The Gloves Are Off | Super Middleweight Special | Roy Jones Jr, Calzaghe, Euabnk, Collins

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Bard of Boxrec]

Thanks, enjoyed that.

Let’s be real, Roy would have outpointed Steve Collins fairly comfortably in the day.

[apollo creed]

I enjoyed that too.

51 y/o RJJr vs 55y/o Steve Collins

[Noxy]

Collins was still a brilliant fighter. RJJ would have beaten them all at SM.

[apollo creed]

Collins was still a brilliant fighter. RJJ would have beaten them all at SM.

Yup. Prime RJJ was out of this world as a fighter.

[Thomastearns]

Real pleasure watching that, even without Nigel Benn.

Thanks for posting.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Real pleasure watching that, even without Nigel Benn.

Thanks for posting.

Ur welcome mate.

[margaret thatcher]

King Joe with a bunch of runner-ups

[jamesmcdonnell]

Joe's not really got a lot to say has he.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Real pleasure watching that, even without Nigel Benn.

Thanks for posting.

Ur welcome mate.

Benn would have had a thing or two to say.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Joe's not really got a lot to say has he.

Silent assassin.

[Coco]

Dunno if Collins is skint, but was all talk. He blatently ducked JC too, now he is saying he has a letter from the WBO Doctor saying he had a foot injury.
In the papers at the time they were saying he blacked out in the ring.
The thinking at the time was that he was only going to take easy fights or big paydays. JC was the worst of both worlds.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Dunno if Collins is skint, but was all talk. He blatently ducked JC too, now he is saying he has a letter from the WBO Doctor saying he had a foot injury.
In the papers at the time they were saying he blacked out in the ring.
The thinking at the time was that he was only going to take easy fights or big paydays. JC was the worst of both worlds.

I seem to recall he was pretty broke.

The foot injury stuff sounded like a load of old balls.

Wasn't he knocked out by eastman in sparring and then had blackouts?

[Coco]

Dunno if Collins is skint, but was all talk. He blatently ducked JC too, now he is saying he has a letter from the WBO Doctor saying he had a foot injury.
In the papers at the time they were saying he blacked out in the ring.
The thinking at the time was that he was only going to take easy fights or big paydays. JC was the worst of both worlds.

I seem to recall he was pretty broke.

The foot injury stuff sounded like a load of old balls.

Wasn't he knocked out by eastman in sparring and then had blackouts?

I remember the blackouts story

[Dean B]

Dunno if Collins is skint, but was all talk. He blatently ducked JC too, now he is saying he has a letter from the WBO Doctor saying he had a foot injury.
In the papers at the time they were saying he blacked out in the ring.
The thinking at the time was that he was only going to take easy fights or big paydays. JC was the worst of both worlds.

I seem to recall he was pretty broke.

The foot injury stuff sounded like a load of old balls.

Wasn't he knocked out by eastman in sparring and then had blackouts?

Not according to Jimmy Tibbs and Ronnie Davies (Eastman's trainer)? Collins was sparring Eastman for his comeback in 1999, at the Lennox Lewis gym under Tibbs, and stopped the sparring in the very first round (his first round back) because he had a headache. He then passed out and was taken to hospital.

No idea where such nonsense has come from that Eastman knocked him out. A bloke down a pub maybe.

[margaret thatcher]

Ah, so he just passed out unconscious after sparring Eastman

[jamesmcdonnell]

I seem to recall he was pretty broke.

The foot injury stuff sounded like a load of old balls.

Wasn't he knocked out by eastman in sparring and then had blackouts?

Not according to Jimmy Tibbs and Ronnie Davies (Eastman's trainer)? Collins was sparring Eastman for his comeback in 1999, at the Lennox Lewis gym under Tibbs, and stopped the sparring in the very first round (his first round back) because he had a headache. He then passed out and was taken to hospital.

No idea where such nonsense has come from that Eastman knocked him out. A bloke down a pub maybe.

Well, these things take on a life of their own.

[Isaax]

Love Eubank indirectly pulling Roy up on ducking Nunn

Eubank fought those risky fights with top southpaws Rocchi (Germany) and Calz (banger) where Roy & Steve never wouldve

[Isaax]

In 97 Stevie simply ducked Joe, no other way around it,- bitched a retirement a week or so before the fornicating fight!

[bigjack]

Joe's not really got a lot to say has he.

Silent assassin.

Doesn't have to say much,he beat Eubank,Woodhall and Jones Jr and Collins bottled it,

[Thomastearns]

I seem to recall he was pretty broke.

The foot injury stuff sounded like a load of old balls.

Wasn't he knocked out by eastman in sparring and then had blackouts?

Not according to Jimmy Tibbs and Ronnie Davies (Eastman's trainer)? Collins was sparring Eastman for his comeback in 1999, at the Lennox Lewis gym under Tibbs, and stopped the sparring in the very first round (his first round back) because he had a headache. He then passed out and was taken to hospital.

No idea where such nonsense has come from that Eastman knocked him out. A bloke down a pub maybe.

Good stuff. We fans tend to only go on what we see in the fights.

As the guys mentioned there's a lot more going on. In particular the business end of it seems to often screw things up for the fans. Must also be tough to see lesser fighters walking away with more money too.

Then there's all the stuff in training and camp.
Boxers have an almost unwritten code to never bring up prefight issues, and we don't want to hear them, but they all matter.

It was interesting when Johnny Nelson said to Roy that things changed once a blueprint to beat him had been found. I totally agree with Steve Collins in that no boxer is perfect, they all have weaknesses that can be found and targeted by a well prepared opponent. Classic case was Tunney against Dempsey.

Anyway, it's great to see all the guys still in good nick. I was getting a bit worried about Roy but he looked and sounded well.

At the end of the day, if he wants to fight again, it's his life and his choice. He has to decide what's best for him and those who care for him. Same goes for Steve Collins.

What nobody wants is for them to do it just for the money. At this point it's not worth it.

[Greg Nicholas]

2013 this was.

[Bard of Boxrec]

2013 this was.

That explains a lot! I was a bit confused when Nelson said they’re all in their 40s but I presumed it was plausible for some reason when it clearly wasn’t.

[Noxy]

Dunno if Collins is skint, but was all talk. He blatently ducked JC too, now he is saying he has a letter from the WBO Doctor saying he had a foot injury.
In the papers at the time they were saying he blacked out in the ring.
The thinking at the time was that he was only going to take easy fights or big paydays. JC was the worst of both worlds.

Collins all talk? Where did that come from? He‘s a man of relatively few words. Why would he be skint as well, he has a farm, horses etc. Talking of Collins, isn’t this the episode where Eubank called him a donkey and tried to frame it as a compliment. Nice one, Chris. As entertaining as he is, you can see why he rubs people up the wrong way.

[Greg Nicholas]

They edited that donkey comment out from the original!