Luis Collazo From Day 1, I have always been the underdog

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Luis CollazoLuis Collazo will be in a position he has spent most of his career in, the underdog in a fight in the other boxer’s hometown. It’s nothing he’s not accustomed to. So when he takes on Keith Thurman this Saturday in Tampa Bay, its business as usual.

“To be honest, I’m going to go in there and try and give him something he has never seen,” Collazo told ESPN.com. “I’m going to try and fight my fight. Ten years ago I went to [Jose Antonio] Rivera’s hometown [in Worcester, Massachusetts], and I won the WBA title. Here I am 10 years later going to Thurman’s backyard. I’m the man behind enemy lines. It’s nothing new to me. I’ve been in this situation before, and I’m just going to go in there as the man with more experience.”

Thurman is known as ‘One Time’, and many pundits are tabbing Thurman as a fighter who can take over the welterweight division. But before people start crowning Thurman; Collazo says he has to do more.

“He’s doing what he has to do to earn that,” stated Thurman. “He’s a good fighter, but I’m not going to say great because I believe he has to do more in this sport to be great. The greats are like Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather. Those are the greats, but he’s doing what he has to do to be the champion, and I can’t take that away from him.”

The underdog role is something Collazo is used to and has thrived on in the past. Many feel he beat Ricky Hatton and Andre Berto and last year he upset Amir Khan. So Collazo has a message to odds makes everywhere.

“They always had it wrong. From Day 1, I have always been the underdog, and that has given me the motivation my whole career. I just love coming in as the underdog, coming in and being victorious. It’s amazing.”