He made a second successful defence in March 1983 against Antonio Harris and a month later beat Alex Sua on points in an eliminator for the Commonwealth title.
[7] Collins lost the European title in September when he was stopped in the seventh round by Pedro van Raamsdonk.
Having relinquished the British title, he won it for a third time in March 1989 with a second round stoppage of defending champion Tony Wilson.
[5] In October 1989 Collins travelled to Australia to challenge Jeff Harding for the WBC world light-heavyweight title.
[9] In August 1990 Collins regained the European title with a ninth round knockout of Eric Nicoletta.