Shortly after he beat Chris there was a big crowd in a semi-circle around Steve out the back of Dicey Reilly's on Harcourt st. Everyone was just staring at him. I walked up to him, stuck my hand out and said "Steve Collins, champion of the world, congratulations." He said "Thanks Bud, appreciate it." The precursor to McGregor's self-efficacy. Brilliant. Great days for Irish boxing.
McGregor is a poor man’s Steve Collins, he’s good at chatting shit he can be funny but Collins was the real deal no bullshit with the tartan shorts tricolour gumshield and shamrocks shaved into his head
I was in the U.K. & saw this fight live. I remember both Collins & Eubank’s entrances vividly. Collins’ stoic demeanor told me he was going to end Eubank’s undefeated streak & he did.
@@dan32113 can't argue with that but personally for me it was 90.s Benn, Eubank, Collins. Lewis and my personal favourite, Evander Holyfield. Either way boxing nowadays doesn't hold a light to back then.
I miss these the advert when he turns into a panter and the strongbow adverts goodtimes I used to stay up as a kid watching this on my cable box in my room yes I was spoilt I had cable a VHS player and a Sega mega drive lol
I had an old telly in the bedroom I shared with my brother in the 70s - loved falling asleep to the sound of the crowd during MOTD. Should've tried harder to stay awake - we were good then. Loved the boxing back then, still had corruption, still was mostly about money yet I like the shithousery. Eubank wasn't popular yet watching him now I think he is excellent entertainment, even when he wasn't throwing enough punches.
Remember watching this in a pub in Rathmines in Dublin place was backed and went mental when Collins got the decision.. Went on to beat Eubank & Nigel Ben twice each power of positive thinking
I'm not sure it was legit. I can understand the referee not giving it. In any case, 'history' should have already changed a few times before bearing in mind he dodgy decisions Eubank got in his favour.
Eubank had his moment in round 10, didn't follow up enough, and let Collins get out of that one. The reaction from the corner slapping him, shows what they felt. Anyway as others have said, to go to Ireland take this fight knowing a hostile crowd and it could effect the judges score, Eubank was some fighter. Collins tough tough dude.
Had it Collins by a point, but it was razor thin as Eubank's was the more impressive knockdown. Fair play to Eubank for coming over to Ireland to defend his title.
28.18sec is an absolute knockdown? Watch it over and again.... there is no debate on that. I went into watching this genuinely neutral. For mine Eubank was robbed...... Should he have stopped clowning around and poured it all on in the 10th? Absolutely, he blew that. But even with that factored in, as the champion he did more than enough over the 12 rounds to retain his title.
@Conservative magician Agreed Collins technically the better boxer , and he fought the best Americans etc , very underatted boxer Collins , tough and good chin too. Eubank could not stand the man !
@Simon P so because that was "normal"fighters shouldent be compared,guys like sugar ray robinson,henry armstrong, fought biblical amounts of fights just because they had too
@Simon P I've heard some really funny and ridiculous comments regarding Eubank beating Collins, bla bla, but if you reckon he would have beaten Collins in 90, thats a joke, absolutely no, not a chance. In 90, the best Middleweight on the Planet, Mike Mc Callum was at his peak, in February , he beat Collins on pts in a tough fight, just 2 months later, he comprehensively beat Britains best Middleweight , Michael Watson in 11 rds. Watson destroyed Nigel Benn just 10 months before in 6 rds. Collins would have beat him easily, he was used to fighting against far better opposition .
@Simon P l'm not smoking anything , I also saw and was at the 2nd Eubank fight were Collins won almost every round. Mike Mc Callum would have destroyed Eubank back then easily. If Eubank and Benn were so good, how come they never fought Mc Callum, Kalambay, Johnson ,RJJ, Toney, Nunn etc and try to Unify their Divisions ? Why not try to aspire to be someone who could be called a Unified, Undisputed Champion like Minter did, albeit for a short time? Trust me on this, how come they didn't fight Collins from 92 - 95? I know the real reasons why, they were advised by their camps to avoid him, facts.
@Simon P Just to add, Eubank got very lucky wins and draws V Watson, Benn, Malinga and Close, twice. As a fight fan, I'm proud and privileged to have seen him box but I'am also aware of how lazy he was, lackadaisical and his belief of turning up to win? I rate Eubank as being very good, but that's it, a fantastic chin, very tough but a Great, no. Ask anybody who knows the Sport in America, just where does Eubank fit in the 160 - 168 Divisions from 90 - 96 and see what they have to say, they don't rate him at all, have you ever asked yourself why?
Collins outclassed him in this fight and Eubank was way too trigger shy. If he had made more of a fight of it he might have knicked it but I think Collins won at least 7 rounds for what my opinion is worth.
' Eubank was way too trigger shy' listening to him talk in a show which featured several of his boxing generation including Collins' Eubank is a very articulate man and it kind of adds up (at least to me) that he may well have 'over thought' the whole thing when in reality and as you say you have to keep punching away . Saying that he knocked Collins down at the end of the 10th and I wonder if he had done that earlier and chased Collins what might have happened. That was a very very tight match though...
