Hatton can follow my warrior lead: Collins

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 23 Sep 2007, 16:26

Fair enough on Eubank-McCallum. I may have read something and taken it out of context.

I had Kalambay beating Collins clear enough. When Kalambay went to the body he hurt Collins; that was Collins' weakness. Boxing News had it 1 point to Kalambay which I thought was a bit lenient on Collins.

Benn was never the same post McClellan, but may have been made for the swarming Collins. When Collins went up to 168 he was frigging massive.

I think the bottom line is Steve was very good but not great.

STP · Post by **STP** » 23 Sep 2007, 16:31

He wasn't very good. He was fornicating shit. But effective.

rhino222 · Post by **rhino222** » 23 Sep 2007, 16:33

thats unfair, steve was good, as has already been stated, he made the best of his limited attributes and by fighting to his strengths was able to nullify opponents.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 23 Sep 2007, 17:49

STP wrote:
Autobarn wrote:
Terry D wrote: Only if he got bored spanking the pish out of them.

Toney was the most feared fighter, along with Benn, on that list.
and McCallum. Few wanted to fight McCallum - a great fighter - who had Eubank running scared. Chris has admitted he wanted no part of McCallum a # of times.
Actually, Eubank said in Dec '89 that the only two fighters in the world he wouldn't fight were Graham and Nunn. When asked after the first Benn fight about McCallum, he said he'd be gunning for him.

In Boxing World June '91 edition he mentions him as well, saying he wouldn't beat him if he did what Michael Watson did which was stand in front of him, but that McCallum's legs were going and his (Eubank's) strength was 'abnormal' (think that was the word) because of his ancestors or some shit. He said only southpaws worried him at 160.

Eubank would have had quite significant physical advantages over McCallum, he was absolutely bull strong at 160 and 168, a real beast of a man, only Collins was bigger at 168 from all the super middleweights I remember from that era.

It would have been very tight at 160 or 168, McCallum was the older man and was also a small middleweight and super middleweight who relied on his skills to offset his lack of physical strength at the weight.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 24 Sep 2007, 06:59

Greg Nicholas wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0EBzBsrstk wanker

Didn't know he was the bouncer In Lock Stock.

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 24 Sep 2007, 12:33

The P4P champ who retired so not to have to face Calzaghe.

Mr Gunn · Post by **Mr Gunn** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:46

Maybe.... my own view i dont think Collins would have lived wiv him,not the Benn at his peak... i did like watching the Collins,very focused..

Mr Gunn · Post by **Mr Gunn** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:46

Maybe.... my own view i dont think Collins would have lived wiv him,not the Benn at his peak... i did like watching the Collins,very focused..

Mr Gunn · Post by **Mr Gunn** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:48

i just dont think Collins would hav coped wiv a peak Benn,we will never know...i did like the Celtic Warrior tho,very focused...