Robin Reid Vs Steve Collins for the WBC and WBO Super Middle Weight titles?

No idea why it didn't happen but I believe Collins would have taken him apart

 

Collins was just a bit better

 

I think he'd outwork Reid who could be a lazy fighter at times, i remember when Reid floored Magee like 3 or 4 times then did virtually nothing after. And was amazingly lucky to win a decision despite that many knockdowns. Do you also remember his pathetic effort against an old Sugar Boy Malinga ? what a dreadful that was.

Overall i'm not trying to hate on Reid when he was on it he could be a very solid fighter, but i think Collins just had a bit too much for him overall.

 

Yeh he was pretty awful against Malinga but i was there for his fight against Calzaghe and on the night actually scored the fight in his favour.However after watching it again several times i now believe the result was correct. Reid v Collins would have been a terrific scrap but as i stated earlier think Steve would have won.Probably a close points decision

 

Reid was just to inconsistent for me. Collins on the other hand was a truth machine. He would wear Reid down and out IMO.

 

I thought Reid won the fight myself when i watched it awhile ago, for me Reid landed the cleaner more effective shots that rocked/hurt Calzaghe. But i have no real problem with Calzaghe getting the nod as the fight was close, but i do have a problem with the fact that there was no rematch.

 

Collins stated his intention to fight Reid immediately after the second Benn fight - but Reid distanced himself from the possibility in his response and didn't even back himself to win when the question was put to him. He also said he'd prefer a couple of defences of the WBC belt before he felt ready for Collins. Skip to about 50:22 of this video....

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Bearing all that in mind, the window for the fight was pretty small as Collins only fought twice more and had vacated the title (and all but retired) within a year of that second Benn fight.