I know this one was on Sky but we really didn't know just how lucky we were when the likes of Benn, Eubank, Watson, etc were on terrestrial TV at a reasonable hour. Incredible entertainment.
@@81chipper89 The promoters , managers and boxers got too greedy to be honest . Back in the 70's , 80's and early 90's boxers were house hold names and appeared on chat shows , adverts , Question of Sport , TV charity events etc etc . Youngsters aspired to them and saw them as role models but since then we have had some world class boxers that became world champions but the average person on the street has never heard of them . A real shame .
@@Mark64W Very true mate and well said, I also reckon the Sport is smothering itself to Death, way too many Organizations and World Champions with hardly any proper, Undisputed Champions around and all don't seem to want to fight each other. HW and MW are the Glamour Divisions but its over 20 years since Lewis was Undisputed and over 30 years since Hagler was Undisputed for 2 years or more. Take care and keep well.
It's nice that no one cut the opening interview sequences where Eubank complains about the hypnotist "legalized cheating", or the bizarre ring entrances, or Collins in the corner with his headphones and hood over his head, and his hypnotist next to him. It would have actually taken away the fight itself if I'd missed that. What an absolute time capsule.
steve was and is a legend,watching this in dec 19.and remember the legend and gent steve was to all us in the olympus gym. capel street dublin inner city centre. steeevooooo!
Collins didn't win it. Eubank gave it away. Most all Collins punches missed. Eubank made him look sloppy and slow. Everytime Collins took a step forward or threw the crowd went crazy but he was missing. I don't understand Eubank. He had the man tired and hurt but chose to showboat and posture instead of going for the finish.
Collins does well fighting at a slowish rhythm, timing and balance on point. Defensively responsible with pretty quick reflexes. Not flashy but effective, gets out of the way by ducking under a lot of shots. Tough battle hardened and it’s obvious that he can hit hard. Has a good straight jab as well. counter punching is his forte, repels attacks effectively by split second counters. Allows him to steal the play and maintain momentum. Eubank not at his best here, psych himself out not confident. Threw wide ineffective lunging shots
@@gregorycaseycahill2824 honestly I don’t wanna steer u in the wrong direction. I’ve done enough harm and I feel compelled to be completely honest so that I can somehow cosmically repay my debt to society So here it goes: if u have any brains left at all you will not even consider me fit to analyze a stupid boxing match. It’s Neanderthal sport only fit for misfit. Turn your life to God (me) and be saved my son. 👶
@@ppuh6tfrz646 he hit him and it temporarily made him lose his balance for a second and his glove touched the canvas, he went down on the end of a shot, that's a knockdown
Eubank won this fight. The referee made a massive error in round two which ultimately changed the scoring, and give Collins the win, when really if the knockdown had been rightfully counted, Eubank would have won a split decision. A massive refereeing blunder give a false result.
@strawdog *80* I'm talking about how the fight was incorrectly scored, which altered the result of the fight. Why was that knockdown in round 2 not counted?
@strawdog *80* All 3 judges gave it to Collins 116-114, 115-111 and 114-113. However, Eubank clearly knocked Collins down in round 2 which would have been his round 10-8 but the referee did not aknowledge it, if he did then Eubank would have got a split decision.
Both tough men, but I like eubank...he produced his best boxing under pressure and he had a chin of granite. He just couldn't resist being the showman. Good luck to both fighters.
Hell of a fighter Collins what a heart , love Eubanks for theatre but with Collins n Galzaghe n if fought Benn on Gerrard night been beat but 2nd is silver so fairplay
What a fight, two warriors going full pelt. But you can’t argue with Eubank being the boxer and Collins the brawler. Stlyles make fights and this was a good match up! Eubank had something the others didn’t.
Chris Eubanks is incredible, strange and impressive at the same time. The way he stands still before jumping forward. The way he act. I've never seen him fighting before what a personage
I'd agree. Something about him is very unsettling. The way he talks and the way he fights. I think the frontman for the Prodigy stole some of his moves and definitely his haircut.
Collins at the time in very good middleweight division avoided nobody . He fought them all Eubanks Benn he beat em all . Would like.to have calzaghe n Collins when Collins at his best . Because of different eras calzaghe beat Collins when he was way past his best . But Collins went to war with all the best in his prime and come out on top
@Ian Knight Great post my friend and you are right about Mc Callum, an absolute Legend who would have mangled Benn and Eubank back in the early 90s if they had the balls to fight him. At least Watson and Collins had balls and fought him with Stevo giving him trouble only losing on pts. I don't agree with you about Hagler ducking him as he was operating at 154 up to Hagler's last fight in early 87 but SRL definitely avoided him like the plague along with lots of others. I regard him as the 3rd best Middleweight of the last 50 years, behind Carlos Monzon, 2nd and the Marvelous 1, Hagler no 1.
Lived in Brighton & Hove all my live, so cheered on Chris in these legendary battles. These were great days, seen Chris around town and boxing live in Brighton v Dan Sherry. Also have had the pleasure of meeting Michael Watson a few times, lovely man. Ronnie Davis lives few hundred hardest from my mum, funny watching his slap Chris end of 10.
