Steve Collins
Career, Record, Stats
Steve Collins (Celtic Warrior) is a 60-year-old retired Irish professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 10 years, 8 months, and 11 days, Collins amassed a record of 36-3, which includes 21 wins via KO, 6 of which were in world-title fights.
Steve Collins' Boxing Career
Steve Collins was born in Cabra, Ireland on July 21, 1964. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on October 24, 1986 against Julio Mercado. Collins defeated Mercado via 3rd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Collins got his first shot at a world title at the age of 25 after 16 professional fights. On February 3, 1990 Collins challenged Mike McCallum's WBA middleweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on May 11, 1994 at the age of 29 years, after by defeating Chris Pyatt, the then-reining WBO middleweight champion, via 5th round TKO. This was his 31st fight as a professional.
Collins then went on to successfully win the super-middleweight (WBO) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Collins' last fight was a 3rd-round TKO victory over Craig Cummings at age 32, on July 5, 1997, in which he successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight championship.
Some of Steve Collins' best fights have been against Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. For a complete list of Collins' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Steve Collins".
Collins has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Steve Collins Losses".
Steve Collins' Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
39 | Jul 05, 1997 | 32 |  Craig Cummings | win | TKO 3 |
38 | Feb 08, 1997 | 32 | Frederic Seillier | win | TKO 5 |
37 | Nov 09, 1996 | 32 | 
Nigel Benn 32 42-4-1  | win | RTD 6 |
36 | Jul 06, 1996 | 31 |
Nigel Benn 32 42-3-1 | win | TKO 4 |
35 | Mar 09, 1996 | 31 | Neville Brown | win | TKO 11 |
34 | Nov 25, 1995 | 31 | Cornelius Carr | win | UD 12 |
33 | Sep 09, 1995 | 31 | 
Chris Eubank 29 43-1-2 | win | SD 12 |
32 | Mar 18, 1995 | 30 |
Chris Eubank 28 41-0-2 | win | UD 12 |
31 | May 11, 1994 | 29 | Chris Pyatt | win | TKO 5 |
30 | Feb 09, 1994 | 29 | Paul Wesley | win | PTS 8 |
29 | Jan 22, 1994 | 29 | Johnny Melfah | win | TKO 4 |
28 | Nov 30, 1993 | 29 | Wayne Ellis | win | KO 9 |
27 | Jun 26, 1993 | 28 | Gerhard Botes | win | TKO 7 |
26 | Feb 20, 1993 | 28 | Ian Strudwick | win | TKO 7 |
25 | Feb 06, 1993 | 28 | Johnny Melfah | win | TKO 3 |
24 | Oct 22, 1992 | 28 | 
Sumbu Kalambay 36 55-5-1 | loss | SD 12 |
23 | Apr 22, 1992 | 27 | 
Reggie Johnson 25 30-2-1 | loss | MD 12 |
22 | Dec 11, 1991 | 27 | Danny Morgan | win | KO 3 |
21 | May 25, 1991 | 26 | Jean-Noel Camara | win | KO 3 |
20 | May 11, 1991 | 26 | Kenny Snow | win | TKO 3 |
19 | Nov 24, 1990 | 26 | Eddie Hall | win | UD 10 |
18 | Aug 16, 1990 | 26 | Fermin Chirino | win | TKO 6 |
17 | Feb 03, 1990 | 25 | 
Mike McCallum 34 36-1 | loss | UD 12 |
16 | Nov 21, 1989 | 25 | Roberto Rosiles | win | TKO 9 |
15 | Jul 16, 1989 | 24 | Tony Thornton | win | MD 12 |
14 | May 09, 1989 | 24 | Kevin Watts | win | UD 12 |
13 | Feb 07, 1989 | 24 | Paul McPeek | win | TKO 9 |
12 | Dec 10, 1988 | 24 | Jesse Lanton | win | UD 8 |
11 | Oct 22, 1988 | 24 | Muhammad Shabazz | win | TKO 4 |
10 | Jul 30, 1988 | 24 | Michael Dale | win | UD 8 |
9 | May 26, 1988 | 23 | Lester Yarbrough | win | UD 10 |
8 | Mar 18, 1988 | 23 | Sam Storey | win | UD 10 |
7 | Dec 09, 1987 | 23 | Bennie Sims | win | UD 8 |
6 | Nov 20, 1987 | 23 | Mike Williams | win | UD 6 |
5 | Oct 29, 1987 | 23 | Harold Souther | win | UD 8 |
4 | Oct 10, 1987 | 23 | Richard Holmes | win | KO 1 |
3 | Dec 20, 1986 | 22 | Richard Holloway | win | KO 2 |
2 | Nov 27, 1986 | 22 | Mike Bonislawski | win | UD 4 |
1 | Oct 24, 1986 | 22 | Julio Mercado | win | KO 3 |