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00:00Okay boys, I've already spoken to you both, you know what I expect, stay professional, obey my commands, and most of all protect yourself at all time.
00:11Just close boys, good luck boys.
00:14Another of the famous old Glasgow Edinburgh derbies, biggest surely in this very city at the old Albany Hotel back in 1973,
00:24when the amazing Ken Buchanan took the British lightweight title of the wonderful Jim Watt, there's always spice, needle, and heart aplenty in these two excellent technicians here,
00:38they know each other so well, they've sparred loads, and a decade ago they met in the amateurs, now they do it for real, punching for pay,
00:49and I think that's key here Darren, because the winner could go on to massive financial rewards.
00:55I mean the pot of gold gets no better really, no bigger, sorry, fighting for a world title, so this is massive, it really is,
01:03and I feel that the battle for that link hand is so important here, and it's Collins who started well, working nicely behind that Southport jab.
01:19We're looking to relax and get into a rhythm early, Nathaniel Collins, McGregor did win that amateur fight,
01:29and he did step up in weight to do it, how do you like him at lightweight Barry, the featherweight sorry?
01:37Yeah but I think it was long over due, he's so big for the weight, and for the shot there from Collins, nice that was just over the front foot there, McGregor and Collins made him pay for that.
01:47What you have, you have, not similar stars, but similar sort of approaches, they both like to pressurise you beyond good boxing,
01:54but they both pack the punch, I mean I think Collins' power is underrated, anyone knows how far from McGregor was, certainly to the body as a bantamate.
02:04There's a featherweight, he's been adaptable I think against Ajax Lowe, you try to put pressure on him, is he the box moving around quite well?
02:10So he has the fluency in his way, he caused Collins' problems, but Collins is sharp, and I think he's been underrated quite a long here Collins in the building for this fight.
02:21Razor sharp, seven knockouts as well, on the slate of Collins for McGregor.
02:27He had the featherweight, I thought he looked stronger against Isaac Lowe, he's filled out nicely into the nine stone, 126 pound division, but he's missing a bit early here, and Collins will make him pay for that.
02:44He will, he will Adam, and I don't mind the aggression from McGregor, but he's got to be a lot more cute with it, he can't be reckless, because you've seen him ready, the counter punching from Collins, very very sharp.
02:55And aiming for the body early as well, Nathaniel Collins, McGregor has only ever lost once, Collins protecting this perfect record, unblemished.
03:09Well McGregor's always had the advantage of size, hasn't he, massively advantage, he's still got the advantage here, but not as much, so he wouldn't be able to jab against a softball or a softball, but it still works for him, now he's up against guys who are more his size, now working against the jab, he's going to struggle just a little bit more than usual.
03:25Is it the story of the slip-down balls tonight, lovely Elphaga, round one, Collins.
03:33No, no regrets, no, I will have no regrets, for the seed that is new,
04:01It's the love that is growing for you.
04:10Over his front foot, as he falls over me, bring that shot up, bring it underneath, that backhand to the body.
04:17Welcome back, very good corner team, Johan Senior and Junior have been around the sport up here for a long time.
04:26Room 2.
04:28Ricky Burns, Alex Arthur being talked about, Cannon Watt, here's Collins and McGregor.
04:34We love these sort of derbies.
04:37We do, it means an awful lot, not just the fighters but the fans as well, but I'll tell you what that first round was, that was a great demonstration of counterpunching from Collins.
04:46And just using that softball stand to his advantage, and what they were saying in the corner, you know, making him overreach, you know, tempting with that front foot, tempting, tempting.
04:55When he, when he attacks, takes a little step back, making him fall over his short.
04:59And that's what I'm saying, it's going to take a while for people to just get that judgment in existence, because he's so used throughout his career, being the guy who has the advantage of having that longer reach, so he can make a few mistakes and still get away with it.
05:10No featherweight, not so much.
05:13He's got to try and upset the rhythm, the early rhythm that Collins has got in to.
05:18That first round, I think plenty of feints with the hands and feet, try and draw out the lead of Collins, just be a bit kind of smart with that aggression.
05:29Worked round the target there, he just stood in front of Collins there, worked well to the body, but a bit more education in the work of McGregor required.
05:38But it's getting your foot closer, that's why you always get on the outside like you did just then, because it allows you to take a bigger step and then commit and punch through the target, certainly with the right hand.
05:47You have to against the Southpaw Valley, and it's going to be a tough night this for McGregor, if he can't get that movement right, the jab going, he could be all at sea, Collins with a fantastic opener.
06:00And look at that wide stance as well, he's really cute and clever, as McGregor's just got to suck up these first couple, and start working around the body, slowing him down.
06:14As Starrings is breaking his hitting.
06:17When you've got a guy with the wide stance like that, that's all of all that is, so he wants to lean back so that he's still unbalanced.
06:21So what you would do there, is you fake, you fake and try and get him to store him on, and it's hard to bring the pro to his feet and move forward.
06:27He has to make two adjustments rather than just a natural moving forward.
06:31So you've got McGregor's got to be fainting his base as his attack is here.
