Steve Collins vs Roy jones jr

[Dropanuke]

They should have a tournament with Collins, jones, eubank, benn, toney, Hopkins!
Fuck it throw in Howard Eastman

[bzkfn]

@Dropanuke I didn't believe this was serious, but it is apparently true. Wow, this shouldn't happen, but I would actually watch it as I grew up watching them both.

World Boxing News: Roy Jones accepts fight offer, Steve Collins calls his bluff

[ross]

Roy Jones getting all pissy at Steve Collins offering him a fight (after hed retired) and Merchant saying this fight was "junk". This is when everyone was getting fed up of Jones pathetic list of opponents when he had Calzaghe and Michelczewski.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Erh4RKbHE

[ruthless rocco]

whoops! its too bad for roy that he didn't retire back in 97...

[IamInuit]

Roy Jones getting all pissy at Steve Collins offering him a fight (after hed retired) and Merchant saying this fight was "junk". This is when everyone was getting fed up of Jones pathetic list of opponents when he had Calzaghe and Michelczewski.

Roy Jones Jr vs. Rick Frazier - Post fight interview - YouTube

Jones was long gone from 168 when Joe came along and Dariusz is just as responsible as Roy for their fight never coming off.

[Beanflicker]

168lb Steve Collins called out a 175lb Roy Jones in 1999?

Collins would have been obliterated.

[ross]

I dont know, there has to be a reason why they never fought, including Benn and Eubank. It cant just be everyone elses fault can it? Even Mike Tyson probably the most feared fighter of the last 30 years had people queuing to fight him for the purse. Same as any feared fighter. They generate money.

Unless its a high risk low reward fighter (Bika) but having Jones scalp would be high reward. I do think I remember he wasnt a really big money fighter back then though. He wasnt put on British tv until 96. I remember the first fight of his on British tv was the Bryant Brannon fight. Maybe there was just not enough money or interest involved for the likes of Benn and Eubank who were relatively big earners.

[IamInuit]

They were all at fault. Ego is a terrible disease. Nobody wanted to go to the others back yard. I've always felt a little robbed as a fan that none of those took place. Eubank at his peak would have been the toughest for Roy imo.

Thank God Leonard, Duran, Hagler, Hearns and Benitez never felt the same way.

[Bobthepen]

I dont know, there has to be a reason why they never fought, including Benn and Eubank. It cant just be everyone elses fault can it? Even Mike Tyson probably the most feared fighter of the last 30 years had people queuing to fight him for the purse. Same as any feared fighter. They generate money.

Unless its a high risk low reward fighter (Bika) but having Jones scalp would be high reward. I do think I remember he wasnt a really big money fighter back then though. He wasnt put on British tv until 96. I remember the first fight of his on British tv was the Bryant Brannon fight. Maybe there was just not enough money or interest involved for the likes of Benn and Eubank who were relatively big earners.

Jones made his super middle debut against Toney at the end of '94, and was testing the waters at light heavy by January '96
Eubank lost his title to Collins in early 95, then rematched Collins in late '95. Benn wanted easy paydays after McClellan in early '95, and lost his championship a year later.

I think it was as much a case of too small a window to sort these fights out.