Thurman (26-0-0, 22 KOs), is coming off a unanimous decision win against Robert Guerrero last March at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was a one-sided fight with Thurman winning almost all of the rounds when the fight was stopped by the referee after seven rounds on a signal from Collazo’s corner.
It turned out that Collazo had trouble with his eyes which was injured in the seventh round. Collazao suffered a bad cut over his right eye causing blood to flow continuously from the cut and blocking his eyesight.
Thurman was ahead on judges scorecards with Fytehype giving only two rounds to Collazo when the fight was stopped after the seventh round.
But Thurman was lucky to survive a power body shot from Collazo in the fifth round that nearly got Thurman down. He admitted that Collazo got him with a hard body shot and complemented him as a great veteran fighter.
“This performance man, we trained hard for this camp,” Thurman said. “Luis Collazo, I want to give it up to him, all respect. He’s a great veteran. He came and he fought hard and caught me with a great body shot. But I took it and endured it like a great champion does and didn’t go down,” Thurman said.
The 26-year-old fighter from Clearwater, Florida, has been calling out unbeaten welterweight king Floyd Mayweather, who is yet to name his opponent for his retirement fight on Sept. 12.
“I’m a young, strong champion, Floyd. Come get it,” Thurman said. “I’m undefeated like you, baby. Come take my 0 baby! Come take my 0! I’m ready. I’m ready,” Thurman added.
Mayweather has not responded to Thurman’s call as he earlier disclosed that he is only considering Andre Berto and Karim Mayfield as possible opponents for his next fight.
