't Taeth throw that in our faces....

**amat** · 02-27-2007 09:05 AM

It's a bit of a ploy imo. The day after the fight...he posted a myspace bulletin....it was a Fightnews article about his broken hand. I understand that is something very tough to fight through and I like Luis but he is milking this one to hard imo.

**boozeboxer** · 02-27-2007 09:15 AM

What would you do if you had been the victim of a Mosley fight and were struggling to make it in a deep division?

**amat** · 02-27-2007 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

What would you do if you had been the victim of a Mosley fight and were struggling to make it in a deep division?

But he's a better fighter then that. I mean he could really be a force in the division and could give the elite fighters a run for their money. He doesn't need to be scraping excuses off the floor. He's young and has a lot to build on. Even with a deep division, if he gets the fights he'll be fine.

Although...a guy like him, with his style, might be better suited at 154. He might be small but he could make waves there. Quartey, Powell, Forrest, Spinks, Karmazin would all have to be on their absolute A game to beat him even if he is small.

**boozeboxer** · 02-27-2007 09:24 AM

That is pretty good thinking. He does seem pretty tough. He gave Hatton a tough fight and Mosley beat him at 147. Regardless of whether Collazo was hurt or not, I think Mosely is the best at 147 at the moment. Losing to him certaintly isn't like losing to a bum.

On a side note, I was really impressed with Joshua Clottey in the fight against Margarito. Is he fighting again sometime?

**ono** · 02-27-2007 07:57 PM

I think i started a threat about this some time ago. It was relating to Jeff Lacy tearing his rotator cuff. That was being used as the reason for him only just beating Tsypko. I said how come Collazo didn't get the same sympaphy when he hurt his hand against Mosley. All i got in response was, Collazo wasn't hurt......it was just an excuse......it's not like he broke it etc...

But he did break it! And fighting Mosley with 2 good hands would be tricky enough.

The fight was 1 round a piece going into the 3rd (when he broke it). Maybe the hand was the reason he wouldn't let his hands go.

**berttrauttman** · 02-28-2007 12:09 AM

Has anyone here ever broken their hand/s? I guess some of the guys who box on here must have and would be able to say more about how it affects you from a boxing perspective. I don't box myself, however I am a goalkeeper (football/soccer) and last year I was involved in a collision where I broke the 4th metacarpal (bone under the ring finger) in my right hand, which is known as a classic boxer's injury and, I believe, the most common fracure boxers suffer in their hands. I was agony for weeks to touch the back of my hand or put any kind of pressure on the knuckle area eg. pressing against something with a closed fist. The thought of punching something as hard as I could with that injury makes me feel sick. It always amazes me that fighters are so blase about fighting on with broken hands - I'm sure in a lot of cases it is a made up excuse but when its genuine that must take a shitload of bottle.