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bollocks mrmanick. did you watch the fight? collazo looked really good and probably supprised S*** loads of people including me. he would have given anyone problems and wouldnt have been disposed of by mayweather. collazo wasnt as S*** last night as your making out.
Oh no collazo looked good last night. But don't front. Everyone knew he picked him cause he thought he would walk through him. Thats what his fans thought and thats what most writers thought too. This was suppose to be an easy belt and it should have.Collazo is good but he was a paper champ.Thats the facts. After this fight i think collazo is alot better than people thought and that hatton is not as good as people thought.Fan or not thats what that fight showed. I can admit he got the win but can u admit he looked bad doing it? And by the way pbf would have a field day with collazo. Hes too good a boxer.His defense is too good. That was hatton problem. If he would of atual boxed more he might have looked better.
He wasn't picked because he thought he could walk through him.

His trainer Billy Graham and his promter Dennis Hobson did not want to go near the fight and admitted as much in interviews on Sky Sports last night. THey were terrified that Collazo's style could ultimately cause serious problems for Ricky (which they admittedly did)

They did not want Ricky to fight Collazo because they know that that particular style causes problems for Ricky. The southpaws right hook is one that Ricky always get tagged with (Eamon Magee). Billy Graham said that Ricky insisted on the fight because it was a genuine belt at a new level. It was the only decent fight left out there at Welterweight.

The facts are that he is now a two weight world champion who I think should consider going back down to 140 and clearing out the division.
Good arguement guys, but grayggr here makes the most sense by far.

Collazo was underestimated, I knew nothing about him and on top of him being underated his style was awful for Ricky, he wont have many more difficult fights than that for a while. I GUARANTEE THAT. Billy Graham will go back and say, look you, you listen to me from now on with who we fight. Ricky respects the man and will probably agree. I had the fight as a draw (anyone who was watching on Sky, I had it the same as Jim Watt but tied the 4th round) and was panicking when the decision came.

Ultimately, EVERY great fighter struggles with an underated fighter at some point in their career, Ricky will be fine.

And to all the Ricky haters, you occasionally have points, but its so obvious most of you are judgin the Hitman on his last three fights only. Dont dismiss all his prior fights as bum fights and go have a look at them, you'll see what us Brits who have followed him since day one mean with all our praise for him and how we fell in love with his style.

Still, mostly good points in the thread guys..