Berto vs. Collazo

By Matt Stein: I don’t want to sound overly harsh about WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto’s performance against Luis Collazo on Saturday night, but I got to be frank, he looked positively terrible in there. If you don’t mind seeing unskilled brawlers fight, then I suppose Berto made the fight worth watching but not for [...]

By Chris Williams: On Saturday night, WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto fought a war against challenger Luis Collazo, grinding out a 12-unanimous decision in a fight that is already be considered as a candidate for a fight of the year. For Berto, it was his 2nd title defense of his WBC belt and easily the [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (24-0, 19 KOs) overcame being stunned in the 1st round by his number #1 challenger Luis Collazo (29-4, 14 KOs) to come back to win a close – and controversial – 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in [...]

By William Mackay: In what could be a break out fight for World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (23-0, 19 KOs), the 2004 Olympian for the Haiti team, is facing former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (29-3, 14 KOs) this Saturday at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Having been matched [...]

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman announced today that WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine and official challenger Juan Carlos Gomez of Cuba/Germany have reached an agreement and signed for their mandatory fight. The purse offer, which was scheduled for tomorrow, has been cancelled. Shelly Finkel, representing Klitschko, and Ahmet Oner, representing Gomez, [...]

Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis are ready to shine at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” next week (January 9th) at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts. The 2004 Olympic gold medallists had no spare time over Christmas or New Year’s but have been working hard at their training camp in Primm, Nevada. “They [...]

By Dave Lahr: Undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (23-0, 19 KOs) will be facing his biggest test of his young, four year professional career against former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (29-3, 14 KOs) on January 17th at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Berto, 25, has fought mostly limited opponents [...]

DiBella Entertainment is starting 2009 in style with two great world championship matchups, featuring hard-charging WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto making his second title defense versus number-one rated challenger and former WBA world champion Luis Collazo, and budding 154 pound superstar Sergio Martinez taking on undefeated, world-rated contender Joe Greene, for the interim WBC belt, [...]