NATHANIEL COLLINS crowned himself “the new king of Scotland” last night after stunning Raza Hamza inside 30 seconds to retain his British and…
NATHANIEL COLLINS crowned himself “the new king of Scotland” last night after stunning Raza Hamza inside 30 seconds to retain his British and Commonwealth titles.
It was a performance that will put the rest of the featherweight division on notice as the Kynoch Boxing fighter edges ever closer to European and thenWarren’s great rival, Eddie Hearn, last week hailed Anthony Joshua’s stoppage of Robert Helenius as knockout of the year but a buoyant Collins joked that he had now taken that mantle.
“I believe in my ability. I work really hard. I’ve come from nothing. I’ve got mouths to feed and that guy in front of me was standing in the way of me putting food on the table for my wife and daughter. He said: “It was the perfect punch. It didn’t go that far, did it? Tremendous power. We were talking about knockouts of the year last week – that’s the knockout of the year this week.
He didn’t get long to prove it, however, through no fault of his own. One punch – a whipping right-hander – was all it took to send Hamza down 15 seconds into the opening round. The official time of the stoppage was given as 24 seconds and Collins could scarcely believe it as the referee waved off, before being joined in the ring by trainer Joe Ham and manager Sam Kynoch who seemed stunned too by how easy it had all been for their charge.
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