Steve collins...

Hes a very good fighter. I dont rate him that highly, His best wins over benn/eubank occured on the tail end of their careers, when they were already past their primes. So i dont rate him that highly to be honest. I dont think he was one of the best supermiddles :?. But he seized the oppurtunity and made his money i guess:good

 

Lost alot of respect by avoiding Calzaghe, Joe was very much high risk low reward at the time though.

Very tough guy

 

just thinking about him the other day...fun fighter to watch, all balls, underrated skills. quite a good boxer and fighter who would have given benn and eubank (especially the latter) a tough contest on even their best night. in the great super middle era of the mid 90s he may have the best record of the bunch...still, i have both eubank and benn ranked higher

 

Steve Collins opened the gym I've been going to

He is a Legend!!

 

I liked Steve,he was crude at times and didn't have concussive power,but his fights were entertaining and he seemed to be able to connect with clean accurate punche's even though he was a bit of a mauler.He was like Froch in some respects (attitude and will power). Shame that health problems cut his career short.While i don't think he'd have beaten RJJ i'm sure he'd have made a fight of it before losing on the scorecards.

 

Very good fighter with a few "buts" beside his name.

Benn was done. The Benn that fought Steve was a shadow of his former self. He'd had too many wars.

The Eubank fights were not as straightfoward as the results make it look. He was lucky to get the nod in the second and Eubank could have stopped him in the first, no question in my mind. He was in deep, deep trouble in the 10th and Eubank stood off.

Tough, tough guy though. Shame he didnt fight Calzaghe. That would have been a tear up.

 

Yeah He was a good fighter. Looked like he had muscles in his **** too.

 

i thought steve collins was a real tough fighter , liked watching him with his come forward aggressive style.
The wins over benn/eubank were faded versions of the great but still good wins all the same.
very underrated and for me a really good sturdy world champion!!!!!!

 

its a myth that they were past their primes. Eubank was unbeaten when he beat him.

Collins was the same age as Benn and two years younger than Eubank!

 

Plus he was 2 and a half years younger, fresher and much better prepared then the version Calzaghe fought, and that was still a good version.

 

I boxed a 3 round exhibition with Collins a few years back, and done another round with him earlier this year for charity. He's quite a heavy guy now, and he's a hell of a long way from where he was when I spent 3 rounds with him.

I can say this for the guy - he is tough. I found him to be fairly hittable, but he keeps coming forward, which is very unnerving. All round good boxer, he is the perfect example of a boxer who made it to the top by getting the very best out of his limited skill set. In addition to this, he really is a top bloke.