Barry McGuigan or Lloyd Honeyghan

Barry. Not just Pedroza but Laporte when that still meant something, and Bernard Taylor.

 

Agreed. Honeyghan really has nothing like that to compare. Curry was in a bad state at the time. Hope no one thinks Lloyd beats the version of Curry that beat Jones or McCrory. Two different guys. Other than that who is there? Bumphus? Hatcher? Ugh.

Nice win over Blocker, but that was close, and Blocker was frail and completely devoid of power.

 

McGuigan did more, but Honeyghan was better at his very peak.

 

McGuigan has the deeper resume and was more consistent,we never get any real proof of what prime Honeyghan can do to a prime ATG/very good fighter.

The Pedroza McGuigan beat was past prime and while I thought prime Alacran would whip McGuigan,him past prime was still game and McGuigan got his body working and pressure on point for that fight,then McGuigan still went on to beat some very good prime contenders at the top.

Honeyghan just came,beat Blocker and a few more good guys,beat bad as a grandpa Curry and boom,gone.

 

Barry for me, mate.
But I loved watching them both.
It was a good time for the British, the mid to late 80 s .

 

I agree with all the above but I will go with Honeyghan. He destroyed future 2-time light-middle champ Gianfranco Rosi with one punch in Italy, looked brilliant dominating World ranked fighters in Sylvester Mittee (easily beat Pedro Vilella who had just beaten Marlon Starling) and Horace Shufford.

Looked superb taking apart and making Don Curry quit in a massive upset. Curry was definately weight drained but still a great win. Curry never the same after though won another World crown at light-middle.

Johnny Bumphus looked awful but had just won a 6 round technical decision over Starling and Honeyghan was devastating that night.

Hatcher was an spectacular looking win though Hatcher should never got a title shot. Maurice Blocker was impressive, future 2 time champion who retired Starling. Lloyd looked awful in 1st Vaca fight but redemped himself with a terrific ko in the returned.

The Starling loss was devastating but Marlon was one hell of a fighter when on form and then Lloyd basically fell apart after that loss.

McGuigan beat some solid European opposition, always dangerous Laporte and looked great against Pedroza those his best days were behind him. Didn´t see the Bernard Taylor fight but read that he struggled early on before starting to get to the American who then quit. Didn´t look good Cabrera or Cruz.

It´s a tough one but I think Lloyd just nicks it.

 

I'd say McGuigan, but that's based more on an inkling than any in-depth analysis. IMO, McGuigan was a genuine good fighter for a time (& could've continued to be IMO, if the fallout from the Cruz debacle hadn't derailed his career), whereas Honey was an explosive frontrunner who was prone to falling apart if an opponent took him past the midway point.

 

This is close,overall Barry had a greater resume but dont think he had better wins than Lloyd`s victories over Curry and Rosi

 

Great outside the box thread!

Both had primes prematurely cut short.
Both had 2 excellent fight streaks

Mcguigan: Laporte,Pedroza,Taylor,Cabrera.

Honeyghan: Rosi,Mittee,Shufford,Curry,Bumphus,Blocker,Hatcher.

I go with Honeyghan.

But Mcguigan i wish he had rematched Cruz and carried on

 

Yes Curry was a lifeless zombie. Nothing in that ring was Donald Curry.
Nothing even like the shot Curry of 1989-1991 no handspeed,poise or the trademark reflexes.

As good as the 1986 Honeyghan was ( and he wouldve been a peak Curry's hardest test up to that point he beat a zombie a shell.

Ironically the Honeyghan who lost to Starling & Curry and fought Marin in-between seemed totally lifeless too

 

Honeyghan was like a novelty act IMO - he had no real defense to speak of & relied on a frenzied, unpredictable onslaught to either KO opponents early or keep them so preoccupied w/ defense as to be unable to exploit his flaws. he had a brief run of success w/ his approach, convincing a weakened Curry to quit on his stool & bombing out a pair of faded ex-jrWW champs, but after that the novelty soon wore off & he looked increasingly more vulnerable w/ each successive performance until Starling finally burst his bubble for good.