06:35Combination from Collins, Gary Sweet.
06:38Yeah, that lead screw shot from Collins, very, very good.
06:41But I don't mind this from McGregor, trying to rough up Collins.
06:45Look, as a natural counterpunch to the Collins is, you don't really want to be stood inside.
06:51You'd rather keep it at range and fire those sharp counters through once your opponents work away.
06:56So, trying to get those arms, the waistband, some of the dark arms, just trying to unsettle his confidence from Collins.
07:04Yep, attempting to rough up his rival.
07:08Eight!
07:10Took him well with the pressure with the Collins, not getting flushed in his balls.
07:13Oh, good shot there though.
07:15Cover Breger, Collins came back with a couple, but he had to take that one flush.
07:21Sometimes, that can't be an issue with the Southport.
07:24They carry their lead hands low.
07:27The left hook just travelled right over that, that right hand.
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08:21Body shots hustle not always pretty but effective. Yeah, well, that's it. You know
08:25He just made it up an uncomfortable time
08:27I don't think Connors is covered pressure quite well
08:29But then you throw a right hand to the body and a left hook over the top of snap each punch there
08:33I certainly was the best punch of the fight in the wrongs
08:37Beautifully poised these two excellent technicians Lee McGregor who's won 15 in those
08:44Red maroon and white color shorts and the gray and white
08:50skirt like outfit
08:52Of the southpaw Nathaniel Collins in fight number 17 turned over back in october 2018
08:59He's come up a quiet way people haven't been raving about him, but he's very useful. Yeah, very good fire indeed
09:06Just dominate behind the lead hand at the minute
09:10I'd like to see McGregor just get that front foot on the outside of Collins out and help him find a jab over the right hand of
09:19Collins
09:24I know someone McGregor's not committed. He's getting the foot close. He's not committed because he knows
09:27Collins is going to take that step back that little lean back
09:31And I think that's where the finger always works for you
09:34Even if he doesn't throw it means you can nick more space
09:36More space
09:46In the third round
09:49They're not amateurs and kids anymore, are they?
09:52proper
09:54established fighters here
09:56with an opportunity here to really push on and some really good work with it
10:00the uppercut from Collins and I think that's the shot that
10:03McGregor needs to throw inside as well you see how low
10:06Collins gets inside
10:08Chopping left hand from Nathaniel Collins
10:10Come on there, come on there
10:12Twenty-eighth
10:14There's so nipple between them and the statistics for Collins getting those arms flowing again
10:20And McGregor just caught in the middle of the ring a little uncertain the gum shield's out
10:25And uh, well, it's swinging back to Collins this round
10:28No, that was really good
10:30Sorry, the flow and the rhythm in which he threw those shots, Collins
10:33Very, very pleasing to watch
10:36McGregor's trying to get that chest over the front foot, which is not a bad idea
10:40There's not real like just the feet got caught there
10:42It actually looked like McGregor maybe tripped a bit
10:45And he's trying to bob and weave, there's not real thought to it
10:47So Collins is just weaving his rhythm and trying to pick the shot through the middle
10:55He's out of range with his jab, McGregor
10:59Just a bit rude run of him, isn't he?
11:00Isn't he?
11:01I mean a little bit
11:03He's sort of got the right idea, just a little more disguised as one of his working, McGregor, and Collins
11:07That's a really good control
11:09Mark's up under the left eye as well, Lee McGregor
11:13He might have to just get down and dirty and rough up
11:17Collins not giving that room
11:19Hey!
11:20You've got to be careful
11:20Being outboxed at times
11:22Sorry Adam, you've just got to be careful with that roughing him up
11:24I've been trying to, you don't tire yourself
11:31That left hook is there for McGregor
11:34I can't see a little step to the left
11:36Get into the position to throw the shot
11:38Then take that step to the right along with the left hook
11:47Just regain control there, Nathaniel Collins
11:50Meanwhile, backstage
11:52Lee McGregor's big mate Josh Taylor
11:56From Edinburgh, of course, or just outside
12:00Such a brilliant fighter for so many years
12:03The question is
12:06The question is what is left in the locker and how good would he be up at welterweight, Jimmy
12:13Gill, the wonderful Nottingham manager and boxing man who we lost sadly recently and a big inspiration
12:21To this man, Echo Esserman
12:25With Barrington Brown and Jimmy Gill from the beginning
12:28I love Jimmy Gill, I really did
12:30He always had a story
12:33Looked after the Booth brothers, didn't he?
