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2014-01-30 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, US

• Victor Ortiz L KO Luis Collazo
• Eddie Gomez W UD Daquan Arnett
• Marcus Browne W UD Kentrell Claiborne
• Emanuel Gonzalez W UD Victor Sanchez
• Zachary Ochoa W UD Jose M Valderrama
• Rafael Vazquez W TKO Brad Patraw
• Gary Allen Russell Jr W KO Jose Tamayo Gonzalez

PROMO

Weights from Brooklyn 
Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions January 29th, 2014 [1]
Victor Ortiz 146.6 vs. Luis Collazo 146.6
Eddie Gomez 147.2 vs. Daquan Arnett 148.6
Gary Russell Jr 126.8 vs. Miguel Tamayo 126.4
Marcus Browne 176.4 vs. Kentrell Claiborne 180
Zachary Ochoa 140 vs. Victor Sanchez 128.6
Emanuel Gonzalez 129 vs. Victor Sanchez 128.6
Rafael Vazquez 123.8 vs. Brad Patraw 123.4
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Promoter: Golden Boy TV: FOX Sports 1

REPORT

Collazo KOs Ortiz in round two
By Mariano A. Agmi and Matt Richardson at ringside January 30th, 2014 [2]

Collazo scores shocking two-round TKO of Ortiz [3]
Mark E. Ortega-Managing editor at www.BehindTheGloves.com Thursday, 30 January 2014 / Published in Boxing, BoxingNews
It was Victor Ortiz who was the center of attention when a fight was put together with fellow former welterweight titlist Luis Collazo.
Ortiz had been in the limelight for much of his career, whereas Collazo’s bouts dating back to a controversial decision loss to Andre
Berto in 2009 were mostly untelevised. Collazo (35-5, 18 knockouts) was supposed to play the part of an opponent, but flipped the
script on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in his hometown of Brooklyn as he crushed Ortiz (29-5-2, 22 KOs) in the second round
with a massive right hook as Ortiz was punching himself, putting the former Dancing With the Stars participant down in the final ten
seconds of the round. Ortiz was unable to make it to his feet, and was counted out by the referee at 2:59 of the round.
“Coming into the ring, I was just excited, coming into the ring in Brooklyn to perform in front of the people I grew up with,” said a
joyous Collazo to Fox Sports 1 after the fight.
After a close first round, Collazo got off better in the second and was able to catch Ortiz, of Ventura, Calif., with a punch he
didn’t see coming. “I was seeing the wide punches coming,” said Collazo. “I knew his hook always came long and I’m not a big puncher,
but a hook on a hooker is deadly.” Collazo fought five of his six fights since the Berto defeat away from television, biding his time
as he awaited another opportunity to breakthrough to the top tier at either 147 or 154 pounds.The win over Ortiz stamps his career as
his signature win and will make him a marketable opponent for any of the big names at welterweight.
For Ortiz, the loss will no doubt have him questioning whether boxing is something he wants to continue as it marks his third straight
defeat. Ortiz hasn’t won a fight since his April 2011 Fight of the Year against Andre Berto. Should Ortiz decide to continue, he is
still very entertaining and unpredictable and must-see television, so it wouldn’t spell the end of his getting another opportunity.
Fighting close to the welterweight limit, 21-year old Eddie Gomez and Daquan Arnett were looking to make a statement against each
other, that they are one of the brightest young up-and-comers in the game today. It was Gomez that was able to pull away in a tight
fight, dropping Arnett once on the way to a ten-round unanimous decision win.
When the Bronx, NY’s Gomez (16-0, 10 KOs) worked his way inside, he had the advantage. When the fight was fought at a distance,
Arnett (11-1, 7 KOs), of Winter Park, Fla., had the edge behind a crisp jab and straight right hand.
The first round was a feeling out round that Arnett had the slight edge in. Gomez opened up in round two, opening up some offense
beginning with a lead left hook that backed Arnett up and forced him to absorb a couple more power shots, with some of the offense
being focused to Arnett’s body. Each round became harder and harder to score with not much separating the two.
Round seven became the real momentum shifter in the fight as a Gomez combination that ended in a brutal body shot put Arnett down.
Arnett got up and gamely fought back as Gomez came in wide for the finish. Arnett made it through the round.  From there, Gomez
mostly won the remainder of the fight as Arnett shifted to fighting like an opponent.
Scores for the fight were 98-91, 97-92 twice in favor of Gomez.
I thought about just copy and pasting a previous Gary Russell Jr. recap and changing the name to “Miguel Tamayo” where necessary,
but then in round four he finally exploded, stopping his overmatched opponent rather than carrying him to a decision win like in
recent fights. Russell Jr. (24-0, 14 KOs), of Capitol Heights, Md., was taking on a career junior bantamweight in Tamayo, a guy
who had been stopped five times in the past. Russell Jr. was content early on in boxing Tamayo on the outside, even allowing his
opponent to get in his shots occasionally. In the fourth, Russell Jr. exploded with a number of right hands that resulted in
Tamayo (15-8-2, 13 KOs) visiting the canvas. Tamayo stayed in a sitting position and decided against getting up and was counted
out at 1:04 of the round.
To make matters worse, on top of a huge mismatch, Russell Jr. fought as cornerman Rodrigo Mosquera worked the corner after having
been suspended by the Calif. State Athletic Commission (CSAC) for being part of a corner that used tampered gloves in a fight,
according to FightOpinion.com.