In a homecoming title protection for WBO strawweight champ Oscar Collazo, the brand new champ made straightforward work of his Filipino opponent for a TKO.
Within the Golden Boy Boxing/DAZN most important occasion Saturday night time in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Collazo pounded Garen Diagan over six rounds, particularly to the physique, and the challenger didn’t reply the bell for the seventh. The win enhancing Collazo to 8-0, 6 KOs and constructing on being the quickest Puerto Rican world champion ever (seventh professional battle).
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Oscar Collazo triumphs in his first WBO Mini Flyweight Championship protection 🇵🇷#CollazoDiagan pic.twitter.com/kjsxk3LbzS
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Collazo, who received the WBO title with his TKO demolition of Melvin Jerusalem in California again in late Might, was throughout Diagan early to the roaring approval of the group within the famed Roberto Clemente Coliseum. The battle was co-promoted by corridor of famer Miguel Cotto Promotions.
“I wish to thank God, my crew, Miguel Cotto Promotions, Golden Boy, DAZN and all of Puerto Rico for the assist to get to this victory. I knew he was going to interrupt down finally. We had the sturdy jab, the bodily, and the psychological strain that acquired us the victory. Puerto Ricans know the way to have a good time, and we are going to do a variety of it tonight,” Collazo stated to DAZN within the ring.
Collazo Too Powerful Inside
Diagan was capable of often rating with left palms, however Collazo was the aggressor, who was very efficient with uppercuts with each palms because the bout wore on. He pressured the Filipino to the nook a twice late within the sixth spherical scoring with rights and lefts to the physique, as effectively. Finally, the referee was summoned to the challenger’s nook with Diagan, apparently weary from the physique photographs, clearly shook his head “no” that he didn’t wish to come out for the seventh spherical.
Collazo, 26, has rapidly jumped into the world championship combine and will have an intriguing “Puerto Rico vs. Mexico” unification battle arising with Daniel Valladares of Mexico, who holds the IBF title. Valladares is 15-3-1, and is defending his model of the 105 lb. championships in opposition to Japanese contender Ginjiro Shigeoka in Osaka, Japan on October seventh. Villadares and Shigeoka had a no contest title battle in January of this yr after a conflict of heads int he third rond induced a minimize for the Mexican, who couldn’t proceed.
On the Golden Boy undercard/co-feature, Juan Carlos Camacho Jr. improved to 18-1, 7 KOs, as he defeated Jorge Orozco, 17-4-2, 11 KOs with a barrage of physique photographs himself for a first-round knockout. The 26 yr outdated Puerto Rican Camacho took received the NABF tremendous flyweight title with the straightforward win.
