terry collins

joeymc · Post by **joeymc** » 24 May 2007, 17:14

was watching an undercard fight on espn classics and this figher was in against des gargano ( at the albert hall) i have checked his record and he only fought 1 more time, just wandering why he retired young and was he any good? as i am to young to remember
cheers

Scrap · Post by **Scrap** » 24 May 2007, 18:20

He was the youngest of the Collins brothers. not as good as George or Tony.

PompeyScot · Post by **PompeyScot** » 25 May 2007, 02:22

Wasn't Benny Collins the youngest of the Collins clan? He only had six fights, losing one. By what I've read, Benny was thought of as, potentially, the best of them. None of them, sadly, fulfilled their promise.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 25 May 2007, 04:17

Wasn't it one of the Collins brothers that allegedly said was the biggest waste of talent he'd seen?

PompeyScot · Post by **PompeyScot** » 25 May 2007, 04:33

Old bones Ian wrote:Wasn't it one of the Collins brothers that allegedly allegedly said was the biggest waste of talent he'd seen?

I'd imagine that was Tony, he was long talked about for great things but just seemed to regress extremely quickly.

I was there for George's last fight against Kirkland Laing, really don't know what happened with George, it's not as if his defeats to Jacobs and Laing were career enders.

Can anybody shed any light on why the Collins brothers didn't achieve what they were obviously capable of?

John Dillinger · Post by **John Dillinger** » 25 May 2007, 07:37

I remember seeing Tony Collins on Midweek Sports Special get some very lucky decision against an Argentine fighter, Nunez??

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 25 May 2007, 07:54

PompeyScot wrote: I was there for George's last fight against Kirkland Laing, really don't know what happened with George, it's not as if his defeats to Jacobs and Laing were career enders.

The Jacobs defeat was close, but George was detroyed by Laing, so i think the last defeat convinced him he wasn't going to have the impact at a high level in boxing.

Also i heard a rumour that Laing was missing on the day of the Collins fight, he turned up at the venue with a few minutes to spare before the fight was due to start, and when Mickey Duff asked him where he'd been, laing said ' Me dog run off,luckly i found it in the end".

Coco · Post by **Coco** » 25 May 2007, 13:01

Can anybody shed any light on why the Collins brothers didn't achieve what they were obviously capable of?[/quote]

When it come to it the brothers wern't that good , just benefitted from FW's hype and matchmaking skills

joeymc · Post by **joeymc** » 27 May 2007, 07:29

cheers people

so that terrycollins wasnt really anything special
thanks