Yeah it was the second one mate. He actually had some very good moments in the fight. His problem was at this stage of his career he just wasn't committing to punches or sustained attacks. If he had have been so stand offish I think he could have run away with the fight. But in all fairness eubank had that mentality throughout his career. He showed in his top fights that when he committed he was a tough guy to beat and back up. Chin of iron too! Collins however exploited Eubanks desire to hold back very well though, so I wouldn't want to take any credit away from his performance
Collins was a whole league above. You only have to consider Collins-Reggie Johnson and Woodhall-Keith Holmes... R.J was a whole league above K.H and I thought Collins won that fight. I always admired Woodhall though. Such little natural talent but used his brains, his height, his reach, used the ring, and his engine...tight defence. Made the best of what he had. Not the strongest either, or the most powerful. A real trier and thinker, who got to 'top' level. Respect. (Collins was similar in that he wasn't overflowing in natural talent either but used what he had -good coaching, great sparring, great experience, durability, endurance, strength, smarts- sneaky punches)
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If its talking bollocks then Collins wins KO1. My personal favourite was when he compared Smyle to Joe Frazier