Anyone see the Donald Curry/Marlon Starling fights?

Cheers mate but i am firmly in the camp that the Curry from 12 months earlier would have definitely beaten Lloyd. It was easy to see definition and snap were woefully off.

 

Definitely. That falls under the point you made earlier in regards to Curry out-staying his welcome in the Welterweight division.

 

Curry stayed at 147 too long and it killed him by the fall of '86....... BUT! I thought Curry looked like a million bucks when he KO'd Eduardo Rodriguez in "2" rds in the spring of '86 on national TV...... After stopping Rodriguez, Curry should've made his move to 154.....
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Curry was a limp dick at 147 by the time he faced Honeybaby on HBO in Sept. of '86..... Curry entered the ring with empty balls..... He just couldn't get it up.....
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Have a REALLY close look at your tape and you will see Curry let a couple of punches slip thru that never would have previously. The slight signs were there.

 

As for Curry losing to Honeyghan in late '86 by being weight-drained and perhaps bored, I felt at that point Curry would be much better upon his move to 154. However, although he looked good / okay in his two tune-ups prior to meeting Mike McCallum in the summer of '87, I still thought he'd rebound and beat McCallum on HBO. Well, Curry almost had McCallum's bell sounded and dinged for the first four rds of heated action, but then the tricky McCallum set that trap and had Curry walk right into a wicked-ass hook from left field. BOOM! Fight over... Curry's aura of being unbeatable was clearly over.....

Even though Curry came back in '88 to win the whatever title (?) at 154 against Gianfranco Rosi on ESPN, I thought Curry's skills were indeed faded.... I knew for sure his clock was winding down.....

Next up.. A pathetic loss to Rene Jacquot.... UGH!!

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No need to go on about Curry's ill-fated fights with "Nunn and Norris." Curry was fodder looking for retirement cash.....

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Pretty much all been said already in the thread abour Curry vs Starling. I'll just add that if Leonard - Benitez is the masterpiece for outfighting at welterweight in the last 30 or 40 years, then Curry - Starling II is the masterpiece for infighting.
I think Curry's infighting brilliance at Welterweight hurt him when he moved up. In addition to maybe losing a bit himself, it just wasn't the place to be against bigger, stronger guys. I think a slight dropoff in reflexes and a tendency to lean in with his head left him vulnerable to all those butts.