Great to see Stevo get his just rewards in this fight and as a fellow Dub and Collins fan I seen him fight on lots of occasions and saw him beat Eubank in the 2nd encounter in Pairc Ui Caoimh. Gary Mason was very honest with his assessment of the fight and said Steve was a worthy winner and although he was the 1st man to beat Eubank officially, not the 1st to beat him unofficially as Watson, Benn and Ray Close, 2 times were ripped off imo big time.
You can say what you want about Eubank but remember no one ever knocked him out or TKO'd him. The 2nd Watson fight, tragic as it was, showed how Eu was capable of coming back from the brink. And Eu also showed a sensitive human side after that fight by vowing never to to knock opponents out again but rather just win on points.
@@nicky29031977 I get what you mean 100% and agree with a lot of that, but Eubank promised to KO Collins in the return, and threw lots of upper-cuts, like the 1 that ended the Watson fight, and still no win, and he tried his best but to no avail, he was beaten by the better man, that's just the way it is.
@@francishegarty8087 Eubank was also passed his prime when he fought SC on both occasions while SC was in his prime. A pity Collins never came up against Calzaghe! Now that would have been a tremendous fight!
@@nicky29031977 I've heard that passed his prime nonsense ,bla bla before ,lots of times, I was at the return fight, in the first fight, Eubank 28,unbeaten V Collins, 30, and well beaten, its 25 years since them scraps and Eubank still can't accept that Fact that Collins was the better man, Nor has a huge majority of his fans. Go and look into Eubanks recent admissions and its not something new to me, he has said he was quite happy to stay in his ' WBO World, picking up his X Salary from ITV and SKY regardless of his opposition , be he be an A,B or C fighter, afterall, why fight a Class A as opposed to a Class B fighter, for the same money?, would you? He got found out, I met some of his fans who were staying in the same B+B as us, they were sound, had no excuses and there was no drink talk, mention of religion, politics,Irish v English rivalry or anything like that, just genuine fight fan stuff and they had no excuses.
@@francishegarty8087 Eubank took the piss out of SC in the 10th round after hitting him with that right hook when really he should have followed through and finished him off immediately.
CLEARLY WON THAT FIGHT....YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPECKSAVERS...DEFINITELY....HOLY SHIT...WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE SECOND FIGHT...The same...end of STORY dumbass
Roy "juice" Jones did duck Collins. That dude was a cheat with a well picked opponent list. Even robbed a belt from Dariusz Michalczewski due to sone corrupt moves then wouldn't give Dariusz a fight.
Eubank was robbed, round 2 should of been 10-8, clear knockdown, the refs a idiot. This would have given Eubank a split decision or draw - No one can argue with this.
Shut the fuck up collins bet the best of british fighter.tge judges gave it to collins not eubank. So it will go down in history and that's all that matters.and he didnt just beat eubank twice.he beat ben aswell.up the irish
It's almost like a fencing match. Especially in the early rounds, lots of feinting, micromovements and misdirection followed by a lunging combination attack which the defender tries to defend and counter, and after that sequence they both reset to distance and do it again. It's like they came to an unspoken agreement that they were going to fight each other in that rhythm. I'd heard about this match but never saw either of these fighters and this wasn't what I was expecting at all. Entertaining but sort of a strange fight.
Collins gets criticised for beating past their best Eubanks/Benn but I got him beating them both at any stage. Eubank not much passed his best here and nothing in Benn suggests he could blow granite chinned Collins away.
Eubank took the piss out of SC in the 10th round after hitting him with that right hook when really he should have followed through and finished him off immediately.
BTW,, if you get a chance, check out Lloyd Honeyghan, former World WW Champion in the 80s, he was good to watch and also Undisputed, keep well and enjoy.
@Brendan W He could've in this fight but he relaxed in the 10th round rather than finishing Collins off. Eubank thought Collins was going to be as easy as Watson or Benn but that wasn't the case. In the second fight Collins was much more wiser and didn't fall into the same trap of getting hit with Eubanks famous right hook which nearly cost him the first fight.
Haha..your just like the rest of the Dopey bunch that are STILL sick because COLLINS beat Eubank...oh by the way not once..but TWICE....you must be really sick...but you deserve it Dopey
Just watching the slow motion replays at times a lot of Collins punches missed, might have been counted as scoring punches because a lot of them were very close to being scoring punches but not quite when you see the slow motion, lot of crowd noise when he was missing that might have swayed the judges. I suppose hard to see at normal speed for the judges ringside. Eubank made him miss a lot. Probably the same for both I suppose.
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Collins won this fight. I dont care about round 2. Even if it is a knockdown Collins still out boxed eubank. The aggressor and clearly the better fighter..
Don't know what these commentators were watching, fight wasn't even close. Collins Rounds: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Eubanks Rounds: 10, 11, 12 Wasn't even remotely close. Collins totally outworked and outlanded Eubanks for most of the fight. Eubanks didn't leave his hands go till the 10th.
