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This is a mouth watering match up.

Could Curry handle the power?

Does Hearns have the legs to go 15 hard rounds?

Hearns by early KO.

This would be an early KO either way. Curry would've definitely been dangerous against anybody the way he was fighting the night he KO'ed McCrory, but I think Hearns' longer reach and power wins the day. Don't see this one going more than 3 rounds, and it would be a shootout all the way.

flatnoseflynn wrote:Hearns by early KO.

no f'ing way
curry was awesome .....his peak may not have been that long
but he was a f'ing animal

this fight is a tough one but i see curry wining by late ko

Hearns.
Curry was not SRL.

Rover wrote:Hearns.
Curry was not SRL.

they both had oral sex with men

MEISINGER wrote:

Rover wrote:Hearns.
Curry was not SRL.

they both had oral sex with men

I don't know about that, but they did both have drug problems.

Rover wrote:

MEISINGER wrote:

Rover wrote:Hearns.
Curry was not SRL.

they both had oral sex with men

I don't know about that, but they did both have drug problems.

co-ck and coke they are the same guy

MEISINGER , I hope you're just being ridiculous for comic effect. If so, it's working.

This is a tough one, because for a couple of nanoseconds, Curry looked nailed on to be an ATG for sure.

When he blitzed McCrory, I thought he was going to be greater than SRL potentially!

It's very difficult to predict most fighters to beat Tommy Hearns at 147, but Curry, for the nanoseconds that he was in his pomp, certainly had a chance.

gilgamesh wrote:MEISINGER , I hope you're just being ridiculous for comic effect. If so, it's working.

yes it was a comedic effort.

i hate leonard but he was a fantastic fighter

Syntax Error wrote:This is a tough one, because for a couple of nanoseconds, Curry looked nailed on to be an ATG for sure.

When he blitzed McCrory, I thought he was going to be greater than SRL potentially!

It's very difficult to predict most fighters to beat Tommy Hearns at 147, but Curry, for the nanoseconds that he was in his pomp, certainly had a chance.

and this i agree with.
curry for a brief .....very brief time
looked like an all time great
he was an unreal talent


damn did it go quickly

I think SRL had lightning in a bottle that night he beat Hearns. Hearns bad game plan combined with Leonard's great gameplan was Hearns downfall. I wouldn't pick anyone at welter to beat Hearns and I'm a huge Curry fan. Hearns could box and move or seek and destroy vs Curry and win .

MEISINGER wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:MEISINGER , I hope you're just being ridiculous for comic effect. If so, it's working.

yes it was a comedic effort.

i hate leonard but he was a fantastic fighter

I'm not a fan, either, though I started following the sport around the time he fought Norris.

While he was a very skilled fighter in his prime, Donald Curry never once showed the mental or physical toughness to pull off a scenario like Leonard's rallying to stop Hearns.

Seamus wrote:While he was a very skilled fighter in his prime, Donald Curry never once showed the mental or physical toughness to pull off a scenario like Leonard's rallying to stop Hearns.

Agreed. I don't really put much stock in computer program scenarios. If computer programs could tell us fight results, enter in fights coming up in the future (that are going to happen).

Il Duce wrote:Never question the 'Pinnacle Boxing Program'

Never wrong...........

I don't put much stock in something that can't be verified.

Rover wrote:

Il Duce wrote:Never question the 'Pinnacle Boxing Program'

Never wrong...........

I don't put much stock in something that can't be verified.

like your hetrosexuality????

MEISINGER wrote:

Rover wrote:

Il Duce wrote:Never question the 'Pinnacle Boxing Program'

Never wrong...........

I don't put much stock in something that can't be verified.

like your hetrosexuality????

keithmoonhangover wrote:Does Hearns have the legs to go 15 hard rounds?

Hearns wouldn't have had to go 15 rounds.

Curry was too static to avoid hearns strengths which equals destruction

I forgot Hearns was the ultimate destroyer at 147lbs and not that he flailed around with Randy Shields for 12 rounds and looked less than imposing against no-hopers Luis Primera and Pablo Baez, so of course he'd automatically do a Cuevas on lightning quick, sharp punching, technically sound, non-weight drained Donald Curry. Thanks for straightening that out so simply for me.

Dart340 wrote:I forgot Hearns was the ultimate destroyer at 147lbs and not that he flailed around with Randy Shields for 12 rounds and looked less than imposing against no-hopers Luis Primera and Pablo Baez, so of course he'd automatically do a Cuevas on lightning quick, sharp punching, technically sound, non-weight drained Donald Curry. Thanks for straightening that out so simply for me.

i always find it funny
we only throw in great performances to make our case

we hardly ever look at the over all avg of their peak

Awesome match up.

That Curry would have been tough for anyone in history, including Hearns. He was brilliant. Could go either way, but I lean toward Curry catching him and stopping him. He was a very, very good finisher.

Curry left everything he had in the amateurs. He had over 400 wins and only 4 losses. Think about that for a second. Of all the boxers that got screwed by the 1980 olympic boycott, it was Curry that got screwed the worst. Perhaps Bernard Taylor would have been a distant second.

I have the same fears with GGG and his amateur wear and tear and I had the same fears for Kostya Tzyu as well. Kostya was a top ten most feared amateur fighter of all time. People spoke of "the Russian" in quiet tones when talking about him. He was awesome. But had a short lived, albeit, hall of fame career but should have been more. Too much wear and tear.