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      • Known as the Celtic Warrior, Collins is the most successful male Irish boxer in recent professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles simultaneously and never losing a fight as champion.
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  2. Oct 20, 2009 · For ability, determination, and a bring them all on and I’ll beat them attitude, Steve Collins deserves the accolade of the best Irish boxer I ever saw.

  3. Known as the Celtic Warrior, Collins is the most successful male Irish boxer in recent professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles simultaneously and never losing a fight as champion.

  4. Feb 7, 2024 · After winning the WBO middleweight title in 1994, Collins jumped up in weight and became the first man to defeat Chris Eubank in a thrilling two-fight series. Collins would follow that up with two victories over Nigel Benn, but does he identify any the British men he faced as the best boxer he ever come across?

  5. Best boxer: The best boxer was definitely Mike McCallum. He was in his prime at 33 years old and I was 26 and still learning. Mike had beaten some of the very best fighters in the world at that point and guys like Sugar Ray Leonard wouldn’t go anywhere near him because he was so slick.

  6. Jun 14, 2011 · Following corner advise from Goody and Pat to turn into fighter from boxer and shoot right hands instead of loading combinations, Collins dominated the sixth against the veteran Jamaican legend...

  7. Jun 12, 2017 · Indeed, the powerful hooker had already been on the books at Leinster, London Irish and London Wasps when he starred in Landsdowne's 2012/2013 AIL-winning campaign, and boxing, while intrinsic to...

  8. Jun 29, 2017 · Collins has twice beaten Londoner Benn, who retired after their second fight in Manchester in November 1996. The Dubliner, who chased a bout with boxing legend Roy Jones Jr in recent years,...