‘There’s a vacant title too we can fight for, which has been accepted. ‘It’s going to happen, it’s a case of where and when. Jones has fought 29 times since Collins last did but it has not been an endless line of glory and now, at 44, he can look back on a decade spent flitting in and out of a boxing twilight zone of denial. "It's not a comeback, I don't have to fight again," insisted Collins, who has been in the gym hitting things since before Christmas. Published: 09:34 BST, 22 January 2013 | Updated: 09:36 BST, 22 January 2013. If Jones was not still fighting then Collins insists that he would simply be enjoying life. There’s nothing more important than my health.’. If Collins was not on the horizon, Jones would still be fighting. "I've spoken to Steve and I said 'I don't duck or dive nobody', so it's a very big possibility," said Jones. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Former world champion Collins to come out of retirement at 48 for grudge match with American ring legend Jones, Ice cold Burns heads for Norway as he enlists old foe Evensen for sparring ahead of world title bout, Haye to be granted boxing licence as heavyweight moves closer to Vitali showdown, Finding Jack Carlton: New film portrays life of sport hero, Joyce hoping for quick win over Dubois in heavyweight showdown, Jason McAteer opens up about intense rivalry with Roy Keane, 'You can't buy youth': Dubois positive ahead of his Joyce fight, Dubois and Joyce confirm the date for their highly anticipated bout, Le Tissier expects this Merseyside derby to be the 'most fascinating', Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus, Dowden: Banning fans from sports events 'hateful' but unavoidable, Southgate downplays row with Tottenham over Harry Kane fitness, England v Denmark: A look at the stats ahead of the game, Oliver Dowden dismisses Project Big Picture plans as a 'latest wheeze', Adebayo Akinfenwa opens up to why the FA let him down. 90s boyband members form supergroup, and here is their new tune, QUIZ: Match the Friends quote with the character who said it, Man working for large retail business arrested in Kildare for allegedly receiving bribes from supplier, The restrictions that apply to Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal when Level 4 comes into effect, Here's Week 53 of JOE's 19 in 90 quickfire quiz, 1,205 new Covid-19 cases confirmed, three new deaths, We've got our first look at Bridgerton, the new Netflix series starring Nicola Coughlan, What happened with gin in the public psyche? Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Dubai and South Africa remain favourite destinations for the ultimate "unfinished business" fight, but Malta and Ireland could come in with late offers. It can end in pain, like Hatton, or just in frustration that the timing and desire are sadly no longer working in tandem. Katie Taylor produces 'best display of her career' as she defends her World Lightweight titles.

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Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. I had to go and confront him in the end.". Given the inevitable controversy that will surround the finalising of such a fight – there are also understandable health concerns surrounding the declining Jones Jr, 44 – the location, and therefore which boxing board, if any, sanctions the fight, is of particular interest, but Collins said a decision is yet to be made and that the Middle East, South Africa and Russia are possibilities. MARTIN SAMUEL: All Liverpool had to do to remain revered champions was not be a self-serving club like... Jurgen Klopp admits he feared Everton would become Liverpool's 'next proper challenger in line' when Carlo... Don't drop me, Ole! Just seconds earlier Jones had knocked out Richard Frazier in two, one-sided rounds; Jones was fighting at light-heavyweight at that time and would move through the weights, winning a legitimate portion of the world heavyweight title in 2003, and he is still fighting now. We more or less agreed we’d do a deal to split it down the middle. For any showdown to be at that weight will increase fears over the health risks the Irish former two-weight world champion is taking, given it is over 15 years since he last fought and will be more than 1.5 stones above his former fighting weight, but Collins also insists that he will withdraw if his medical is ‘not 100 per cent’, even if he is adamant the fight ‘is going to happen’. It was nothing too outrageous but, after a bit of mischief online, the quote by Collins led to the pair speaking over the phone. A few months ago a throwaway comment by Collins, the type that fighters throw like lazy jabs, upset Jones. I wanted this to happen 15 years ago, and I never got it. Pilot, 66, meant to have flown footballer Emiliano Sala over Channel is being prosecuted over fatal flight. "I knew that he was not interested and would never be interested in giving me the fight that would get me back in the ring.". "This is just about me getting the only fight I ever wanted – I get Jones and I will knock him out now like I would have done 17 years ago. The Collins and Jones fight could be different and would certainly be an event wherever it ends up. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It was in Florida where Collins issued his challenge.

But it’s a start.’, At 168lbs: But Collins expects their fight as a cruiserweight, ‘We’re just waiting for an offer that appeals to him and is acceptable, and then hopefully then we can announce who, where and when.'. Irish fight legend Steve Collins and the greatest boxer of the 90s Roy Jones Jr finally went eye ball to eye ball in London yesterday. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. "I had been asking for Jones to fight me for years – we were the last two left at the weight. After all, it was all that was left for Steve and it’s in his blood to fight and he had always wanted that shot.”.


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