Major respect to Eubank coming over to Ireland TWICE to fight Collins. Went into the Lions den. Great fighter
He wasn't going to vietnam he was only going 45 mins on a plane. He was a useless fucker. Cop yourself on
@@raymomull2258 Go fuck yourself. Could've easily fought on his terms with home crowd in the UK. CLOWN.
Mature.
@@raymomull2258 🤡
@@raymomull2258 here's a mature 💩🎁🎀 present
Who's hear after watching The Gloves are off?
me...some how I missed this fight
Yes haha
You mean the one were Collins made sure the whole world saw just how much of a dickhead he really is..?
Me!
Aye. 😄
Two tough men, fair play and hope both of them are healthy and are doing well.
Get your tounge out of there arseholes..... more fake talk.....
It was an shame we didn't see Garry Mason more often,he was funny& quick witted and not frightened to call things as he saw them..R.I.P big man!
True..but why here?
@@wesleypresley1000 Were u asking about my comment?
Shortly after he beat Chris there was a big crowd in a semi-circle around Steve out the back of Dicey Reilly's on Harcourt st. Everyone was just staring at him. I walked up to him, stuck my hand out and said "Steve Collins, champion of the world, congratulations." He said "Thanks Bud, appreciate it." The precursor to McGregor's self-efficacy. Brilliant. Great days for Irish boxing.
Youre an idiot
McGregor is a poor man’s Steve Collins, he’s good at chatting shit he can be funny but Collins was the real deal no bullshit with the tartan shorts tricolour gumshield and shamrocks shaved into his head
@@stevenoloveconor is poor man? Sorry i just dont get it
@@lipaalbanka it’s a way of saying Collins is the original and better Irish hero Conor not as great
Collins no bullshit with him
Fair play to Eubank the multiple champion agreeing to go into the challenger Collins' heartland twice. Can't knock that.
Yeah if Collins were in England might have been different
Yeah 100%
Very political turbulent times too bear in mind 👀👀👍🥊🥊
Thanks for uploading this.
Nice one.
When boxing was AWESOME
When British boxers were scared to leave the UK cause they'd get smashed to bits when they did like Joshua lol
i think boxing has made a good comeback so far so good
@@solidcake3401 don't be silly Joshua wasn't himself but in rematch Joshua out boxed out classed Ruiz in Saudi Arabia
Yeah!"your Dam Right,that 90s.
@@nigelthorpe7592 more normalising of sport going to Saudi Arabia ,the world's most evil sharia cesspit. Lovely
I was in the U.K. & saw this fight live. I remember both Collins & Eubank’s entrances vividly. Collins’ stoic demeanor told me he was going to end Eubank’s undefeated streak & he did.
It's funny hypnotist and mental side of sport is massive now no one would complain about it at all shows how much things have changed
Collins was the People's Champion.
The 90s, definitely the best decade for boxing.
Agreed , now we have fkn TH-camrs selling tickets. sad
Fuck yeah just look these names in 90 boxing looking scary for everyone
80s. miles better. Roberto Duran, Jeff Fenech, Mike Tyson, Marvin Hagler, Julio cesar Chavez & Eire's own son Barry McGuigan to name a few!
@@dan32113 can't argue with that but personally for me it was 90.s
Benn, Eubank, Collins. Lewis and my personal favourite, Evander Holyfield. Either way boxing nowadays doesn't hold a light to back then.
@@Smedley-d2l Holyfield what a fighter.
Courage to burn.. 🔥
I miss these the advert when he turns into a panter and the strongbow adverts goodtimes I used to stay up as a kid watching this on my cable box in my room yes I was spoilt I had cable a VHS player and a Sega mega drive lol
I had an old telly in the bedroom I shared with my brother in the 70s - loved falling asleep to the sound of the crowd during MOTD. Should've tried harder to stay awake - we were good then.
Loved the boxing back then, still had corruption, still was mostly about money yet I like the shithousery. Eubank wasn't popular yet watching him now I think he is excellent entertainment, even when he wasn't throwing enough punches.
@@VanderlyndenJengold U were lucky and unlucky at the same Time , i mean screens are not good for child when overused.
Collins upset the sky sports round the world apple cart
Thanks for the Video 👍
Fantastic Fight.
Two world class ring warriors at their peek.
Remember watching this in a pub in Rathmines in Dublin place was backed and went mental when Collins got the decision.. Went on to beat Eubank & Nigel Ben twice each power of positive thinking
Two absolute legends
28:17 legit knockdown, history changed! #doppyref
I'm not sure it was legit. I can understand the referee not giving it.
In any case, 'history' should have already changed a few times before bearing in mind he dodgy decisions Eubank got in his favour.
Not really, Steve's legs were alright after the punch. There was clearly a stumble as the ref separated them.
Looked like one of his wild haymakers missed he was throwing all night , maybe I’m biased
And you can see the time keeper in the background started counting. Eubank won this and was robbed. Home Irish cooking.
@@ppuh6tfrz646it was clearly a knockdown 🙄
Thanks for the memories
Also what a lovely fella Gary Mason was RIP
He was. A gentleman
Didn't know he was dead. RIP big man.
Love this fight although I was rooting for Eubank as a kid but I remember Collins beating him twice before he fought him Eubank was undefeated!
