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New Headline: "Oscar Collazo Demolishes Jesus Haro with a 94-Second Knockout

By Alan DawsonYahoo Sports

Oscar Collazo retained his WBA and WBO strawweight boxing world championship titles in style, as he put a brutal beatdown on an overmatched Jesus Haro in Anaheim.

Oscar Collazo is still the WBA and WBO unified strawweight world champion. Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy via Getty Images Oscar Collazo retained his WBA and WBO strawweight boxing world championship titles in style as he put a brutal beatdown on an overmatched Jesus Haro at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Considering Haro had lost two of the four fights he had prior to meeting Collazo (14-0, 11 KOs), little competition was expected in the Golden Boy Promotions co-main event on Saturday — and it was one-sided from the start.

"I knew he was going to come just to survive,” said Collazo, a southpaw puncher who has dominated the 105-pound division, and who seemingly expected more of a fight from the 23-year-old Californian. Oscar Collazo gets the win after the corner of Jesus Haro calls it quits ‼️ #BarbozaJrSimsJr | Live NOW on DAZN ▪️ pic. twitter.

com/XOMwEMUoMQ — DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) March 15, 2026 If Collazo knew that in advance, he preyed upon it from the opening bell as he fought with a high pace, was fast on his feet, and sent whipping punches to the face and the body. Haro (13-4, 2 KOs)moved around outside of the ring perhaps with the knowledge that the only way he could “survive,” as Collazo put it, was to frustrate rather than overpower the champion. Regardless of the perceived layup matchup, Collazo remained defensively disciplined as he darted in and out of his attacks, refusing to simply go head-hunting as he chipped away at Haro’s body with jabs and painful left hooks to the ribs, before returning his attention to the jaw.

“I landed hard body shots in the fourth and fifth, roughing him up, and I looked at his corner,” Collazo said post-fight, “and he was breathing heavily. So I put on the gas pedal, and went for him. ” Oscar Collazo is on another LEVEL📈 #BarbozaJrSimsJr | Live NOW on DAZN ▪️ pic.