Eastman - Hearns spar?

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 17 Apr 2005, 19:05

I'm waaaay behind on my Boxing News at the moment and only just finished the Feb 18 issue.

In it is a preview of Hopkins v Eastman where it mentions Eastman's exploits in the gym:
"knocking out Herol Graham, flooring Steve Collins and bloodying Thomas Hearns nose".

I'm aware of the first two but can't recall anything about the Hearns incident.

Can anyone give a bit more detail?

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 17 Apr 2005, 19:24

I think he went to a retirement home one day

Well I think before Collins sparred him Steve was considering a comeback he though better of it after sparring Howard

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 18 Apr 2005, 04:54

Ha!

Looks like he did.

Still curious about the Hearns bit though.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 18 Apr 2005, 06:32

There are lots of different stories on the Collins incident - the one I've heard was that he had a black out whilst in sparring - nothing to do with a punch.

He was deadly serious about the comeback I even think there was a date arrange (someway down the line) but the "blackout" made him think something is not as it should be and he called it quits immediately.

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 18 Apr 2005, 07:34

I always liked Collins when we had no other Irish fighters going for titles Stevo raised the spirits with the great end to his career and after all the troubles he had gone through to win a title (Losses in great company to fighters in their prime McCallum, Kalambay and Johnson in World and Euro title fights) it was good to see him win 2 world titles albeit WBO.
But when fighters like him whose main attribute was their durability and iron chin consider comebacks I hate it because they can really get battered in fights because their pride wants them to hear the final bell e.g Holyfield