Eubank had his moment in round 10, didn't follow up enough, and let Collins get out of that one.
The reaction from the corner slapping him, shows what they felt.
Anyway as others have said, to go to Ireland take this fight knowing a hostile crowd and it could effect the judges score, Eubank was some fighter. Collins tough tough dude.
Had it Collins by a point, but it was razor thin as Eubank's was the more impressive knockdown. Fair play to Eubank for coming over to Ireland to defend his title.
Eubank was robbed of the 1st knockdown so it could have been a draw.
@Brendan W sour grapes? How can you not count the 1st knock down?
@@wailee3939 100% a knockdown
I'm irish well deserved 👏, screw your comment
Collins would punch you out in seconds, an Irishman hellbent on punching your comment into orbit
28.18sec is an absolute knockdown? Watch it over and again.... there is no debate on that.
I went into watching this genuinely neutral. For mine Eubank was robbed......
Should he have stopped clowning around and poured it all on in the 10th? Absolutely, he blew that. But even with that factored in, as the champion he did more than enough over the 12 rounds to retain his title.
It was close but maybe it’s my Irish eyes but I thought Collins shaded it
@Conservative magician Agreed Collins technically the better boxer , and he fought the best Americans etc , very underatted boxer Collins , tough and good chin too. Eubank could not stand the man !
that was eubanks fifth fight in 8 months done well realey
and what? henry armstrong fought 9 times in 2 months over 3 weights. your point is?
@Simon P so because that was "normal"fighters shouldent be compared,guys like sugar ray robinson,henry armstrong, fought biblical amounts of fights just because they had too
@Simon P I've heard some really funny and ridiculous comments regarding Eubank beating Collins, bla bla, but if you reckon he would have beaten Collins in 90, thats a joke, absolutely no, not a chance. In 90, the best Middleweight on the Planet, Mike Mc Callum was at his peak, in February , he beat Collins on pts in a tough fight, just 2 months later, he comprehensively beat Britains best Middleweight , Michael Watson in 11 rds. Watson destroyed Nigel Benn just 10 months before in 6 rds. Collins would have beat him easily, he was used to fighting against far better opposition .
@Simon P l'm not smoking anything , I also saw and was at the 2nd Eubank fight were Collins won almost every round. Mike Mc Callum would have destroyed Eubank back then easily. If Eubank and Benn were so good, how come they never fought Mc Callum, Kalambay, Johnson ,RJJ, Toney, Nunn etc and try to Unify their Divisions ? Why not try to aspire to be someone who could be called a Unified, Undisputed Champion like Minter did, albeit for a short time? Trust me on this, how come they didn't fight Collins from 92 - 95? I know the real reasons why, they were advised by their camps to avoid him, facts.
@Simon P Just to add, Eubank got very lucky wins and draws V Watson, Benn, Malinga and Close, twice. As a fight fan, I'm proud and privileged to have seen him box but I'am also aware of how lazy he was, lackadaisical and his belief of turning up to win? I rate Eubank as being very good, but that's it, a fantastic chin, very tough but a Great, no. Ask anybody who knows the Sport in America, just where does Eubank fit in the 160 - 168 Divisions from 90 - 96 and see what they have to say, they don't rate him at all, have you ever asked yourself why?
That Was A knockdown in round 2.....
Collins outclassed him in this fight and Eubank was way too trigger shy. If he had made more of a fight of it he might have knicked it but I think Collins won at least 7 rounds for what my opinion is worth.
' Eubank was way too trigger shy' listening to him talk in a show which featured several of his boxing generation including Collins' Eubank is a very articulate man and it kind of adds up (at least to me) that he may well have 'over thought' the whole thing when in reality and as you say you have to keep punching away . Saying that he knocked Collins down at the end of the 10th and I wonder if he had done that earlier and chased Collins what might have happened. That was a very very tight match though...
The fight hasn’t even started and this is epic lol
I know this one was on Sky but we really didn't know just how lucky we were when the likes of Benn, Eubank, Watson, etc were on terrestrial TV at a reasonable hour.
Incredible entertainment.
Agreed Lee . That's when I fell out of love with boxing , having to pay £15 to stay up until 4AM to watch a fight .
@@Mark64W yep, it's just not the same. Especially when a PPV fight isn't even between two big names or recognised Champions.
@@81chipper89 The promoters , managers and boxers got too greedy to be honest . Back in the 70's , 80's and early 90's boxers were house hold names and appeared on chat shows , adverts , Question of Sport , TV charity events etc etc . Youngsters aspired to them and saw them as role models but since then we have had some world class boxers that became world champions but the average person on the street has never heard of them . A real shame .
I had to listen on the radio!
@@Mark64W Very true mate and well said, I also reckon the Sport is smothering itself to Death, way too many Organizations and World Champions with hardly any proper, Undisputed Champions around and all don't seem to want to fight each other. HW and MW are the Glamour Divisions but its over 20 years since Lewis was Undisputed and over 30 years since Hagler was Undisputed for 2 years or more. Take care and keep well.
