Had no idea these two fought! Apart from a famous 30-second loss Michael Watson in '84 at 165, Beckles only ever lost again to the best Cubans and Eastern Europeans at 178 (in World and European championships, etc). Collins was the Irish 178lb champ. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_x0UBJ1edo[/ame]
Quite sure Beckles never went pro, I'll have a butchers on boxrec, hang on... He was a massive fave over Watson... sent shockwaves through the amateur world when Michael did him in 30sec!
Very strange! Had no idea! [url]http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=140076&cat=boxer[/url] I know he sparred with Eubank in mid-87 in London so I wonder if Chris had anything to do with John's moving to NY?
