the twenty-five-year-old puerto rican prospect started boxing around fourteen & won five national amateur boxing titles during his seven-year amateur career, including a bronze medal at the twenty seventeen pan american championships & a gold medal at the twenty nineteen pan american games. is said to have concluded his amateur days with a ledger of one hundred & thirty-six wins, with fifteen loses. he was striving for a place on puerto rico’s twenty twenty olympic team but was denied the opportunity when the light flyweight division was not included at the games. el pupilo decided to turn professional in february twenty twenty. oscar’s record is currently unblemished at five victories, including three knockouts. he recorded the biggest win of his career in his last fight, over veteran former two-time world minimumweight champion victorio saludar, going twelve rounds for the first time. both fighters were knocked down in the seventh round. oscar is promoted by miguel cotto promotions, htwo entertainment & golden boy, who are moving the southpaw aggressively & el pupilo could soon find himself in championship contention. please take a look
oscar collazo v wilfredo mendez is apparently done. a very good all-puerto rican matchup. the winner will be inline for new wbo champion melvin jerusalem
Thanks! Wasn’t aware of this upcoming matchup. Should be interesting indeed. Collazo is certainly a prospect… and Mendez isn’t quite at gatekeeper status yet… so let’s see.
i think oscar was going to be on the undercard if king ry took a tune up in january, so this fight landed on the undercard of the recently announced january twenty eighth alexis rocha v anthony young card. this will be oscar collazo’s second former champion in six fights. very good progression & opposition
i think oscar was going to be on the undercard if king ry took a tune up in january, so this fight landed on the undercard of the recently announced january twenty eighth alexis rocha v anthony young card. this will be oscar collazo’s second former champion in six fights. very good progression & opposition[/QUOTE]
Oh absolutely. Seems like a fast track as compared to the typical young prospect. I hope it doesn’t backfire on him/them. They must see something special in him to be bringing him up at that pace.
i think oscar was going to be on the undercard if king ry took a tune up in january, so this fight landed on the undercard of the recently announced january twenty eighth alexis rocha v anthony young card. this will be oscar collazo’s second former champion in six fights. very good progression & opposition[/QUOTE]
Oh absolutely. Seems like a fast track as compared to the typical young prospect. I hope it doesn’t backfire on him/them. They must see something special in him to be bringing him up at that pace.[/QUOTE]
since doing my prospect series i have noticed that there are quite a few of them around that are taking challenges early. keysahwn davis is higher profile prospect of that ilk. i’ve also noticed the politics at the lower level & how a good promoter can make all the difference. take katsuma akitsugi for example, many of his fights are of his opponents promoters cards & now that he has shown himself to be a high risk with low reward he is having trouble getting fights. oscar collazo has miguel cotto behind him & he’s in a division where it is easier to be fast tracked to a title but his opposition is showing he is not taking the easy route
the wbo has ordered a purse bid for the fight between melvin jerusalem v oscar collazo. it’ll probably go to japan but i’m sure golden boy wants this fight
