Don Curry vs Julian Jackson

I'm not sure to be honest. Its a damn shame his prime was so short and durability limited. Watching him box was like watching pure beauty in motion. At times he looked almost perfect in every aspect. He certainly had skills which matched those of Leonard, Hearns and Duran, though he definitely would have lost to all three.

 

Curry would win big .He would cut Jackson.to ribbons and stop him mid rnds .unless Jackson lands a lucky shot he would be totally destroyed.without his power he was a very ordinary.

 

Apart from Colin Jones?

 

Colin Jones was a very good puncher, he certainly hit harder than Honeyghan and probably McCrory too.

 

Jones had extremely good power for sure. He was quite a solid fighter. There was nothing in the two McCrory fights. He was unlucky to run into a Curry at what turned out to be the peak of his powers.

 

All things considered, Jones was probably the best pure puncher Curry faced, and interestingly, Curry met him in the trenches and just beat him to the punch. He had to fight that way because of what was apparently a spongy ring. He couldn't move much.

A feather in Curry's cap for sure. Jones' nose fell off in the third round.

 

You guys are right. I neglected to mention Colin Jones. my bad. Curry was an excellent welterweight who I really wish would have gone on to have a Sugar Ray Leonard like career. But sadly his durability issues and short lived prime prevented him from getting there.

 

curry in 1987 had lost a lot of confidence and developed some severe defensive lapses that were never there a year before.

He still had some brilliantly sharp boxing skills and serious power at 154. I just see him dissecting Jackson and stopping a bloodied Julian in 6-7.

 

Its not out of the question, but he'd have to stop Jackson early. The longer the fight goes on the greater the risk of him getting hit with something big. And if Curry was suffering from deteriorated skills and confidence as you say, then all the more reason. Donald was a magnificent fighter who's boxing abilities may well have been as good as any all time great's. But his pinnacle was preciously short lived and his durability was sub par on the world class level. That and I don't think he was ideally made for any other division outside of welter.

 

Some people on here and giving Curry too much defensive credit. Even at his BEST, he was very solid defensively, but never unhittable.

And Jackson is NOT Colin Jones.

The above poster is on the money. Curry would have to stop Jackson early.

The longer it goes, Julian WOULD land something big eventually. And based on what we know of Curry's chin, he ain't handling Jackson's power.

 

I think Curry would get kod at some point. He would get caught. I think he would be winning at the time of the stoppage.

The version of Curry that fought non title fights at 154 in 1985 may win, though. He didn't have the physical and emotional damage of the Honeyghan loss then.

Also, remember, according to the OP, we are not talking absolute prime Jackson here, the but the a bit green one that McCallum punished.

 

Sadly I believe this to be the most likely outcome.