Donald Curry vs Pipino Cuevas

That was the worst thing Don ever did was leave Dave Gorman & get involved with Akbar Muhammad & Snake Leonard. They promised him big $$$$ but only stabbed him in the back & ruined his career

 

Did you know Don was ringside for Leonards debacle against Camacho. He was going to shame Leonard into fighting him
But when he saw Leonards 'purely for the pay check non performance he said " I wont embarrass myself by fighting him he was pathetic". Only response from Leonard was " I got paid to be here tonight you didn't"

 

Great recall of the characters involved. I met Dave Gorman one night over in Ft. Worth at a local boxing event. He was brokenhearted at that time about what had all that had transpired.

Dave Gorman died on April 28, 2004

Local manager dies of stomach cancer

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By Trae Thompson

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Star-Telegram Staff Writer

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Longtime Fort Worth boxing manager David Gorman died Wednesday at a nursing home in Whitney. He was 61.

Gorman, who died of stomach cancer, managed world champions Donald Curry, Steve Cruz, Gene Hatcher and Troy Dorsey. All of them trained in his gym in Fort Worth.

"During that period in the 1980s, he was absolutely the leading manager in the country," Top Rank president Bob Arum said. "He had a group of fighters that were truly outstanding. They were the most popular and well-regarded fighters in the sport. He had Curry, Hatcher, Robin Blake and Cruz. That was an unbelievable collection of guys.

"I haven't seen it since."

Those who knew Gorman praised the mark he left in Fort Worth and in the sport of boxing.

"I remember the last story they did on him a couple years ago, he said, 'I'm not a legend,' " Dorsey said. "I think he's a legend. I don't see how anyone will disagree with that. ... Mr. Gorman made sure his fighters were taken care of. You didn't have to worry about him [saying] one thing and doing another."

Dick Cole, boxing administrator with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, knew Gorman when Cole was an amateur fighter in the 1960s. He later helped officiate fights at Gorman's gym.

"He'd have a fight card, and half the card would be David's fighters," Cole fondly recalled. "There were old ones, young ones. When he hit with Donald, it just seemed like he got blessed. Bing, bing, bing. Then Gene ended up winning the title and little Steve. All of a sudden, everything was peaches and roses."

 

SRL made $4 million and Camacho made $2 million.....with SRL getting stopped in 5 rounds. SRL supposedly had a calf injury "pre-fight" that he did not publicly disclose.

The Camacho fight was on March 1, 1997, with his propsed future schedule as:

"Leonard was scheduled to fight Danny Phippen on June 1, 1997, but the bout was postponed until July 22 after Leonard said his calf needed more time to heal. After Phippen skipped out on a stipulated tuneup match, Leonard was set to face Dan Connolly on July 25, but he backed out because he said he didn't have enough time to train. Leonard then planned to meet Tony Menefee on February 15, 1998, in Sydney, Australia, but he pulled out of that fight as well. According to J.D. Brown, Leonard didn't have the motivation. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last fight."

 

I cringe learning he was actually contemplating returning after the Camacho debacle. He wasn't broke. Glad he didn't fight again.

It was also sad that a shot Curry came back in 97 only to be hammered by Emmit Linton.

 

I go with Curry, too fast, too sharp and too textbook. One thing about Cuevas I fell gets overlooked is that his hands were pretty quick.

 

"Leonards last "FIGHT" ?? He was there for the paycheck
The cheating snake in the grass

 

I met Dave Gorman when I came to the US in 83 was a fly on the wall of his super pro gym for years. Dave was a great guy One of boxings genuine Good Guys. In fact it was a standing joke that Don said he recognized my accent at the Colin Jones fight in England when the so called fans threw beer bottles at Don Dave & Paul Reyes
Wonderful Memories

 

Thanks for the info compadre.