Your view of Lloyd "Ragamuffin Man" Honeyghan ?

Evander · Post by **Evander** » 08 Sep 2007, 22:51

Lloyd Honeyghan
43-5

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

The win over Don Curry [25-0]surely ranks as one of the biggest upsets of modern day.

How do you see Honeyghan ?

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 08 Sep 2007, 23:55

Evander wrote:Lloyd Honeyghan
43-5

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

The win over Don Curry [25-0]surely ranks as one of the biggest upsets of modern day.

How do you see Honeyghan ?

Unfortunatly the last fight I saw with him was his performance against Mark Brealand where he barely even swung and seemed to just go down and not put up much of a fight. Really hard to figure what happend there.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 09 Sep 2007, 13:13

Lloyd Honeyghan for a short period of time was an excellent fighter but suffered with terrible hand problems that hampered his whole career.

He was, I recall reading, a very hard trainer when in training camp and his trainer often had to stop him from over-training and leaving his fight in the gym.

He seemed to 'burn out' soon after he won the title though, for whatever reason.

But on his way to the World title and in his first few defences he was a real, high octane, hard hitting dynamic fighter.

Lloyd still loves Boxing and is ringside for many fights in the UK. He is also a real flashy dresser and ladies man, a serious stud by all accounts.

At one time him and Mike Tyson were close friends.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 09 Sep 2007, 13:17

Lloyds finest night.

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 09 Sep 2007, 14:37

Agree with KOJoe, Lloyd was fantastic for a while. At his best he was fast, ferocious and powerful - a real handful for everyone. His win over Curry was a monster shock. Unfortunately he burned out quickly after winning the world title. He got found out a bit against Starling really, a fight I thought he would win. He was awful against Breland, but a spent force by then

Flump · Post by **Flump** » 09 Sep 2007, 15:14

Outstanding for a few fights but between Hatcher and Vaca his legs just seemed to go, as well as his hands. I'll always remember fondly his smacking Johnny Bumphus when he was getting up off the stool, classic.

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 09 Sep 2007, 16:02

The Honeyghan comment after the Bumphus fight was a classic "the bell went ding and I went dong!"

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 09 Sep 2007, 16:39

great for a while the honeyghan saga was. i cant help bumping into lloyd at this venue and that in london. i would suggest that lloyd's ladies man activities are exaggerated as he is very much out of shape

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 09 Sep 2007, 21:13

In the 80's one of the mags did a writeup on Lloyd, before the Curry fight. It was around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster thing and the headline to the story was Lloyd Honeyghan: Nuclear Welterweight. Lloyd reckoned he went out running in the hope of catching some of the rays from Chernobyl

Very good fighter and seemed a decent bloke. Hope he and his 127 kids doing well

I Feel Fine · Post by **I Feel Fine** » 09 Sep 2007, 21:48

I always find it interesting watching the right hand festival that Honeyghan had against Curry. Curry's defense seemed to disappear, it seems like he got hit more in that fight than he did in all of his previous title defenses combined. I've heard some say Curry was struggling with the weight, does anyone know if there is any truth to that? Either way, a great performance by Honeyghan.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 09 Sep 2007, 23:13

Yeah there were stories of Curry's weight problems leading up to the fight and well before it. I think in Curry's previous defence (2 round KO?) he also got walloped a few good ones before taking the guy out

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 10 Sep 2007, 04:52

Was it because he kicked some American ass for a while Dec?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 10 Sep 2007, 11:33

Honeyghan was brash, confident and dangerous. His mindset going into fights was one of "I can't be beaten." Very few fighters possess that quality.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 11 Sep 2007, 06:15

bollox wrote:In the 80's one of the mags did a writeup on Lloyd, before the Curry fight. It was around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster thing and the headline to the story was Lloyd Honeyghan: Nuclear Welterweight. Lloyd reckoned he went out running in the hope of catching some of the rays from Chernobyl

Very good fighter and seemed a decent bloke. Hope he and his 127 kids doing well

I remember it from The Ring.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 11 Sep 2007, 06:23

I thought the American media went overboard on Curry. He got joint fighter of the year (with Hagler) from The Ring for crushing the even more overrated McCrory. He really didn't seem to warrant the plaudits he was getting, IMO.

I really wanted to see him get beaten but never imagineed Honeyghan would do it.

I even backed Mittee to beat Honeyghan in their bout prior to Honeyghan's challenge.

Curry's defence was always susceptible to a high volume puncher who would swarm all over him. Honeyghan really took it to Curry.

Blocker then provided a really stern test. Lloyd then took some easier fights and seemed to go off the boil. He may have been guilty of believing his own hype a bit.

His tactics against Starling could not have been worse. Had he kept his head and simply attempted to outwork Starling he could have won. Starling could be very lazy and often gave rounds away by sheer inactivity. Once Honeyghan decided to go for an early KO he really had no chance. Starling could not have had it any easier.

I often wondered about Honeyghan's foolishness. Silkov told me that Lloyd's brittle hands meant that he had to go for broke.

The fight with Breland was a joke. had they met years earlier Honeyghan would have won. Breland, IMO, is one of the biggest disappointments in terms of a top ranks amateur entering the pro ranks.

Your view of Lloyd "Ragamuffin Man" Honeyghan ?

Your view of Lloyd "Ragamuffin Man" Honeyghan ?

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