Yep, Collins was having doubts about his chances with Joe and when with less than a couple of weeks to go he got beat up insparring by the smaller Howard Eastman and that put the shiits up him.

Eubank was scheduled to face Mark Prince at light heavy on the same card which was billed as "the full monty" I think, he took the chance to fight for the vacant title that Collins relinquished against Calzaghe, Eubank always had a lot of weight to shift, so that week before the fight hed have had between 4 and 7 pounds to get down to light heavy, let alone another 7lbs to face Calzaghe in his prime, so to have to lose over 10lb's in a week then try and outwork Joe Calzaghe over 12 rounds is a big ask but even now Joe still says that Eubank gave him his hardest fight, Chris also had Joe out on his feet in the final seconds

I think a prime Super middle Eubank at the very least loses a split decision against Joe, Eubank was an awesome fighter, he was put down as being arrogant and a ponce but youd be hard pushed to find a man as genuinely hard as Chris was

Collins was lucky he came along when he did and did a Haye and pulled out of a fight when he did