Collozo-Hatton update!

Thursday, May 11 2006

By Karl Freitag

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...AnDmbMDjr.html

Ricky Hatton co-promoter Dennis Hobson appears to have jumped the gun in making his announcement that Saturday's fight between WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo and Ricky Hatton had been sanctioned by the WBA. "As of now (10AM Thursday, German time) no agreement has been reached," Sauerland Event General Manager Chris Meyer told Fightnews.com. "Draft contracts were exchanged among the attorney/parties involved, but nothing has been signed yet. Also the WBA has not yet decided in this matter. They stated more than once that without any agreement in writing and signed they will not give sanction approval for the fight....The paper that Hobson claims gives the sanction approval was "a mistake" by the WBA and did not carry any signatures. It was corrected by WBA only minutes after it was accidently sent. However, we agreed on terms in principle and I expect to have a signed agreement during the course of today. As the WBA is holding a meeting in Aregntina today, I expect them to decide promptly in this matter once they've received the papers."

...and now it's not sanctioned!