A SECURITY supervisor has claimed former world boxing champion Steve Collins was "like a caged animal" shouting obscenities at an Albanian bouncer moments after he allegedly punched him in the face.
Seán Jordan said he tried to calm the former boxer and convinced him to get medical treatment for the wound on his hand before re-stationing the bouncer at the National Boxing Stadium "for his own safety".
Mr Collins has pleaded not guilty to assaulting Adrialik Voda when refused entry at the stadium, on June 3rd, 2006.
Mr Jordan told prosecution counsel, Seán Gillane, that he heard the accused inviting his doorman "to come and finish the job" an hour after the initial incident at the VIP fire exit.
Mr Jordan described how he responded to a security alert at a VIP main gate where another colleague noticed a "commotion" at a nearby fire exit.
He said he saw Mr Voda at this exit holding his mouth with blood running down his chin and Mr Collins pacing up and down shouting "that he was going to f***ing kill him" (Mr Voda).
Mr Jordan said he heard the former boxing star warn his doorman that "he'd be back" as he left to get medical attention from a nearby ambulance and described Mr Collins as so aggressive, he was afraid he'd also get hit.
The security supervisor said he got another radio call from Mr Voda from his new position and that when he attended the scene he saw Mr Collins asking the bouncer to get into his car so they could fight somewhere without witnesses.
He denied he was "grossly exaggerating" by comparing the accused to "a caged animal" when defence counsel Martin Dully put it to him that he made no attempt to get his client's version of events.
Mr Jordan retorted that Mr Collins refused "to listen, to reason" moments after the alleged assault.
The trial continues.