Donald Curry

I thought he was greater than he was, like everyone else. He had not been tested really and he easily beat who was in front of him. He knocked out McCrory in 2 and people thought probably more of it than they should have. But in his ww reign, he was exceptional. Great counterpuncher and great jab and speed.

 

Curry was a superb fighter across the board, without being great in one area. He had an excellent, compact, style. His jab was sharp and accurate. He could punch with both hands effectively and his uppercut was solid. Going to the body was also a strong part of his game. He could fight, inside and outside, equally as strong in each department. While he possessed quick hands, he wasn't quite Leonard or Hearns. Just a brilliant, technically, gifted boxer.

Perhaps, he could have been more of a mover behind the jab. He never exactly had the quick feet of Leonard.

 

Agree with every word. Curry was awesome, and technically brilliant, but only for a few years.

All due respect to Honeyghan, who beat Donald in 1987, but any version of Lloyd to fight Curry in 1984 or 1985 has no chance. Just another Curry KO victim.

 

yeah you are right. Donald was having problems physically with the weight and mentally a little, but Lloyd was everything for wrong for him. He was hungry and could punch hard enough. His power was underrated, and he threw fast combinations and he was undefeated. Donald was overwhelmed.

 

I just assumed that Curry must have had either personal or drug problems, considering he was near untouchable in 1985 and by 1988 he was just an above average contender. It was a quick fall.

 

I think that by the time Donald had got to Honeygan he had become a rather conceited fighter, their was a lot of Ink flowing in the fight mags about Donald being the heir apparent to Leonard, and being the one to depose Hagler, I think this Conceit kicked in obviously after blowing out McCrory, A Melting Iceman who was never going to replace the Detroit Hitman, or Moter city Cobra if you Prefer, Don's easy time with Colin Jones (interesting to speculate what would of happened without the cut ?) probably fed the Curry Ego, by the Time he got to Lloyd he turned up like His Royal Highness attending a ceremonial Beheading, I think Lloyds right hands and Combo's showed he was intent on Revolution, and Don didnt know how to deal with this upperty Subject. Don may of had some weight issues, but i think Mental attitude won the day, Lloyd said pre fight "i'm not going to worry about him....Let him worry about me..." Don was a wonderful Crystalk chandelier of a Fighter....in the end all it took was a tough determined Hammer.. !

 

In my opinion even before the Ragamuffin fight Curry didn't look like the same fighter who beat Starling.

Against Eduardo Rodriguez he was less patient than he usually was, more inclined to just walk through the opponent, too straightforward, less balanced.

This fight was a sign of bad things to come for Curry.

 

I think he let his power go to his head.

After the McCallum fight his legs were just gone.

:yep at describing him as a chandelier.

 

A true all time great :roll:

 

His second fight with Starling shows the hype was justified. Still the only guy I've seen consistently push Starling back. Both men showed their brilliance in that one, both operators of the very highest order.

 

So only all time greats are allowed to be quality fighters? And only all time greats can beat other all time greats? This all stems from you being upset that Curry was favoured over Floyd Mayweather at welterweight

Check the posts so far. No one thinks Curry was a great fighter. An exceptional talent who for a few years was top class? The two shouldn't have to go hand-in-hand.

 

If the cut was getting that bad he may well have stopped sharpening his tools as much as he tried to drain himself. Add that to the hype he was getting for blasting people out (and like Wilfredo Gomez it was more his all-round application and punch picking rather than raw power that got the job done for Don) it's not hard to see why he fell off.

 

He was an exceptionally talented fighter, who, unfortunately, had a weak chin.Had no business being floored by Jun-Sok Hwang.

 

Curry got involved with the wrong outsiders at the peak of his career.

He dumped his trainer Dave Gorman that had made him a great fighter.

The defeat by Honeyghan was no surprise to those living in the Ft. Worth area
at the time.....it was in the FW Star-Telegram for 2 weeks pre-fight that Curry's camp had turned into a circus.

Curry still had the talent at the time, but the moochers and outside promoters ruined Curry's preparation.....then Honeyghan beat him up and Curry never really ever recovered mentally from that loss.