BBC Sport website: 'Superb Amir Khan easily outpoints Luis Collazo in Las Vegas' By Ben Dirs BBC Sport Britain's Amir Khan gave Luis Collazo a boxing lesson in Las Vegas, easily outpointing his American opponent in his first fight as a welterweight. Khan was too fast and too disciplined for Collazo, flooring him in the fourth round and twice in the 10th. The judges scored the fight 117-106, 119-104, 119-104 in Khan's favour. The win puts Khan back on track for a dream fight with American legend Floyd Mayweather, who beat Marcos Maidana on the same card at the MGM Grand. Khan nicked a watchful opening round courtesy of some brisk flurries and the Englishman landed with some hurtful right hands in the second as Collazo struggled to come to terms with his rival's hand speed. Collazo continued to stalk Khan in the third but was unable to land with anything of note and the New Yorker found himself on the canvas at the beginning of the fourth, having been caught square and shipped a cute right hand on the inside. Khan continued in the same vein in the fifth, staying at range, spinning out of trouble and peppering Collazo with slick combinations. And while Collazo had marginally more success in the sixth, it was another round for Khan. If Collazo's plan was to let Khan blow himself out, it did not look like paying dividends as the fight entered its second half, with Khan easily winning the seventh. Collazo's hopes were further dented by a points deduction for a low blow at the start of the eighth but he did land with a spiteful left cross that Khan clearly felt, before the Englishman was deducted a point for pushing down. Having ascertained he had the power to hurt Khan, Collazo showed more urgency in the ninth, although Khan's work was still the more eye-catching. Collazo was down twice in the 10th as Khan launched a couple of vicious attacks to the body and it looked like the American, who by now was cut around both eyes, was close to quitting. But Collazo sucked it up and landed with a decent left in the 11th, although it was his only moment of success in the round. With Collazo miles behind on the scorecards he required a knockout in the 12th and final round but only succeeded in flooring Khan with a blatant low blow. However, Khan moved well around the ring and kept his shape to finish off a resounding victory. The victory was particularly sweet for Khan, who had expected to fight Mayweather on the bill but was overlooked in favour of Maidana. Former light-welterweight world champion Khan turned down a fight against then IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander last year in order to concentrate on Mayweather, before being given the brush-off. But it now looks like his patience could pay off. Mayweather has three fights left on his contract with American television network Showtime and Khan will be eyeing a shot at him next May." opcorn:
I'm watching Columbo, that motherfucker's gonna crack it again. Anyway, just one more thing; Khan looked SENSATIONAL and is all wrong for Floyd
Maybe Radio Man is onto something with this Brooklyn business. Maybe Bolton is the anti Brooklyn. Doesn't make sense that Khan would get roughed up and knocked down by a scrubby lightweight of yesteryear, then dominate a half decent welterweight like Collazo.
A fight with Khan is, therefore, unlikely to happen in 2014 as Mayweather's next available slot, in September, is too close to the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan for the English boxer. Fuck off. Fuck right off.
Khan is a disgusting cowardly cheater... Had the ref enforced the rules he would have been forced to fight fuck khan... He's almost as offensive as wald pussy
Khan has talent in that he has great hand speed and can pick his punches well at times, but he got away with so much shit against Collazo.
Belief in superstition and dehydrated banging sessions under the desert sun with young girls should be exclusive to any nationhood. Unfortunately, some countries take it to new limits eg "Islamic Republic of Iran".
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Khan was holding but what was Collazo's style? To come in with arms down and headbutt Khan in the chest. Collazo was frustrated by round three and it showed. Khan was tagging him with rights in his normal stance so he was switching to conventional stance and getting tagged more. That's when he adopted the raging bull style.
