Luis Collazo

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Luis Collazo (born April 22, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBA welterweight title from 2005 to 2006.

Collazo is of Puerto Rican descent, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Collazo won the WBA Welterweight title on April 2, 2005, with a 12 round split decision victory over defending champion Jose Antonio Rivera. However, the WBA had elevated Cory Spinks to "Undisputed Champion" status before he had lost his titles to Zab Judah, so Collazo was not yet the definitive champion of that organization. On January 7, 2006, Judah lost a 12 round decision to Carlos Baldomir in New York. Baldomir had chosen to pay the sanctioning fee of the WBC only; as a result Judah's WBA undisputed title was vacated. With Judah's loss, Collazo then attained recognition as the WBA's sole welterweight champion. On May 13, 2006, he lost the title to Ricky Hatton in a very tight and controversial affair which went the distance. On February 10, 2007, he lost a 12 round unanimous decision versus Sugar Shane Mosley in which he injured his hand early in the fight and continued on till the end. After working back from the injury through rehab and aggressive training, by long time trainer Nirmal Lorick, Luis fought on the Roy Jones Jr. vs. Félix Trinidad card, January 19, 2008, at Madison Square Gardens. He won a one sided victory against Edvan Dos Santos Barros (9 5 1, 7 KOs), winning 100 90 on 2 judges' scorecards and 99 91 on the other. On September 28, 2008, on the Mosley vs. Mayorga undercard, Collazo stopped Russell Jordan (now 15 6) in the eighth and final round of their bout. On January 17, 2009, Collazo fought the undefeated Andre Berto for the WBC Welterweight. Collazo lost a very close fight and a controversial unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Collazo appeared to be ahead most of the fight. The scores were 113 114, 113 114 and the third judge Bill Clancy scored the bout 111 116 which was found by some to be controversial. On January 30, 2014, Collazo defeated Victor Ortiz in the first match up for Ortiz since his jaw was broken. Collazo landed a right hook to Ortiz in the last second of the second round which ended the match after the 10 count. Luis Collazo also faced Amir Khan in 2014, Khan dominated all rounds and scored three knockdowns during the fight.

On March 17, 2019, Collazo, ranked #10 by the WBO at welterweight, fought WBA's #10 Samuel Vargas. After a slow start, Collazo found his rhythm and outboxed Vargas enough to earn a split decision victory, 98 92, 96 94 and 94 96.

In his next fight, Collazo fought Abdukakhorov, who was ranked #1 by the IBF, #5 by the WBC and #11 by the WBO at welterweight. The fight was competitive in the first half, but the younger, fresher Abdukakhorov prevailed in the second part of the fight. At 2:03 in the tenth round, Collazo was cut badly after a clash of heads and was not able to continue the fight. Abdukakhorov was awarded a technical decision victory.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes49Loss39–9Angel Ruiz AstorgaKO6 (10), Apr 19, 202348NC (No contest)39–8 Eimantas StanionisNC4 (10), Aug 7, 202147Loss39–8Kudratillo AbdukakhorovTD (Technical decision)10 (10), Oct 18, 201946Win39–7Samuel VargasSD10Mar 17, 201945Win38–7Bryant PerrellaMD10Aug 4, 201844Win37–7Sammy Vasquez Jr. KO6 (10), Feb 2, 201743Loss36–7Keith ThurmanRTD7 (12), Jul 11, 201542Win36–6Chris DegolladoTKO2 (8), Apr 11, 201541Loss35–6Amir KhanUD12May 3, 201440Win35–5Victor OrtizKO (Knockout)2 (12), Jan 30, 201439Win34–5Alan SanchezUD10Sep 2, 201338Win33–5Miguel CallistTKO5 (8), Apr 27, 201337Win32–5Steve Upsher ChambersUD8Oct 20, 201236Loss31–5Freddy HernándezUD10Oct 15, 201135Win31–4Franklin GonzalezTKO 3 (8), Apr 13, 201134Win30–4David GogichaishviliTKO6 (8), Jun 20, 200933Loss29–4Andre BertoUD12Jan 17, 200932Win29–3Russell JordanTKO8 (8), Sep 27, 200831Win28–3Edvan Dos Santos BarrosUD10Jan 19, 200830Loss27–3Shane MosleyUD12Feb 10, 200729Win27–2Artur Atadzhanov TKO6 (10), Nov 4, 200628Loss26–2Ricky HattonUD12May 13, 200627Win26–1Miguel Ángel GonzálezRTD (Corner retirement)7 (12), Aug 13, 200526Win25–1José Antonio RiveraSD (Split decision)12Apr 2, 200525Win24–1Richard HeathTKO1 (6), Feb 24, 200524Win23–1Kevin CarterTKO6 (8), Jan 28, 200523Win22–1Felix FloresUD10Oct 2, 200422Win21–1Thomas DavisUD6Apr 17, 200421Win20–1Earl AllenTKO4 (8), Mar 27, 200320Win19–1Marcos PrimeraUD8Jan 16, 200319Win18–1Jose AvilaUD6Nov 8, 200218Win17–1Vincent HarrisUD6Aug 30, 200217Win16–1Gary GrantUD4Jun 22, 200216Win15–1George RayTKO2May 31, 200215Loss14–1Edwin CassianiTKO3 (10), Apr 13, 200214Win14–0Orlando MilianTKO4 (8)Jan 18, 200213Win13–0Luis Alberto SantiagoUD8Aug 4, 200112Win12–0Kareem BraithwaiteTKO1Jul 7, 200111Win11–0Philip ThrasherUD6Jun 22, 200110Win10–0Gary GrantTKO3Jun 9, 20019Win9–0Matt HillUD6Apr 29, 20018Win8–0Terry DominicUD4Apr 24, 20017Win7–0George BestTKO2 (6), Apr 1, 20016Win6–0Sylvester ClarkPTS (Points decision)4Feb 24, 20015Win5–0Sean ThomassenTKO2Dec 8, 20004Win4–0Rohan NantonUD (Unanimous decision)6Oct 11, 20003Win3–0Derek HudsonDQ (Disqualification)3 (6)Jul 28, 20002Win2–0Darnell GreenTKO6 (6)Jun 7, 20001Win1–0Jose MaldonadoTKO (Technical knockout)1 (4)May 17, 2000