Oscar Collazo
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Collazo Keen To Face Shigeoka Brothers: It's Possible; Think They Want To Fight Me Too
Oscar Collazo sees enough room in his year to fight the entire Shigeoka family. The trio of unbeaten titlists are part of a new wave of strawweights talented and entertaining enough to entice an audience beyond the sport’s most fervent fanbase. Puert...
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Oscar Collazo Eyes Springtime Mandatory Title Defense: 'I'm Just Ready To Fight Anybody'
Unification bouts are hopefully on the horizon for Oscar Collazo. For now, a mandatory title defense is likely in his immediate future. The unbeaten WBO strawweight titlist awaits his marching orders for his next bout, with a mid-spring date targeted...
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Oscar Collazo: To Fight In This Arena As Co-Main Event On A Big Stage, We Had To Make A Statement
There was no way that Oscar Collazo was going to let Reyneris Gutierrez hang around any longer than necessary. The 27-year-old Boricua made quick work of his overmatched challenger. Collazo dropped and subsequently dropped Nicaragua’s Gutierrez in th...
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Oscar Collazo Knocks Out Reyneris Gutierrez In 3rd Round, Retains WBO Mini-Flyweight Title
Oscar Collazo predictably obliterated Reyneris Gutierrez in their 105-pound title fight Saturday night in Phoenix. The powerful Puerto Rican southpaw dropped Gutierrez in the third round and continued to hurt the huge underdog until referee Chris Flo...
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Oscar Collazo Set To Defend WBO Title on Munguia-Ryder Card
Golden Boy Promotions has assembled the undercard - including two, world championship defenses - for the main event clash between undefeated, former world champion Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) and former Interim world champion John “The Gorilla” Ryde...
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Oscar Collazo: January 27, We Prove Again That I Am Among The Best
Oscar Collazo will hit the ground running for the new year. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten WBO strawweight titlist is set to defend his title on the January 27 Jaime Munguia-John Ryder undercard at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizon...
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Collazo Welcomes Unification Bouts With Shigeokas: Where's The Mario Brothers At? I Want All The Smoke
Oscar Collazo couldn’t wait to welcome the Shigeoka brothers to the title stage. 'El Pupilo' is equally as eager to knock each off their respective perch. "Where’s the Mario Brothers at," Collazo mockingly asked. "I want all the smoke."
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Usyk Dominates, Except For…. Weekend Afterthoughts
Heading into the weekend, it was hard to get all that excited for Oleksandr Usyk’s title defense against Daniel Dubois. On paper, it looked like a showdown between one of the game’s elite, in any weight class, and a mandatory with little to recommend...
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Oscar Collazo Aims To Stay Busy, Not Surprised With Stoppage of Diagan
Oscar Collazo wants to stake his claim as the best fighter at 105 pounds. Collazo earned another knockout win Saturday night, stopping Garen Diagan after the sixth round at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collazo (8-0, 6 knocko...
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Oscar Collazo Breaks Down, Stops Garen Diagan in Six Rounds
Oscar Collazo wanted to make his world title defense a memorable one. Collazo battered Garen Diagan before Diagan did not come out for the seventh round Saturday night before a partisan crowd at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Collazo: It Is A Sense Of Pride To Fight And Be The Face Of All Puerto Ricans
This was a homecoming that Oscar Collazo had in mind even before his first title win. The diminutive Boricua spoke into existence the possibility of fighting in Puerto Rico both before and after his WBO strawweight title-winning knockout over Melvin...