Curry would be tough for Floyd. Although I don't think Curry would hit Floyd with that left hook he hit McCrory with. You know one thing about McCrory, he has a reach of only 73 inches. He was tall but a short reach. He was marketed as another Hearns, but Tommy had 78 1/2 inch reach.. Ray Leonard had 74 inch reach and Hagler 75.
Would be a close fight, but it's very difficult to beat Floyd by just punch picking and pot shotting, which Curry liked to do from the outside. That's Mayweather's game and he is still very quick on the draw even at welterweight and does it better than almost anyone. Someone like Starling would have busted Mayweather up though by getting in his face. I was pretty sure of that after the Hatton fight, I'm even more sure of that after the Cotto fight.
Curry still has the superior handspeed. He'd open Floyd up, and Mayweather would struggle more than Starling (2nd fight) to stay in there IMO. If they're punch picking, Curry is going for it. Floyd is point scoring. Curry will pick Floyd's shots with his gloves (which he did well) and be more aggressive with his countering once he realises he's in there with a pace setter. He had no worries pushing Starling around. Hard thing to do. I agree Moochie matches up with Floyd even better. He'd batter him.
Curry in his prime (albeit short) was a textbook boxer/puncher. I think he would be too complete a fighter for PBF to school. Also Curry at 147 had fight ending one punch power. PBF is a great fighter, my concerns about him against other all time greats is that at some point, your gifts(talent) aren`t enough. curry had the talnet, power and grot to get it done against PBF...
Donald Curry has to be one of the most overrated fighters on this board. Just look at their careers, Floyd is completely in another class. Honeyghan messed up Curry, can you imagine what Floyd would do to him?
When did Floyd fight like Honeyghan? And when does full resume give a definite account of who the superior fighter is? Curry was at his best in the second Starling fight IMO, taking opponent and performance into account. It's certainly a more feasible stylistic comparison than The Ragamuffin Man is for Mayweather.
Bad stylistic example again, no Curry isn't overrated he's very good as a technician and Honeyghan at his best is a beast of a technical pressure fighter. Floyd isn't fighting that way against this type of puncher However I think Floyd could pull this one off, I'm not sure either way as Curry is bigger, but I think Floyd is quicker and overall more skilled
Brilliant ! Ask Marlon if Curry was overrated ... Then again, Starling is no Castillo, who BEAT PBF the firrst time...
Keep dreaming guys. Floyd would smoke Curry and Honeyghan in the same night. Floyd is an all time great fighter. Nor Curry and Honeyghan are even close to that.
Curry and Honeyghan were inconsistent underachievers whose fanbases vastly overrate them in their "prime". Neither had the skills to be able to cope with floyd.
The 2006-7 version I'd certainly say so, better at disguising his shots, defensively and technically better too. Curry's got the much better firepower at the weight though I was meaning to ask your id history as you certainly knew your stuff coming on here. PM if you feel the risk of being banned :good I know you're young and aren't that familiar with the weight class or the 80s era but you're seriously embarrassing yourself now And this is coming from someone often accused of being biased in favour of Floyd