Donald Curry versus Julian Jackson

I would imagine something like Jackson vs. Graham, with Curry perhaps winning a few rounds before Jackson finds that chin and ends it.

 

Move Curry up straight after the win over McCrory and i'd take him by stoppage. You can never count Jackson out with that incredible power tho. Curry was incredibly sharp before weight draining caught up with him and he got his clock cleaned. He was never the same again. He looked good against McCallum for a while but capitulated from the first hard punch, unseen admittedly.

 

Jeff Chandler.

Roy had a career worth of success behind him and was at a reasonably similar career stage to Hagler and Monzon when they got out of the game. Poor Curry was just warming up when he suddenly lost his "heat".

Chandler had been in great form for years excepting his late career close loss to Oscar Muniz in a non title fight where he clowned around like a fool. He addressed this two fights later stopping Oscar convincingly. Lots of noise about drugs behind the scenes with Jeff and he never got the chance to bounce back due to a damaged retina retirement. He was DEAD in that Sandoval fight.

Another guy who fell of the edge of the cliff but at a career stage a level earlier than Jones was is Aaron Pryor. We know drugs were completely to blame and it's worth taking note sometimes just how much drugs can end up affecting fighters. Dokes fought Coetzee not long after a two day cocaine binge and he wasn't himself.

Not making excuses, that's just how some fighters and drugs go.

 

If we're talking around 1987-88 or so, I think I'd take SRL by stoppage in a competitive fight. Might be close after 9 rounds, but I think Leonard turns it up late and Curry folds. Leonard by TKO 10 if I had to guess.

 

At 154 i'd go with Hawk.Jackson by KO 4-6.

 

I don't like the way Curry holds his chin up in the air and doesn't move his head. He's bound to get clocked by a monster puncher like Jackson eventually.

Jackson by KO Curry didn't do enough at 154 for me to pick him over Jackson.

 

Jackson cleans his clock, Curry relies on size to a large degree, Curry was a main dish at 147lbs, but a starter/appetiser anywhere above that.

 

I can see something just like this occurring.

 

Jackson would put Don Curry to sleep

 

I have to agree with the majority. I love Donald curry and he was a boxing genius. But he just wasn’t built to take that kind of power

 

His demise from being what he was was to what he became still baffled me. I remember the coaches at the local boxing club at the time would tell everyone to watch him, as he looked the perfect boxing machine- patient, systematic, not a punch wasted. His left hook that floor Milt is one of my favourite punches of all time- and within a few years he was getting beaten by Rene Jacquot!

I think history had been unkind to Donald myself. His record is similar to Tyson- champ for 3+ years, regarded as #1 pfp in the sport, unified the belts and had 9 victories since winning a version of the crown, and won another version of the world title after losing his 'w' streak. Great fighter, underrated by those who weren't following the sport when he was at his best.