52:09 Eubank Knocked Down
57:57 Collins Knocked Down
Nice to see " Gary Mason " at the end of the clip
What a fight. 2 great fighters
It's nice that no one cut the opening interview sequences where Eubank complains about the hypnotist "legalized cheating", or the bizarre ring entrances, or Collins in the corner with his headphones and hood over his head, and his hypnotist next to him. It would have actually taken away the fight itself if I'd missed that. What an absolute time capsule.
113.53 - Eubank said "that's life" - what a classy comment from an excellent champion.
"such is life"!
steve was and is a legend,watching this in dec 19.and remember the legend and gent steve was to all us in the olympus gym. capel street dublin inner city centre. steeevooooo!
Might of been then seems like an ahole now though 👍
@@sjeb1967 Why wouldn't he be with the punches he took. Its a wonder he can talk.
Collins didn't win it. Eubank gave it away. Most all Collins punches missed. Eubank made him look sloppy and slow. Everytime Collins took a step forward or threw the crowd went crazy but he was missing. I don't understand Eubank. He had the man tired and hurt but chose to showboat and posture instead of going for the finish.
I agree with you. Eubank appeared the stronger and more technical boxer whereas Collins was rugged and tough but sloppy.
The sorely missed Gary Mason in the studio
Collins does well fighting at a slowish rhythm, timing and balance on point. Defensively responsible with pretty quick reflexes. Not flashy but effective, gets out of the way by ducking under a lot of shots. Tough battle hardened and it’s obvious that he can hit hard. Has a good straight jab as well. counter punching is his forte, repels attacks effectively by split second counters. Allows him to steal the play and maintain momentum. Eubank not at his best here, psych himself out not confident. Threw wide ineffective lunging shots
Ah! Refreshing to see a comment from someone who knows boxing! Fully agree.
@@gregorycaseycahill2824 honestly I don’t wanna steer u
in the wrong direction. I’ve done enough harm and I feel compelled to be completely honest so that I can somehow cosmically repay my debt to society So here it goes: if u have any brains left at all you will not even consider me fit to analyze a stupid boxing match. It’s Neanderthal sport only fit for misfit. Turn your life to God (me) and be saved my son. 👶
The enigma of Chris Eubank. Clearly more talented but doesn’t have the killer instinct.
Hé very much did but Collins tamed him that night
I agree with you. Home cooking rigging gave this to Collins.
This is the first fight I see from each of these two guys.
Say what you want about eubank he's a funny man..steve you legend
28.18 - no knockdown? A clear knockdown
A clear knockdown?
I certainly wouldn't go that far.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 he hit him and it temporarily made him lose his balance for a second and his glove touched the canvas, he went down on the end of a shot, that's a knockdown
@@Marvindorfler1 I disagree. The shot went round the back of Collins' neck.
I think the ref got it right.
P.S. Midnight Run is a great film.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 fair enough, I would have given him it. Classic under appreciated movie 🎥👌
@@Marvindorfler1 I don't know if you're from the UK but if you are, it's on Film4 right now!
Eubank won this fight. The referee made a massive error in round two which ultimately changed the scoring, and give Collins the win, when really if the knockdown had been rightfully counted, Eubank would have won a split decision. A massive refereeing blunder give a false result.
So true. The judges had it 1 point to collins. That knockdown makes it a draw or eubank win
@@thomaspollock9941 the way the cards were scored, Eubank would have got a split decision win.
100% Knockdown
@strawdog *80* I'm talking about how the fight was incorrectly scored, which altered the result of the fight. Why was that knockdown in round 2 not counted?
@strawdog *80* All 3 judges gave it to Collins 116-114, 115-111 and 114-113.
However, Eubank clearly knocked Collins down in round 2 which would have been his round 10-8 but the referee did not aknowledge it, if he did then Eubank would have got a split decision.
Both tough men, but I like eubank...he produced his best boxing under pressure and he had a chin of granite. He just couldn't resist being the showman. Good luck to both fighters.
Never a better example of that than the Watson fight, thought he was dead and buried
No one going to mention that long count at 58:00 no? Ref didn't even try to hide the fact he was giving him extra time to get up
So many punched thrown by Collins that missed the target.
Name of Steve Collins walkout music? I know it is from some Rocky movie but I wanna know exact song name.
David Kirkwood thank you for uploading Mike Tyson vs Alex Stewart on the UK version I enjoy it, David.
Proud irishman
To be no more, Irish men lost their balls
Hell of a fighter Collins what a heart , love Eubanks for theatre but with Collins n Galzaghe n if fought Benn on Gerrard night been beat but 2nd is silver so fairplay
What a fight, two warriors going full pelt.
But you can’t argue with Eubank being the boxer and Collins the brawler.
Stlyles make fights and this was a good match up!
Eubank had something the others didn’t.
Not as simple as that in my opinion. Collins could box, and Eubank could brawl.
The way he walks and goes to his corner 😁🤣
Chris Eubanks is incredible, strange and impressive at the same time. The way he stands still before jumping forward. The way he act. I've never seen him fighting before what a personage
I'd agree. Something about him is very unsettling. The way he talks and the way he fights. I think the frontman for the Prodigy stole some of his moves and definitely his haircut.
