Both Shane Mosley and Vivian Harris showed boxing fans tonight why they are both former (and one now current) champions. Both fighters made clean and interesting if not quick work of their oppenents this evening and each scored unanimous desicions. Far from a cakewalk for either fighter, however, as Juan Lazcano and Luis Collazo both came to the ring tonight with their own intentions to win.
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Official Weigh-In
The always active, ever entertaining Bernard Hopkins once again took the stage tonight, this time at the J Pop Lounge at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas this afternoon for the official weigh in.
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Fighter Arrivals
Check out our images from fight week: Shane and Jose arriving at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, earlier this week.
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Announcement Press Conference
Announcing the Battle at The Bay: Former champ Luis Collazo faces superstar Shane Mosely.
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Fight Promo
Sugar Shane Mosley -- a lifetime of grueling training and masterful victories -- and the fearless Luis Collazo collide in a bout for pure respect. It all happens... on HBO.
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CompuBox Pre Fight Analysis
Collazo won the WBA belt on April 2, 2005 when he captured a split decision from Jose Antonio Rivera in Rivera's back yard of Worchester, Mass. Though Collazo-Rivera wasn't seen live in the United States, it still ranks as one of the best 147-pound title fights in the last quarter-century in terms of two-way action. The big difference in this fight was the southpaw Collazo's hand and foot speed.
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MOSLEY'S FUTURE
At 35, Shane Mosley has become what few fighters at that advanced age are. He's become a boxer with options.
Not options that restrain him from fighting, the kind that promoters have used to make a living off fighters with for 50 years while tying up the sport in so many knots fans have grown weary of it all. No, for Shane Mosley his options are really opportunity knocking if he can just knock off former welterweight champion Luis Collazo Feb. 10 on HBO in what has become a fight for the interim WBC 147-pound championship. Read more
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A WEALTH OF WELTERWEIGHTS
In a dark underground parking garage, Watergate's legendary snitch, "Deep Throat" uttered three simple words which would ultimately topple a Presidency. Shane Mosley must have seen the movie on DVD, because his career has followed a pattern that would have made "Deep Throat" proud.
"Shane has done what many top fighters have done, follow the money," said HBO commentator Larry Merchant, who has covered virtually all of Mosley's fights since he first won the lightweight championship in 1997.
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