Anthony Dirrell vs Steve Collins

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've got Dirrell on points here. Thoughts?
     
    Eye of Timaeus, Apr 25, 2020
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  2. DrederickTatum

    DrederickTatum We really outchere. Full Member

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    Steve Collins and it isn't close.

    Collins is a ridiculously underappreciated boxer, who I think will got more credit as the years go by.
     
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  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is this a joke? Anthony Dirrell??
     
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  4. boxfap

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    Dirrell (either of them) has absolutley zero chance against Steve Collins. Collins would take him apart and take him out, he is completely the wrong kind of fighter for either Dirrell. The style matchup here is not good. They both (Dirrell's) fight scared under pressure and have questionable mental strength. Collins would exploit that terribly
     
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  5. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Steve Collins looked like he beat Reggie Johnson and Sumbu Kalambay in their backyards. Reggie J was as slick as a greaseball back then and looked like he'd beaten James Toney, and Kalambay actually schooled McCallum somewhat. Toney and McCallum these guys mastered, and Collins fought them back-to-back away from home and was very unlucky not to win either.

    Let that sink in.

    The Toney-McCallum fights are the greatest boxing 101's in boxing history in any weights. The last 25 years haven't showed this.

    Collins beating 44-0 Eubank in his 20th defense, and winning 9 or 10 rounds of their rematch, using two different styles, and then standing toe-to-toe with Nigel Benn of all people, twice, and making Nigel Benn of all people quit, twice, is otherworldly. Eubank and Benn had sent men into permanent paralysis with their shots.

    Anthony Dirrell isn't cut from that cloth. Different levels entirely.
     
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  6. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Steve Collins for sure
     
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  7. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Dirrell quits round 5
     
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  8. Boon

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    Steve Collins.

    The other Dirrell has a much better shot.
     
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  9. DrederickTatum

    DrederickTatum We really outchere. Full Member

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    What is your reasoning behind that?

    Honestly scratching my head over here.
     
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  10. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As a 16 fight novice, Steve Collins had Mike McCallum running away in the last few rounds.

    Nobody did that.
     
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  11. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Direll was a good Boxer but Collins would make him run out of room. He'd cut him off and suffocate him. Direll couldn't hurt Collins either.
    Collins in 9 or 10.
     
    LoadedGlove, Apr 25, 2020
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  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Dirrell stands zero chance

    Among others Collins beat Eubank x 2, Benn x 2, Pyatt (the later of whom was a quality operator who beat a old but still formidable Kalambay), Thornton, stopped Chirino who a prime roided Roid couldn't. Collins floored Chirino x 5, Roid could only do so once.

    Fought a prime 36-1 McCullum in the US when he was just 16-0 and gave him a really tough fight. McCallum says Collins had the best chin of anyone he ever fought

    Best chin: Steve Collins -- I almost said Toney, but Collins had the best chin. I hit him right on his chin all night and he wouldn't budge. I couldn't hit Toney that much and when I did, he backed off. Collins walked through punches


    And lost razor-close majority decisions to Kalambay (114-116, 114-117, 116-116) Reggie Johnson (113-115, 113-115, 114-115) in their backyards. I thought he beat the later.

    Granted he wanted no part of the young big punching Super Joe but to be fair to him he's literally spent three decades chasing Rooster Roid in what is unquestionably the longest duck in the history of pugilism. Roid is still cluckin' & duckin' the Celtic Warrior to this day and never wanted no part of him after getting sparked out as an amateur by an Irishman named John Reid.

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    ''If you come to the champ and call him out man to man, how can you turn him down and call yourself a real champ if you don't accept their challenge?''

    --Roid Jones Jr.

    Oh really?

    Hmm..

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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yup
     
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  15. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    Steve Collins v Bernard Hopkins is more interesting, and im not joking, seriously that's a very hard fight for BHop.. Dirrell gets eaten !
     
    Somali Sanil, Apr 26, 2020
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