Steve Collins: The Forgotten Warrior

[ICB]

Not the most skilled boxer ever but def one of the toughest of his time.

that sums him up Mick perfectly

I was devastated when Benn quit twice against Collins - and kind of bitter too towards Collins ! Really wish those fights hadn't happened - or if they had then a couple of years before.

Didn't he get floored by a nobody in his last fight ? Seem to remember him saying he wasnt going to hang around, to get beaten by a lesser fighter, if he couldnt land the dream fights.

Think he deserved a big fight to go out on - though Jones would have won a lopsided UD

Yes, he got floored in his last fight and it enraged him so he then starched the bloke. He did say that as well. He knew when to get out.

I didn't think that was a legit knockdown though ? it was in the opening seconds of the first round, and he slipped and rolled back over, then he floored Craig Cummings later in the round, then gave him a sustained beating for 3 rounds.

[holmcall]

that sums him up Mick perfectly

I was devastated when Benn quit twice against Collins - and kind of bitter too towards Collins ! Really wish those fights hadn't happened - or if they had then a couple of years before.

Didn't he get floored by a nobody in his last fight ? Seem to remember him saying he wasnt going to hang around, to get beaten by a lesser fighter, if he couldnt land the dream fights.

Think he deserved a big fight to go out on - though Jones would have won a lopsided UD

Yes, he got floored in his last fight and it enraged him so he then starched the bloke. He did say that as well. He knew when to get out.

I didn't think that was a legit knockdown though ? it was in the opening seconds of the first round, and he slipped and rolled back over, then he floored Craig Cummings later in the round, then gave him a sustained beating for 3 rounds.

Correct you are!

[ross]

I was pissed off with Eubank in their first fight, he had Collins gone, in the 10th I think, it was about 10 seconds before the bell and because the Watson fight robbed him of the finishing touch he stood back and grinned at Collins while his ass sagged through the ropes and he tried to drag himself upright to his feet

I also think that Eubank was a burnt out fighter at that point, look at the schedule leading up to the fight, the amount of rounds he fought and the miles travelled.


1995-03-18Steve CollinsGreen Glens Arena, Millstreet, IrelandUD12121994-12-10
Henry WhartonG-Mex Leisure Centre, Manchester, Lancashire, United KingdomWUD1212x3
1994-10-15Dan SchommerSuperbowl, Sun City, North-West, South AfricaWUD1212

1994-08-27168Sam Storey16822-3-0International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United KingdomWTKO712x3

1994-07-09168Mauricio Amaral Costa16615-1-1Earls Court Exhibition Hall, Kensington, London, United KingdomWUD1212x3
1994-05-21167¾Ray Close16820-2-1Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United KingdomWSD1212x3
1994-02-05168Graciano Rocchigiani163¾35-0-0Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin, GermanyWUD1212
1993-10-09168Nigel Benn16737-2-0Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, Lancashire, United KingdomDPTS1212x3

[No Contest]

The Celtic Warrior is gone but I wouldnt say forgotten. I dont dislike him for beating a fading Benn twice, I actually like him for it. I always disliked Benn he was too dirty for me, I'm glad Steve stopped his career. Though I think Eubank could have easily got the nod in that second fight.

[Master]

Steve was good but nothing special, peak Benn and Eubanks beat him and he was lucky he did not fight Joe Galzaghe, he would have been humiliated. Do not even want to think what Roy Jone would have done to him.

[Hulk]

Steve was good but nothing special, peak Benn and Eubanks beat him and he was lucky he did not fight Joe Galzaghe, he would have been humiliated. Do not even want to think what Roy Jone would have done to him.

Agreed.

Steve Collins would have fared as well against Roy Jones as Clinton Woods did.

[CutMeMick]

Not the most skilled boxer ever but def one of the thoughest of his time.

Some memorable bouts he had and IMO, I think he would have gave RJJ fits. I've said it time and time again, he would have came forward and gotten RJJ out of his game plan to give him a tough and very winable fight for Collins. I've always said this...

Sadly though the thing that stands out the most about him was his racist remark towards Eubank.
Would strongly recommend people to see Mind Games:

Also him being in the film Long Stock and 2 Smokin Barrels. He was the door man at the boxing gym and he was also in the U2 video for the song Sweetest Thing.

Stands out the most? Come on, that wasn't even a big deal back then let alone now. He said something like "Eubank thinks he's an Englishman he forgot his roots"

I bet most people don't even remember/know of it.

If memory serves me right he also said something to the extent of him not wanting to be in contact with a black man... Meaning their skin touching.

[Phil]

man one of my first and best memories of boxing is Collins beating Eubamk(first fight) yeah Eubank could habe beat him after he droped him but lacked the killer instinct then, no matter what logic i know noe now it will alwways be one of my favorite fights just because at the time it was the greatest thing ever, sort of like Ireland beating Ensland in 88, yeah they were better but we still pulled off the win

[Master]

Not the most skilled boxer ever but def one of the thoughest of his time.

Some memorable bouts he had and IMO, I think he would have gave RJJ fits. I've said it time and time again, he would have came forward and gotten RJJ out of his game plan to give him a tough and very winable fight for Collins. I've always said this...

Sadly though the thing that stands out the most about him was his racist remark towards Eubank.
Would strongly recommend people to see Mind Games:

Also him being in the film Long Stock and 2 Smokin Barrels. He was the door man at the boxing gym and he was also in the U2 video for the song Sweetest Thing.

Stands out the most? Come on, that wasn't even a big deal back then let alone now. He said something like "Eubank thinks he's an Englishman he forgot his roots"

I bet most people don't even remember/know of it.

If memory serves me right he also said something to the extent of him not wanting to be in contact with a black man... Meaning their skin touching.

Did not know any of this. The roots thing I can understand, Eubanks was behaving like a English twit, the other stuff I did not know about.

[holmcall]

Hard to believe that, but I am not questioning it. Still, I remember when Collins was "Stevie" and hung around Brockton, Dorchester and Southie, and with his short red hair and watch cap, and could have been cast as an IRA terroist in a movie.. He was well liked back then and was trained by a young Freddie Roach at the Petronelli's Gym in Brockton. He and Sean Manion both.

[El Kabong]

Collins was a hard worker in the ring, he wasn't special or eye catching, but he won fights. I think a Prime Steve Collins would give someone like Kelly Pavlik/Jermain Taylor/Carl Froch big time problems