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bennie wrote:Buster Drayton was so formidable here against Mark Kaylor and Jimmy Cable - both of whom he stopped - that Mickey Duff quickly signed him up. Drayton had learned his trade sparring Marvin Hagler.

Christ - that's a scary proposition as an opponent.

Not exactly related, but watched Collins v Pyatt the other night, what a good tear up that was. Pyatt was a scary mofo.

bennie wrote:Buster Drayton was so formidable here against Mark Kaylor and Jimmy Cable - both of whom he stopped - that Mickey Duff quickly signed him up. Drayton had learned his trade sparring Marvin Hagler.

Drayton was entertaining win or loss, he wasn't the most refined boxer and against Kaylor he was swinging from the roof, a couple of times he spun round when missing with a shot, but caught up with Kaylor in the end, the KO was a bad one for him.
Buster also fought James Kinchen over here.

I've just been through the thread and poor old Don Curry's been forgotten altogether!

He was absolutely majestic in beating Colin Jones, razor sharp, agile and nimble and hard hitting - a fighter near his peak.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

bennie wrote:Buster Drayton was so formidable here against Mark Kaylor and Jimmy Cable - both of whom he stopped - that Mickey Duff quickly signed him up. Drayton had learned his trade sparring Marvin Hagler.

Christ - that's a scary proposition as an opponent.

Not exactly related, but watched Collins v Pyatt the other night, what a good tear up that was. Pyatt was a scary mofo.

Pyatt has an American father and was very American in style with quick hands and slick aggression. He looked every bit as good as Errol Christie when he turned pro in 1983 but he didn't jab enough and a lack of a really big punch held him back. Nevertheless, his sheer workrate took him to victory against the classier Sumbu Kalambay for the WBO title.

bennie wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

bennie wrote:Buster Drayton was so formidable here against Mark Kaylor and Jimmy Cable - both of whom he stopped - that Mickey Duff quickly signed him up. Drayton had learned his trade sparring Marvin Hagler.

Christ - that's a scary proposition as an opponent.

Not exactly related, but watched Collins v Pyatt the other night, what a good tear up that was. Pyatt was a scary mofo.

Pyatt has an American father and was very American in style with quick hands and slick aggression. He looked every bit as good as Errol Christie when he turned pro in 1983 but he didn't jab enough and a lack of a really big punch held him back. Nevertheless, his sheer workrate took him to victory against the classier Sumbu Kalambay for the WBO title.

And Kalambay proved a riddle others certainly didn't solve, smooth as silk he was.

palooka wrote:I've just been through the thread and poor old Don Curry's been forgotten altogether!

He was absolutely majestic in beating Colin Jones, razor sharp, agile and nimble and hard hitting - a fighter near his peak.

Curry at his peak was one of the best I've ever seen, sadly his peak was marred with drug abuse, so it was reported later by his own brother as I recall, another of the class of the 80's that succumbed to the deluge of cocaine flooding the US at the time.

Michael Dolan sent me the article - really nice read, Augustus' personality is wonderful
Brave man!

http://www.athletesquarterly.com/athlet ... d-man-down

Nice article, thanks.

some great names and memories reading through these posts. I'd like to add Affif Djelti, a super-fit Frenchman who was getting on a bit but cut throught the British super-feathers a few years ago.