Shane Mosley vs. Luis Collazo, billed as the Battle at the Bay, was a professional boxing match contested on February 10, 2007 for the WBC interim welterweight title.
Background It was announced in late December 2006 that three-division world champion Shane Mosley would be leaving the light middleweight division, which he had competed in for the majority of the previous four years, to return to the welterweight division to challenge Kermit Cintrón for the IBF welterweight title. The fight was scheduled for February 10, 2007, and was to be Cintrón's first defense of the IBF welterweight title that he had won in October 2006 after besting Mark Suárez.Mosley to return to welterweight, fight Cintron for title, ESPN article, 2006-12-27 Retrieved on 2025-07-07
However, just days after the announcement, Cintrón, who had agreed to fight but not officially signed a contract, pulled out of the bout, citing issues with his promoter Bobby Bostick, who had offered to give Cintrón just $250,000 of the $750,000 purse offered by Golden Boy Promotions, who promoted Mosely. This led to Golden Boy Promotions quickly pivoting and reaching a deal with former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Luis Collazo and his promoter Don King. The fight would held for the WBC interim welterweight title as the regular title holder, Floyd Mayweather Jr., was moving up to light middleweight to face Oscar De La Hoya in May and this would be unable to defend the belt for most of the year.Collazo replaces Cintron to fight Mosley on Feb. 10, ESPN article, 2007-01-04 Retrieved on 2025-07-07
Fight Details Mosley would score an extremely lopsided victory, winning all but two rounds (118–109) on two of the judge's scorecards and all but one on the third (119–108). Mosley would punctuate his victory at the end of the fight during the penultimate eleventh round, scoring the lone knockdown as he sent an off-balance Collazo on the seat of his pants with a right hand to the head during the closing seconds of the round. Collazo admitted that he injured his left hand early in the third round which hampered the southpaw for the remainder of the fight, who only landed 14% of his thrown punches, landing just 87 of 639. Mosley, meanwhile, landed 200 punches during the bout, more than double the amount of punches landed by Collazo.In Winning Title, Mosley Shows That He’s Aging Well, NY Times article, 2007-02-11 Retrieved on 2025-07-09
Fight card Confirmed bouts: Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round NotesWelterweight147 lbs.Shane Mosley def.Luis Collazo UD12Super Lightweight140 lbs.Vivian Harrisdef.Juan LazcanoUD12Super Featherweight130 lbs.Billy Dibdef.Carlos ContrerasUD10Light Middleweight154 lbs.Jose Angel Rodriguezdef.Cesar ValentinTKO3/6Super Middleweight168 lbs.Craig McEwandef.Isidro ArreolaTKO4/4Welterweight147 lbs.Leon Greendef.Bryan MullisUD4
Broadcasting Country Broadcaster HBO
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