12:35Fabulous character
12:36Yeah, great man
12:38And this really is a great fight to top the bill here in Glasgow
12:41So many questions I look forward to being answered
12:45Yeah, questions to be answered here with these two old friends
12:49But now rivals certainly for the next eight rounds or so
12:54The WBC silver title up for grabs
12:58WBC champion at the moment is Stephen Fulton
13:02Our own Nick Fulton of course with the WBA undefeated
13:07Raphael Espinoza, Angelo Leo
13:10It's a really crammed division as always the featherweights
13:14And um well back in those times we're talking about the Booth brothers
13:19We had Nas didn't we and Paul Ingle and Billy Hardy and so many good fighters
13:24With Robinson
13:26Wow
13:26Thank you
13:27Thank you
13:28It's been relevant
13:29It's been a great division
13:30It's always been a great division
13:31Domestically and worldwide
13:33It still is now
13:34So if you win this fight
13:36Puts you on the ladder towards those bigger fights
13:38And that's uh
13:39But they won't care about that
13:40This is all about
13:41This is all about pride in this fight
13:42This is
13:43You want to be the best in the world
13:44You want to be the best in your country
13:46He's really good at the day
13:47With that left hand
13:48He's good
13:49You see the passer's landed
13:51On the cocky box
13:52And he is hurt here
13:54Leave the trigger
13:56The corner and beckoning
13:58Rafael Collins to go in
14:00Because it's early in the fourth round
14:02And there is a break through here for the man
14:05and he's put down the round dramatically for the second time in the fourth round and that was a heavier fall
14:16and brilliant so far from Nathaniel Collins and there's plenty of time left in the round to get the job done
14:24he's hunting in, body shot, that was it, Nathaniel Collins with the win of his career 17-0
14:32nothing on the top of a world title shot and Lee McGregor is defeated in style and that was dramatic
14:41and the first time that's happened to McGregor and Nathaniel Collins who looked really good
14:48from the offing and he's on the floor in tears, the emotions pouring out, what a brilliant win
14:55and what a dramatic round Barry
14:58that was absolutely fantastic, even boxing so well, really controlled throughout Collins there
15:04but that's finished there, the woman with the first knockdown, he threw to the body
15:08and then the one over the top there straight away went bam bam, it was a lovely shot
15:13the body shot was just to drop the hands, really thought about what was working
15:16that's been the theme of the night so far for me, he's able to be thinking about their work
15:21not just brushing it, not just letting their hands go, being aggressive
15:24the thought for Willie, but Collins there was punch perfect tonight, that was a brilliant performance
15:28against a really good fight to Lee McGregor
15:29Great mates, real respect, it had to go out of the building for the time they were in the ring
15:39and Nathaniel Collins, what a nightmare, his style was difficult for Lee McGregor
15:45the southpaw, the uppercut, the rhythm and then, quite surprisingly, the power
15:52that was exceptional, Adam, it really was, but on paper, a really tough, tough fight
16:00we've mentioned what was on the line, but the way in which he's beaten McGregor there
16:04is so impressive, I mean look at the work, look at the power, look at the speed
16:09and most importantly Barry, the self-belief
16:13Yeah, he's hit with a lovely shot, again the timing was fantastic
16:16and obviously that was the first knock, I thought it was a bit of a push, but he was already hurt
16:20but the second one here against the ropes, when they get him against the ropes
16:23before that, he threw a left of the body, then a left over the top
16:26just really clever work, it was really clever, out all tonight, he's really clever
16:30making a miss, making him pay you
16:32body, and then over the top there, right, with a solid shot, that's a really good punch
16:36really good, I mean, he'd come of age tonight, Nathaniel Collins, he really has
16:40A mature and blistering performance from Nathaniel Collins
16:46Lee McGregor up at featherweight, and he felt the weight of those punches
16:51but it was the precision and the class tonight of Nathaniel Collins
16:57he's been a secret really, not many have heard of him outside of Scotland
17:02but he has his moment tonight, live on the zone
17:06at prime time, and now they will be talking about the nightmare
17:11and he could be a nightmare for these featherweights
17:15I'll tell you now, he'll take some beating
17:17and not just that performance there, as impressive as it was
17:20but you watch him as a whole, as a fighter
17:22there is so much to like about him
17:25because that was an outstanding win, an outstanding win, a huge win
17:31on the resume of Nathaniel Collins
17:34fabulous, another stoppage win on a sizzling night in Scotland
17:43well, the ring three event
17:47a blockbuster card from New York City
17:49July the 12th, Shakur Stevenson
17:51against William Cepeda, topping the bill
17:54Edgar Belanga and our own Hamza Shiraz
17:57facing off in the Chiefs' support
17:59should be another memorable night of boxing
18:01in the Big Apple
18:03you can see it
18:04live on the zone
18:06so much coming up
18:08in the next six, eight weeks
18:10and, well, so much respect between the pair
18:14he'll be gutted, Lee McGregor
18:16what a win
18:17for Nathaniel Collins
18:19ladies and gentlemen
18:24here is the official time
18:26one minute, 45 seconds
18:28of round number four
18:29our referee in charge
18:30Mark Lyson
18:31stops the contest
18:33therefore your winner
18:34by way of technical
18:35knockout
18:37still undefeated
18:39and now the WBC Silver
18:41featherweight champion
18:44Nathaniel
18:45the Nightmare Collins
18:48Super Southpaws
18:54delivering
18:55scintillating power
18:57tonight in Glasgow
18:58Nathaniel Collins
19:00with his old buddy
19:02and sparring partner
19:03and former amateur
19:05Nate Lee McGregor
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