{"id":789554,"date":"2026-10-02T10:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/789554\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:58:18","slug":"ipswich-town-james-collins-to-fight-big-stacks-on-misfits-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/789554\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town &#8211; James Collins to fight Big Stacks on Misfits Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 43-year-old retired from playing in 2020 after his short spell at Portman Road, making six appearances for the Blues.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And Collins is now set to lace up the gloves for a showdown against internet personality Big Stacks, who bills himself as the &#8216;UK&#8217;s Hardest Man.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Collins has replaced former Apprentice star Thomas Skinner, who withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They will meet at London\u2019s Copper Box Arena on October 10 as part of the latest Misfits boxing card.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Welshman becomes the latest ex-Town play to step into the influencer boxing world as former loanee Danny Simpson made his boxing debut against social media star Danny Aarons in 2024 \u2013 a fight which ended in a draw.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsofanglia.com\/news\/26582699.forgotten-ex-town-defender-joins-history-making-non-league-side\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forgotten Ex-Town defender joins history-making non-league side<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Elsewhere, David Norris and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas are also stepping into a boxing ring as they will compete in A Night to Remember III, a charity boxing showcase featuring ex-professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Emmanuel-Thomas is set to face ex-Newcastle forward Nile Ranger, while Norris, who captained Ipswich, is facing former EFL striker Simon Cox.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The event is being organised by Pro Project Promotions and taking place at London\u2019s Grosvenor House Hotel on October 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 43-year-old retired from playing in 2020 after his short spell at Portman Road, making six appearances for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-789554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}