Collins at the time in very good middleweight division avoided nobody . He fought them all Eubanks Benn he beat em all . Would like.to have calzaghe n Collins when Collins at his best . Because of different eras calzaghe beat Collins when he was way past his best . But Collins went to war with all the best in his prime and come out on top
@Ian Knight Didn't Collins fight McCallum and lose by KO?
@Ian Knight that's right, Ian. One of the commentators mentioned it after I'd posted my comment.
Very tough man that Collins.
@Ian Knight Great post my friend and you are right about Mc Callum, an absolute Legend who would have mangled Benn and Eubank back in the early 90s if they had the balls to fight him. At least Watson and Collins had balls and fought him with Stevo giving him trouble only losing on pts. I don't agree with you about Hagler ducking him as he was operating at 154 up to Hagler's last fight in early 87 but SRL definitely avoided him like the plague along with lots of others. I regard him as the 3rd best Middleweight of the last 50 years, behind Carlos Monzon, 2nd and the Marvelous 1, Hagler no 1.
Lived in Brighton & Hove all my live, so cheered on Chris in these legendary battles. These were great days, seen Chris around town and boxing live in Brighton v Dan Sherry.
Also have had the pleasure of meeting Michael Watson a few times, lovely man.
Ronnie Davis lives few hundred hardest from my mum, funny watching his slap Chris end of 10.
U must be bent Brighton queen 👸
Clever man Collins got out after making the £. (Eubank showman was also Hypnotic don't be fooled!)
Great to see Stevo get his just rewards in this fight and as a fellow Dub and Collins fan I seen him fight on lots of occasions and saw him beat Eubank in the 2nd encounter in Pairc Ui Caoimh. Gary Mason was very honest with his assessment of the fight and said Steve was a worthy winner and although he was the 1st man to beat Eubank officially, not the 1st to beat him unofficially as Watson, Benn and Ray Close, 2 times were ripped off imo big time.
You can say what you want about Eubank but remember no one ever knocked him out or TKO'd him. The 2nd Watson fight, tragic as it was, showed how Eu was capable of coming back from the brink. And Eu also showed a sensitive human side after that fight by vowing never to to knock opponents out again but rather just win on points.
@@nicky29031977 I get what you mean 100% and agree with a lot of that, but Eubank promised to KO Collins in the return, and threw lots of upper-cuts, like the 1 that ended the Watson fight, and still no win, and he tried his best but to no avail, he was beaten by the better man, that's just the way it is.
@@francishegarty8087 Eubank was also passed his prime when he fought SC on both occasions while SC was in his prime. A pity Collins never came up against Calzaghe! Now that would have been a tremendous fight!
@@nicky29031977 I've heard that passed his prime nonsense ,bla bla before ,lots of times, I was at the return fight, in the first fight, Eubank 28,unbeaten V Collins, 30, and well beaten, its 25 years since them scraps and Eubank still can't accept that Fact that Collins was the better man, Nor has a huge majority of his fans. Go and look into Eubanks recent admissions and its not something new to me, he has said he was quite happy to stay in his ' WBO World, picking up his X Salary from ITV and SKY regardless of his opposition , be he be an A,B or C fighter, afterall, why fight a Class A as opposed to a Class B fighter, for the same money?, would you? He got found out, I met some of his fans who were staying in the same B+B as us, they were sound, had no excuses and there was no drink talk, mention of religion, politics,Irish v English rivalry or anything like that, just genuine fight fan stuff and they had no excuses.
@@francishegarty8087 Eubank took the piss out of SC in the 10th round after hitting him with that right hook when really he should have followed through and finished him off immediately.
Good man Stevo it makes me proud to be Irish 🍀
Proud be thick?!!!...takes all sorts....
You could tell chris eubank was beaten even before he went in to the ring.good fight doh
Very strange interview with him on the morning of the fight.
Eubank clearly won this fight and got robbed.
CLEARLY WON THAT FIGHT....YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPECKSAVERS...DEFINITELY....HOLY SHIT...WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE SECOND FIGHT...The same...end of STORY dumbass
Good. After what he did to Dan Schommer he deserved it.
Lol. Give your mum her phone back.
Why didn’t he fight Calzaghe then? Ok to call Roy Jones a coward (not to his face of course) but he wouldn’t fight a young up and coming champion?
Roy "juice" Jones did duck Collins. That dude was a cheat with a well picked opponent list. Even robbed a belt from Dariusz Michalczewski due to sone corrupt moves then wouldn't give Dariusz a fight.
@@slickboxingidentityveritas1932 100%.
Awesome
How shit was Steve Collins though 🤣
What ? Steve Collins annihilation of the show man,ya want him to fight 20+ year olds ? Greatest ever irish fighter underrated
Stevo ☘️ 🥊
If Eubanks had his killer instinct he would’ve finished collins.
Agreed. He was the better boxer.
Eubank fought many corner boys. Made him look better than he was.
