Collins returns to where he was king

They never come back, according to boxing lore.

The square ring has plenty of stories of fighters who thought they had one more bout in them, only for time, the subtle thief of youth, to teach them otherwise.

It wasn’t like that for Steve Collins yesterday, though. He came back to Páirc Uí Chaoimh for a visit and it cost him no more than a few shivers in the February chill.