Don Curry vs Lloyd honeyghan

Mimmy · Post by **Mimmy** » 17 Sep 2007, 15:20

Back in 1986, honeyghan went to Vegas to fight Curry. This was a fight that no one could imagine a Uk victory. Honeyghan not only beat Curry for the unified welterweight title but he beat him convincingly.

What happened here? Honeyghan was not meant to win, what happened to Curry on the night. Maybe a US Boxrec member can recall this fight and put a argument across.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 17 Sep 2007, 15:31

Whats to argue about?
Curry caught a beating.
There was no controversey when it happened .
Why would there be any now?

Mimmy · Post by **Mimmy** » 17 Sep 2007, 16:22

Expug wrote:Whats to argue about?
Curry caught a beating.
There was no controversey when it happened .
Why would there be any now?

im not suggesting a 'argument' its a figure of speech

as i said honeyghan was reportidly a lamb to the slaughter. if curry was as good as suggested why was he beaten.

i do not think there was any contoversey, but its like Douglas beating Tyson, that wasnt thought of with the boxing world.

did curry just find that night that there was a better welterweight in thee world

Wheelchair · Post by **Wheelchair** » 17 Sep 2007, 16:30

Honeyghan fought a superb fight right from the first bell. Curry was used to guys believing he could not be beaten. Lloyd nearly had him ko'd in the second round and dominated all rounds apart from the 3rd.

Curry then tried to say he was weight drained, but he was beaten by a fighter who would not be intimidated.

Honeyghan never quite boxed as well again, as he used his power rather than his skills to win. Starling would not have beaten Lloyd if he had boxed correctly, but Honeyghan just ran out of gas and Marlon fought exremely well.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 18 Sep 2007, 07:20

Curry's power and counterpunching allowed him to slow his fights right down. He had a good defence and would make opponents pay dearly for their mistakes.

Honeyghan outhustled him, put him under pressure and was very accurate with his punches. Curry was not able to land his counters as there was just too much coming his way.

If making the weight was such a problem why wasn't Curry such a dominant force at 154?

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 18 Sep 2007, 13:20

The answer is Curry really stunk. He was a poor champion, and all his "Lone Star Cobra" BS PR was just that. He was a nobody champion who was only trying to fill the SRL void.....but he was no Sugar Ray, not even close.

Wheelchair · Post by **Wheelchair** » 20 Sep 2007, 03:43

Curry did not really stink. He had unified all three world titles and had knocked out WBC champ Milton McCory in just two rounds. The left hook that caused the first knockdown was so fast it was hard to even see it.

After his loss to Honeyghan he seemed not to be the same again, not surprising as Honeyghan gave him quite a beating. Curry's face was a complete mess.

Ambling Alp · Post by **Ambling Alp** » 20 Sep 2007, 14:43

That seems like a pretty accurrate assessment. Curry was a pretty good (though not great) fighter until he fought Honeyghan. After that he never seemed the same. He seemed a little tentative and seemed to have lost some confidence. Why he was so bad against Honeyghan is anyone's guess.

It's hard to believe now, but at one time there was actually talk about him moving up to middleweight to fight Hagler.

Still, he deserves some credit for what he did at welterweight. Jones and McCory were decent fighters and he destroyed them. It was really his close wins over Starling that is the most impressive though.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 20 Sep 2007, 18:10

In hindsight it seems Curry was one of those fighters that peaked earlier than the norm and went downhill rapidly once he had peaked. In the McCallum fight he was doing pretty well until the (ouch brutal) ko

Before the Honeyghan fight he'd replaced Hagler in some of the magazines as the #1 P4P fighter in the world for a little while. Readers went ballistic so Hagler was back at #1 in the next edition

KO Artist · Post by **KO Artist** » 24 Sep 2007, 03:58

Wheelchair wrote:Curry did not really stink. He had unified all three world titles and had knocked out WBC champ Milton McCory in just two rounds. The left hook that caused the first knockdown was so fast it was hard to even see it.

After his loss to Honeyghan he seemed not to be the same again, not surprising as Honeyghan gave him quite a beating. Curry's face was a complete mess.

Curry was one of the most skilled fighters I have ever seen. In his prime he was awesome.