Even in the second fight, with Eubank clearly drained to the bone from making 168 and not himself, Collins after six or seven rounds had his tongue hanging out with blood pouring from his face, falling in face-first, there for Chris to uppercut him and take him, it seemed.
Collins I think would've beaten Calzaghe, took him out. He actually had a very sneaky counter overarm right when he decided to use it, and could punch more correctly in his mid-to-late career in the UK (when he decided to), and Joe was wide open for rights.
He caught both eubank and Benn really at the tail end of there careers but I agree with the post that said Chris held back a bit in there fights. Perhaps eubank was afraid if the fight intensified to much some one could be injured as in Watson.? I don't feel eubank was ever the same after that fateful night. But it would have been great to see Collins fight those two at least five years earlier. How would Benn have coped throwing those bomb s at Collins and Steve shrugging them off!?
I think Eubank never mentally recovered from what happened to Watson in their second fight and, particularly after Collins guff about being hypnotized not to feel pain and thus having had his 'safety valve' decommissioned, Eubank was haunted by the idea of damaging Collins in the fight. Foul play? Not really. No rule against Collins playing mind games and thus he deserved to win. Was Collins in Eubanks (or Benn's) league? Nope. Steve Collins was not in the same class as either of them, or Watson's for that matter, since Michael Watson was probably the best of that trio.
