Terry Norris vs. Donald Curry (pre-Honeyghan)

it is hard to say. I think the one thing Norris has which can never be discounted is his handspeed yet he had a chin which could not take much. Prime Curry vs. Prime Norris I almost go with Curry. Mid round knockout.

 

On one of Norris' good chin days, I think he might nick a tight one.

On a bad chin day he gets stretched out.

 

Norris, he's just better all around.

 

Curry KO

 

very evenly divided. And I am split also. The only reason I pick a prime Curry over a prime Norris is that with Donald you had to be perfect with him to beat him when he was prime because he was a great counterpuncher, and Terry could get careless. Terry had fast hands but made many mistakes and dropped his hands to land punches, and his punches were hard but not devastating. So if someone could survive or counter Terry could be hurt. A 1991 Terry Norris vs. 1985 Curry moving up in weight is a spectacular fight.

 

I take Norris here, though I consider Curry the overall better career fighter. I'm assuming the thread intends us to consider the 154-pound Curry that fought the likes of Hard Rock Green and Pablo Baez, before Honeyghan got to him. That version of Curry was much better than the one we saw fight Norris, but there was a marked difference in his physical strength and power in those fights when compared to the welterweight version. Toward the end of his 147-pound run, Curry was showing not just sharp skills, but good strength in trench warfare; he was outmuscling and outpunching them rather than simply outboxing them. That was gone even with those initial forays into junior-middleweight, and Norris was hellaciously strong.

 

Curry outclasses Norris. At his best at 147 Curry basically had no major flaws. At his best at 154 Norris had a couple of them. Curry exploits those flaws and stops Norris in about round 10

 

I think its a close fight until Curry ups the tempo in the middle rounds, connecting with a flurry to stop Norris.

Its really sad watching Curry's fights with Norris and Nunn. The poor guy was the very definition of shot. Those were both fights where one feels geniuine concern for Curry's longterm health.

 

I just don't like Curry anywhere near as much at 154. At welter he's almost great. But certainly not at jr middle. If you put Donald in the Terry Norris shoes so he would fight all guys in those title shots and defenses, I think his record is far worse than what Terry managed to accomplish.

 

This is kind of how I see it....Prime wise there is not alot seperating these two for me and I also like picturing how their styles might mesh....But @ 154 I think Terry takes a nice 8-4 type of decision and would not rule out a stoppage either.

 

Or maybe a guy like Honeyghan and all the others were fighters who determined how great he really was, and people over-elevate the abilities of someone who hasn't fought elite level fighters yet..

 

Except that he had, at least as good as Honeyghan and frankly better. Honeyghan wasn't all that. Any glimpse at Curry against, say, Starling or Jones or McCrory and then watching the guy that showed up for Honeyghan will tell you it wasn't the same guy.

 

Norris was pretty formidable at his best...and Curry seemed to lose that razor edge when above welterweight...just not quite as sharp, or strong. Norris by decision.

 

Man i think Terrible Terry might've been just too big and strong even for a prime Curry.