Remembering Donald Curry vs Lloyd Honeyghan

Yeah i have the article somewhere, not sure on authenticity.

 

The excuses for Curry are bull****.

Honeyghan beat the crap out of him because he had the style and the ability to do so.
Donals Curry was a stalker, he had terrific hand-speed and good accurate punching technique but not a lot of movement or creativity.
Honeyghan crowded him and out-speeded him, beat him to the punch and proved an elusive target.
Curry couldn't cope with the pace. He never could have.

Weight-making excuses are only acceptable for amateurs and second-raters. Anyone can use that excuse to save face.

Donald Curry was a bit overrated by the American hype machine anyway. He looked downright clumsy in his previous fight with Eduardo Rodriguez.

 

I could not disagree more strongly. It was obvious Curry wasn't there and there had been weight worries for quite some time. One mag actually addressed his poor performance against Rodriguez stating the rot was setting in due to staying at 147 too long when most were oblivious. The guy was incredibly sharp in most other fights.

 

I remember it well and couldn't believe my eyes, the myth of Curry was shattered that night butI suspect he was never as good as the hype - he was no Ray Leonard.

Curry never really scaled the heights again and unlike Leonard and Hearns just couldn't seem to come back from a loss, another mark of greatness. Still he was very good but so was Honeyghan when in the mood.

:good:good

 

Oh...........what memories No bull****,but I had a feeling about this fight about two days beforehand. Even though Curry looked like Marvin Hagler's heir apparent in the pound for pound stakes,there was something about Honeyghan's attitude and bearing that led me to believe that a big upset was on the cards.

I recall being out on that Saturday night, coming home,going to bed and tuned my radio into the live broadcast from Atlantic City. I was lying there in bed cheering Lloyd on. Seems like yesterday !

 

And he was always a slow-paced stalker.
Honeyghan came with the right style and attitude to beat him up, which he did.

 

I actually picked Lloyd to win this...honest! From what I had seen of Curry he mostly stood in front of guys with that tight defence and worked from there...up to the Lloyd fight it had worked...but I had seen Honey box many times at the RAH, all the way back to his pro debut, and had always been impressed by his versatility, movement, speed, intelligence & power...he seemed to know what to do and when to do it. I thought this versatility could be too much for Curry if Curry's plan A didn't work...and so it proved.

A lot of people who saw Lloyd when he boxed from after the Curry fight onwards thought he was just a slugger, this was not the case, he had much more than one string to his bow, but I think that when he became champ Lloyd largely discarded what had taken him to the top.

The night of the Curry fight, me and my mates (including Tim Taylor the 1990 & 1991 ABA LMW champ) went out down the Old Kent Road (The Dun Cow for those that know the area) & my mates slaughtered me for saying that Lloyd would win...I never let them forget it afterwards!!!

About a week later Tim boxed on a dinner show in London (Cafe Royal I think) & Lloyd was guest of honour and presented Tim with his trophy...Tim actually told Honey that I had said he would beat Curry...Lloyd seemed well pleased and told Tim to thank his mate for the support! How proud was I? What memories....

Sorry for the sentimental trip down memory lane guys...

 

Honeyghan would have beat this version of Don Curry too ...

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Curry just stands there, no movement, waiting to counter, he bends forward, lacks footwork ...

... I mean, the guy was devastating and precise, an superb hitter, but he had obvious flaws.
The commentary and general over-ratedness of him was crazy though. But then again, even Pinklon Thomas was being tipped as a special fighter back then. There was a lot of hype in the airwaves.

 

Good story. :good

 

:good Always get a warm feeling when memories like this come flooding back,don't you ?

 

Great days LX...in my own prime at the time!:good

 

Absolutely Stevie...knew a lot of the fighters back then...the clubs & music were great...and the girls...it seemed a lot simpler then!

and West Ham had Brooking, Devonshire, Bonds followed by Frankie Mac, Alvin Martin & TC...those were the days my friend!