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Clottey and Collazo are both excellent fighters but neither are elites at 147 in my opinion.

I fancy Luis to win this fight via split but it will be close. Clottey hits fairly hard but not massively so and I'm not sure how good he is at catching someone elusive like Luis. Collazo is not a huge puncher but he has very fast,accurate,short sharp punches and is excellent at countering.

I don't think Clotteys style is good for chasing an elusive fighter. It's better for either standing his ground and trading or being chased. It'll be an excellent fight either way.
Just shows how stacked the WW division is, that these guys aren't at the top of the ladder.. Both damn good boxers, I think this will be one hell of a fight. Your right that Clottey might not be as effective vs someone slick, as all we've really seen him shine against are rugged come forward bangers, Baldo, Margartio, Corrales etc. But Collazo isn't exactly a Pernell Whittaker, he stands his ground and fights in the pocket alot of the time as well, I can't really pick a winner here. I guess I'm leaning slightly towards Clottey wearing him down to the body and coming on big late in the fight, but each guy bring a lot to the table that the other have never seen.. The easy pick for me, is that either of these guys will beat Cintron, least imo. I give Kermit a better chance against Collazo as he may have enough power to take the wheels of Luis early on. I think Clottey would just hang tough with Cintron and break him down slowly.

CC man,excellent points(BTW why don't you post more,I like reading your opinions even though I don't agree most of the time and you're wrong quite alot ) And totally agree,I cannot believe that these 2 are in a division where they are not the best or even top 5!

I understand what you are saying about Collazo but when he stands and trades(watch teh Rivera fight at times and the Gonzalez fight) he usually fires his punches and is gone again. The times Rivera was scoring points is when he was trapping Luis on the ropes.Another thing against Clottey is his activity levels.Sometimes,he's far far too passive. He can be outworked. And he tends to gass during the stretch,I think these definitely work against him here.

The only part I disagree with totally is the Cintron part. I'm a bit of an undercover Kermit fan and I think he is a great fighter and the strongest puncher in the diivsion. In fact,I think he has P4P power. I personally think he would have more problems with Collazo because I'm not sure how he would do against someone slick.

Against Clottey,Cintron would have the chance to let his bombs go and he would land on Joshua,and in my thinking,I don't think anyone can stand in front of Cintron and hope to win a war(except Tony and maybe Cotto_) Joshua leaves himself open to the body and thats what Kermit would target allllll night long. Clottey's handsped would cause problems for Cintron but I think his power would win the fight for him.