Curry-Starling

Tell me about these fights. Worth hunting down?

 

Very much so. Especially the second, which is a showcase of some of the best clean in-fighting you're ever likely to see.

 

First fight is a little forgettable for action...But if you appreciate skill its worth watching.

The 2nd was a great fight..Two very skilled fighters going at it at the top of their game.

 

I would agree, the fights were a little one paced, any modern fan would not like them, but fight two in particular has value to the connoisseur.

 

Don't bother wasting your money. The first one especially is dreadful. Starling the one at fault. he just didnt want to make a fight of it.

the rematch was utterly one sided. Curry was truly his master

A better suggestion: Get the Honeyghan Curry fight instead. It's like getting to see the one fight I always wanted but never got to see: Cuevas Leonard

 

Agreed. Just very good mixture of offense and defense at a high pace from both.

 

Cuevas would have been whooped on like a sissy by Leonard, you know this.

 

Wow, collective high praise offset by one very critical rooster. All things considered, being that I do appreciate highly skilled boxing (regardless of the presence or absence of knock-down-drag-out action) and especially appreciate clean in-fighting, and don't mind watching ultimately one-sided affairs, I think I am in fact going to go ahead and look into these. Was this rivalry pretty much the benchmark for both fighters or do they both have other, better showcases that demand a look as well? Rooster or anyone else, care to elaborate on what was special about Honeyghan-Curry?

 

has anybody got these 2 fights im intrested in them

 

I will, soon.

 

I have the first one unfortunately. If their is anything postive that came out of the second is that Donald gave Marlon a well deserved drubbing

 

Have you ever seen the first contest? just deplorable!

Curry has an excuse though since he was weakened by the flu. as for Starling, this is one of those cases where I really believe the fighter should have had his money witheld

he put in more an effort in the rematch-not that it mattered. I knew he was going to lose

As for Honeyghan it shows the right type of opponent with the right style and tools to demolish a gifted boxer like Curry. He reminded me a little of Animla Fletcher the way he took charge of the opponent.

This is a perfect example of taking the more skilled boxer out of his game. During the second round he scored heavily-all clean blows to the head with Donald's head lurching back. Donald was never the same after that and Lloyd would not let him catch a breather. A butt did influence the outcome but Lloyd was just getting stronger while Doanld could not stem the tide of Lloyd's attack. Again, Lloyd was tearing that boy up just prior to his corner stopping it which proves that if you got the offense, the superior boxer will cave in.

The more intense the attack, the faster the outcome. We'
ve all seen it:

Hearns-Duran
Hagler-Hearns
Norris-Leonard
LH-Donald Curry
Louis - Schmeling 2

and the famous Sandy Saddler winning 3/4 contests with Willie Pep

there's others out there I'm just naming a few off the top of my head

 

check yourPMs

 

Curry and Starling probably would've taken Cuevas as well, maybe McCrory.

 

The second "Curry-Starling" fight of '84 was Curry at his peak handling a highly skilled Starling over the duration of 15 WBA title rds........... Curry always seemed huge compared to Starling........... Curry was perhaps a solid 154 pounder back then, but just dropped weight prior to those bouts...... Starling looked fit and comfortable at 147 pounds, but not strong enough there to beat Curry.......

I cannot remember if it was the first fight or the second fight in which Curry was reported to be 156 pounds the day before they fought..... Curry dropped weight overnight and still beat Starling.......

MR.BILLrasta:yikes