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Truthseeker wrote:I agree with palooka - no way Curry would have done all that. He didn't have the support structures.

lol im not saying he would have done all that either.im just saying if he had had mayweather or hopkins focus in the ring and a odlh or haymon protecting him outside the ring he could have beaten a lot of those guys but not the really big names

Currys last fight was by far the saddest thing ive seen in boxing.worse than roy jones jnr or ali.

Curry has a real grudge fight with one of his former students and is goaded taunted and beaten by the ingrate who wouldnt have lasted 1 round with don in his prime

Judah Ben Fur wrote:He had a treacherous snake of a manager in gorman who was briefing against him in the press and he had another snake srl "advising" him on career choices in early 1986.

At that point curry was p4p number 1 or 2 according to ko magazine.

All these things contributed to his weight drained defeat to honeyghan

It was a defeat though.a peak boxing honeyghan who still had discipline and hands that held up was a very good stylist and won fai and square.

What follows is a very slight but significant development of a lapse in currys technique .he started leaning face forward and his,reflexes and speed slipped slightly.suddenly everyone was headbutting him lke a billy goat.he was shot even before fighting mccallum yet he was brilliantly outboxibg him for 5 rounds.....that lapse cost him yet still he wins a world title flooring rosi 6 times showing even half a curry was a very good fighter.

He gave norris and nunn problems and at his peak would have beaten both.

A very unlucky guy from the start.he woulda been 1980 olympic champ

But i dont think don should regret anythibg.what a stylist,what a champion from 1980 to 86! The best curry of that time was a match for any ww in history

palooka wrote:Marlon was a very strong and skilled boxer, the 2 bouts with Curry were brilliant bouts of tactical boxing and correct and precise punching. I hope Starling is doing well in retirement - what a beating he gave Honeyghan!

palooka wrote:
Marlon was a very strong and skilled boxer, the 2 bouts with Curry were brilliant bouts of tactical boxing and correct and precise punching. I hope Starling is doing well in retirement - what a beating he gave Honeyghan!

Truthseeker wrote:Yes, I read that a while back. Insightful things there on his background and on his mental approach to the big fights. Honest descriptions of his marriage situation and the childhood incident.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Truthseeker wrote:Yes, I read that a while back. Insightful things there on his background and on his mental approach to the big fights. Honest descriptions of his marriage situation and the childhood incident.

Does he talk about battering his wife and using his neglected son?

Esquire wrote:Curry was the greatest victim of the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics. He was the best amateur in the world at the time and he would have followed in Ray Leonard's footsteps as far as fame and fortune are concerned.

He was awesome but too many amateur fights took it out of him early. His prime was epic, still.

drunkenpiper36 wrote:Curry was an excellent fighter who just fell an inch short of great. The Honeyghan loss ruined him in my opinion and he simply didn't have the durability needed to succeed above welter. But a very pleasing boxer to watch and one who had some stellar wins.

Nile4000 wrote:

Esquire wrote:Curry was the greatest victim of the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics. He was the best amateur in the world at the time and he would have followed in Ray Leonard's footsteps as far as fame and fortune are concerned.

He was awesome but too many amateur fights took it out of him early. His prime was epic, still.

He was one of the best amateurs, Jackie Beard and Bernard Taylor were right with him. He probably did have too many amateur fights, but Ray Darth Leonard messed him up with his advice. Still say McCrory beats him if they fought in the late 82/ early 83 time period.

Bricks wrote:He had a treacherous snake of a manager in gorman who was briefing against him in the press and he had another snake srl "advising" him on career choices in early 1986.

At that point curry was p4p number 1 or 2 according to ko magazine.

All these things contributed to his weight drained defeat to honeyghan

Donald had been begging his manager that he be allowed to move up in weight and that a hagler fight be made. clueless Gorman and Akbar muhammad thought otherwise in a time when fighters aside from SRL , Hearns and Hagler were mules

It was a defeat though.a peak boxing honeyghan who still had discipline and hands that held up was a very good stylist and won fair and square. It was no flash in pan.

What follows is a very slight but significant development of a lapse in currys technique .he started leaning face forward and his,reflexes and speed slipped slightly.suddenly everyone was headbutting him lke a billy goat.he was shot even before fighting mccallum yet he was brilliantly outboxing him for 5 rounds hurting him in a way few ever did to the great mccallum.....that single lapse cost him yet still he wins a world title flooring rosi 6 times showing even half a curry was a very good fighter.

He gave norris and nunn problems and at his peak would have beaten both.

A very unlucky guy from the start.he woulda been 1980 olympic champ if not for the boycott.

But i dont think don should regret anything.what a stylist,what a champion from 1980 to 86! The best curry of that time was a match for any ww in history. He may have made poor financial choices or more likely been ripped off. That's sad but what a man he entertained the world