To say collins had a chance to beat a prime jones is ludacris cmon no hate on collins what soever hes a legend but prime roy cmon
Jones was caught and was a known juicing cheat. Prime Jones would've been mauled by all natural Collins
@@slickboxingidentityveritas1932 😂😂😂
that was a knockdown end of round 10
For sure. And the one in round 2.
Eubank was robbed, round 2 should of been 10-8, clear knockdown, the refs a idiot. This would have given Eubank a split decision or draw - No one can argue with this.
collins didnt win this fight.. 3 legit knockdowns only 1 scored.. 10 8 107 rounds clearly make eubank winner.. collins did not win 9 rounds
Collins won both fights before he went in ring totally destroyed Eubank mentally
Shut the fuck up collins bet the best of british fighter.tge judges gave it to collins not eubank. So it will go down in history and that's all that matters.and he didnt just beat eubank twice.he beat ben aswell.up the irish
loved to hate eubank ....but always had respect for him
eubank threw that upper beautifully
round 3 ?? was a beauty
Why no knockdown in 2?
This the dude that want it with Prime Roy Jones? Easy work.
A draw was deserved by both parties it was not that far apart.
Eubank was passed his sell by date, he had been in a lot of wars and just wasn’t the same at this stage of his career.
Wasn't he younger than Collins I think it was more Collins was a late devlaper
Both fights were a joke. They were a fix.
@strawdog *80* Indeed, no fool like an old fool.
Was Collins really a composer?
It's almost like a fencing match. Especially in the early rounds, lots of feinting, micromovements and misdirection followed by a lunging combination attack which the defender tries to defend and counter, and after that sequence they both reset to distance and do it again. It's like they came to an unspoken agreement that they were going to fight each other in that rhythm. I'd heard about this match but never saw either of these fighters and this wasn't what I was expecting at all. Entertaining but sort of a strange fight.
Collins gets criticised for beating past their best Eubanks/Benn but I got him beating them both at any stage. Eubank not much passed his best here and nothing in Benn suggests he could blow granite chinned Collins away.
Except Eubank knocking his down twice maybe? Not a granite chin, a good chin.
big collins fan but eubank won this fight and ref robbed him of a knockdown aswell! defo a hometown decision
Ya ya...same old BULLSHIT...and for the second fight...what is your excuse for that....suffer on dumb FOOL
Got that right cat man.
Eubank took the piss out of SC in the 10th round after hitting him with that right hook when really he should have followed through and finished him off immediately.
BTW,, if you get a chance, check out Lloyd Honeyghan, former World WW Champion in the 80s, he was good to watch and also Undisputed, keep well and enjoy.
@Brendan W He could've in this fight but he relaxed in the 10th round rather than finishing Collins off. Eubank thought Collins was going to be as easy as Watson or Benn but that wasn't the case. In the second fight Collins was much more wiser and didn't fall into the same trap of getting hit with Eubanks famous right hook which nearly cost him the first fight.
And two knock-downs one heavy in 10!
Loved Collins...ducked Calzaghe though
i thought he had head problems and so he retired
Calzaghe would have absolutely embarrassed Collins if they had fought.
@@KJJ8518 idk about that...I think Calzaghe would've won but would've went thru a war
It’s a well knowen fact he ducked calzaghe
Other way around, Calzhage wanted none of the guy who took Eubank's unbeaten record.
Eubank defo won this. Hometown decision.
Haha..your just like the rest of the Dopey bunch that are STILL sick because COLLINS beat Eubank...oh by the way not once..but TWICE....you must be really sick...but you deserve it Dopey
Lol BS thick Brits
Both of them are all over the place, it's hard to pick a winner in this fight.
Just watching the slow motion replays at times a lot of Collins punches missed, might have been counted as scoring punches because a lot of them were very close to being scoring punches but not quite when you see the slow motion, lot of crowd noise when he was missing that might have swayed the judges. I suppose hard to see at normal speed for the judges ringside. Eubank made him miss a lot. Probably the same for both I suppose.
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Collins won this fight. I dont care about round 2. Even if it is a knockdown Collins still out boxed eubank. The aggressor and clearly the better fighter..
He got in Chris's head with the hypnosis 😅
Celtic warrior was very underated but he was tough as nailz
Unbelievably fit very good defensively but he did lack the killer edge
You wouldn’t go half’s on a gram with Eubank 👃
Quality lol😂
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Looks like the back of a F-15
Wouldn't go halves on a b@stard with him.
Love it
Collins won the mental battle
Won the physical battle as well.
Joe Satriani brings me here
I'd love to see Froch vs Collins
Froch v Benn would have been spectacular.
Frock would have lost twice
A hypnotist in his corner?? Fucking weird that!
Collins bit of a wild swinger
Don't know what these commentators were watching, fight wasn't even close.
Collins Rounds: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Eubanks Rounds: 10, 11, 12
Wasn't even remotely close. Collins totally outworked and outlanded Eubanks for most of the fight. Eubanks didn't leave his hands go till the 10th.
Go on Steve ya legend 👊👊👊👊 the Celtic warrior no surrender 👏👏👏👏
Mcgregors inspiration
@@TheSubpremeState conor mcregor? if so the guy is the biggest clown on planet earth , long live khabib
He talks like Mike Tyson