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Gambling911.com has your Keith Thurman vs. Luis Collazo fight odds for Saturday night 9 pm EST.
Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KO’s)
Thurman last fought when he defeated Robert Guerrero in early March in Las Vegas. Thurman knocked out Guerrero in the ninth round in his first title defense. "I am very happy to be where I am in my career," Thurman said, "Boxing is opening back up to the people, and it's been a dream of mine to be a true champion, and there's no better form of that than being the people's champion. (The PBC) is opening up doors that will give the world-class fighters the exposure that they need. I want to be the American people's champion. There is nothing better than getting the exposure, giving the fans great fights and being cheered by the public."
Thurman will be fighting in his home state of Florida and should have a big edge in crowd support in Tampa. He has not fought there since 2009. "This is the first time coming home with something major, so I am extremely excited about it," Thurman said. "It's a dream come true."
Louis Collazo (36-6, 19 KO’s)
One thing you can say about Collazo is that he doesn’t duck top competition as he has already fought big name fighters like Andre Berto, Amir Khan, Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton and Victor Ortiz. He knocked Ortiz out but lost badly to Khan. Collazo held the welterweight title in 2005 and 2006 when he was in his prime. Collazo nearly retired a year ago but came back in April to defeat club fighter Christopher Degollado.
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Fight Notes
This fight will be the highlight of ESPN’s new Premier Boxing Champions series that replaces the Friday Night Fights that was on ESPN 2. The co-main event has Tony Harrison taking on Willie Nelson.
Boxing Predictions
This should be an easy win for Thurman and a fight that goes under the rounds total.
