'86 Curry vs '08 Margarito

I meant beating Starling by whatever means is a good enough result not that Curry squeaked past him. "Just" as in just being able to beat Starling irrelevant of the detail is a good result, not "just" as in just about beating Starling.

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if it goes the distance i would pick Curry, but if there's a knockout I would favor Margo. My guess is that Curry would win a decision. Curry was one of my favorite boxers to watch.

 

In addition to the two Starling wins, he also held dominant wins over brutal puncher Colin Jones, Nino LaRocca, Bruce Finch, and Gainfranco Rosi after the loss to Honeyghan. The aforementioned McCrory blowout was huge at the time, as McCrory was indeed a very good fighter, as proven by his performance against the likes of McCallum (in a loss, but still in comparison to Curry), DeWitt, Jones, Santana, etc. He was very highly regarded at the time, and for good reason, similar to Moore.

As far as his mental toughness, you may be right. I don't quite know what to make of that aspect of his psyche honestly. The constant weight draining surely effected him in his later WW days, but it seemed his durability more than anything went out the window post-Honeyghan, as he always seemed a cool customer in the ring.

As far as his fight with McCallum, I honestly think were they to have a series Curry would've come out on top in his prime, or would've at least given McCallum an L. I'd probably favor the version that dominated Baez to outbox McCallum based on their fight.

 

Theres a guy here I think its longhorn 71 that knows Curry and his handlers somewhat personally. Something about a group of people strongarming Currys trainer/handler at the time. Some shady ****, the guy was a complete fighter..such a shame

 

Curry was a glass chinned quitter. It's absurd that people still insist on overrating him after all these years. Some fighters (ie: Kelly Pavlik) are instant frauds when they lose, but other fighters people bend over backwards to excuse their limitations.

If Margarito was to quit against Mosley the same way Curry did to Honeygan, he would get ripped a new *******. There'd be none of this "He had a short shelf life, the loss doesn't count" bull****.

 

This is a more thorough list of guys who could beat/be favored over Curry. The best of the best. I'd add "Montreal" Duran. Just too physical.

As for Curry's mental toughness. I think his career can be split between pre-Honeyghan and post-Honeyghan. He just wasn't the same after that fight. But no, I wouldn't give Honeyghan credit for breaking him. There were plenty of extenuating circumstances. He had 2 rough fights with Starling (the same Starling who completely trashed Honeyghan). McCrory was very highly regarded. Jones was good. Nino LaRocca was thought of as a possible phenom at the time. Leonard got rid of Finch in 3, Curry did it in 4 just a couple months later. Hwang was extremely rugged. Curry showed plenty in his short prime and would've smoked Margarito.

 

Huh? Are you referring to Honeyghan vs Curry? Honeyghan was dominating but there was a clash of heads and the referee stopped the fight on the advice of the ringside doctor.

 

:blood:rofl

 

p.s. Pavlik is a good fighter and I certainly haven't given up on him, although his last fight certainly raised a lot of questions, but he's nowhere near Curry's league.

 

Curry was an exceptional fighter.....I saw him wipe out one of the
fastest boxers in boxing history....Nino LaRocca.

Curry would disarm Margie's offense and put him out.

Magic Starling would out uppercutt Margie and put him out as well.
Starling was a prolific uppercutter.

 

Curry with ease. Curry wasn't no Cotto!!

 

Brutal too strong for you. McCrory did not think it was funny. Margarito would not have seen it coming just like McCrory. Margarito's chin is very good, but we are talking about a prime Curry. Guy's like Curry and Hearns would have flatten Margarito. We will never know and that is my opinion.

 

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