Unified minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo says he’s able to defend his title in a rescheduled bout towards Edwin Cano Hernandez. The pair sq. off on March 29 at Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Mexico. The competition serves because the co-feature to William Zepeda vs Tevin Farmer 2, dwell on DAZN.
28-year-old Collazo (11-0, 8 KOs) from Newark, New Jersey, makes his fifth world championship protection and the primary protection of his unified WBA and WBO 105-pound belts. At a media exercise, the Puerto Rican southpaw mentioned he was feeling good and promised a “nice present” towards 27-year-old Mexican challenger Cano (13-2-1, 4 KOs), who he known as “a hell of a fighter.”
Collazo unified the straps final November, stopping Thai champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong within the seventh spherical of his third struggle of the 12 months. Cano knocked out Michael Carmona within the fourth spherical final July and TKO’d Gerardo Sanchez within the seventh spherical final March.
“This camp goes nice,” Oscar Collazo mentioned. “As at all times, I’m giving 150% on this camp. I’m specializing in my technique on this fighter that we had been purported to struggle in November. I’ve accomplished over 130 rounds of sparring throughout this camp. It’s been a really strategic camp. I’m feeling good.”
“My opponent is an efficient fighter. He’s ranked No. 3 by the WBO. He desires to be a world champion like everybody else. That is my fifth title protection, and lots of people have tried to dethrone me, so this received’t be the exception. Cano is a hell of a fighter, however that is my time.”
“It’s a nice rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico. This struggle is simply one other one for the record. With Cano in Mexico with all his followers, they’re all on the market ready for me. It’ll be an incredible present for the Puerto Rico and Mexican followers on the market.”
Atop the struggle card, Mexico’s William Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) defends his interim WBC light-weight title in a rematch towards Philadelphia’s former tremendous featherweight champion Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs). Zepeda received their first struggle final November, defeating Farmer by cut up choice.
On the Zepeda vs Farmer 2 undercard, Nicaraguan-born Costa Rican Yokasta Valle (32-3, 10 KOs) meets Marlen Esparza (15-2, 1 KO) of Houston, TX. The previous world champions battle it out at flyweight.
