What happened to Donald Curry's career?

Weight problems, managerial problems, lifestyle...all of the out-of-the-ring problems started to cause in-the-ring problems.

 

Trying to listen to Sugar Ray Leonard, and weight problems, all connected.

 

The reasons mentioned in the thread. It seems 'convenient' that people say he was past it by the time he fought Honeyghan, but he actually was. You should see how flat he looked in that fight.
He looked even worse than Prince Naseem did against Barrera, who had been having similar problems for years leading up to the Barrera fight in which Naseem was just past it.

 

I never thought he was great in the first place, good boxer? Yes! unbeatable or great? no

 

300 plus amateur fights is what happened to Curry. The man's body and mental focus broke down.
He looks poor in the fight with Rodriguez prior to Honeyghan. He was able to beat Marlon Starling twice, which in itself is quite an accomplishment. The blow out of the much overrated Milton McCory made it seem he was a better fighter than he really was.

 

Weight problems. Should have moved up to 154 lbs full time after starching McCrory. He had nothing to gain by staying at 147 lbs. It was a decision that cost him dearly. He was a shell in the Honeyghan fight.

I disagree that McCrory made Curry seem better than he was. McCrory was a solid 1A to Curry and their fight was much anticipated.

If anything, the dried out Curry made Honeyghan look better than he actually was.

 

Donald and his Manager Dave Gorman used to train on a ranch miles southwest of Ft. Worth....and Curry was isolated from bad influences, and he became a very good fighter. However, several months before the Honeyghan fight, Curry basically dumped Gorman and aligned himself with a corrupt "management group" from outside Texas, who wanted to "use" an innocent fighter. From that point on Curry's career spun downward. Much of the Curry "decline" has been covered by the Ft. Worth Telegram newspaper in several articles over the years.

 

I had forgotten about that. His new manager was a black muslim if I remember correctly.

I don't mean to sound racist, but there have been several black fighters who rose to the top (Tyson being one) who were guided by a white management team, then went downhill after dumping their original team.

 

Your DCurry info ^ is "correcto" compadre.

 

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/boxing/article19557516.html

 

No, 154 lbs was a good fighting weight for him. But, he was jaded from the Honeyghan beating and got caught. Still, he was fighting very well against McCallum before the sudden KO.

I think if he had jumped up to 154 lbs instead of taking on Honeyghan, he would have ultimately performed better at 154 lbs. than he ultimately did.

I am not saying he would have beaten McCallum if not for the the Honeyghan loss, but the Honeyghan loss had to affect him physically and mentally.