Donald Curry vs. Lloyd Honeyghan - Revision history

Slugger at 11:39, 13 October 2021

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	*'''[[WBA]] Welterweight Title''' (8th defense by Curry)		*'''[[WBA]] World Welterweight Title''' (8th defense by Curry)
	*'''[[WBC]] Welterweight Title''' (7th defense by Curry)		*'''[[WBC]] World Welterweight Title''' (7th defense by Curry)
	*'''[[IBF]] Welterweight Title''' (2nd defense by Curry)		*'''[[IBF]] World Welterweight Title''' (2nd defense by Curry)
			*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] ([[Top Rank]])
			*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
			*'''Aired On:''' [[Showtime Championship Boxing]] (Main Event)

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.		*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.

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Combatshock at 01:40, 30 December 2017

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	*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|The Ring]] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.		*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|The Ring]] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.
	*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.		*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.

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Boxsoup at 05:32, 26 November 2014

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	*'''[[WBA]], [[WBC]] ~~and~~ [[IBF]] Welterweight ~~Titles~~'''		*'''[[WBA]] Welterweight Title''' (8th defense by Curry)
			*'''[[WBC]] Welterweight Title''' (7th defense by Curry)
			*'''[[IBF]] Welterweight Title''' (2nd defense by Curry)

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	*The fight was considered to be such a mismatch that some oddsmakers refused to issue a betting line.		*The fight was considered to be such a mismatch that some oddsmakers refused to issue a betting line.
	*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.		*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.
	*Curry's purse was $300,000 and Honeyghan's was $162,750.		*Curry's purse was $300,000, and Honeyghan's was $162,750.
	*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.		*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.
	*The fight was televised live by [[Showtime]].		*The fight was televised live by [[Showtime]].
	*Curry's training was disrupted by managerial issues. His managerial contract with David Gorman was to expire on September 30, 1986, and Curry announced that Akbar Muhammad would become his new manager. Muhammad said he wanted Gorman to remain a part of Curry's team, but Gorman said he wouldn't accept a position as co-manager and would not let Curry work out of his gym if he was not Curry's manager. Curry told Gorman to stay away from his training camp, but shortly before the fight, Curry asked him to work in his corner for the fight and Gorman agreed.		*Curry's training was disrupted by managerial issues. His managerial contract with David Gorman was to expire on September 30, 1986, and Curry announced that Akbar Muhammad would become his new manager. Muhammad said he wanted Gorman to remain a part of Curry's team, but Gorman said he wouldn't accept a position as co-manager and would not let Curry work out of his gym if he was not Curry's manager. Curry told Gorman to stay away from his training camp, but shortly before the fight, Curry asked him to work in his corner for the fight and Gorman agreed.
	*Akbar Muhammad said Curry weighed 168 pounds six and a half weeks prior to the fight. Then his grandfather's death caused Curry to lose concentration. "His weight went up to 157, 158. He told me, 'I don't think I can make the weight.' He wanted to pull out of the fight," Muhammad said. "I told him he was a professional and had an obligation to meet."		*Akbar Muhammad said Curry weighed 168 pounds six and one half weeks prior to the fight. Then his grandfather's death caused Curry to lose concentration. "His weight went up to 157, 158. He told me, 'I don't think I can make the weight.' He wanted to pull out of the fight," Muhammad said. "I told him he was a professional and had an obligation to meet."
	*When Curry returned to his corner after the sixth round, with blood flowing down his face from a deep gash over his left eye, he shook his head and was heard to tell his corner, "I'm through."		*When Curry returned to his corner after the sixth round, with blood flowing down his face from a deep gash over his left eye, he shook his head and was heard to tell his corner, "I'm through."
	*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.		*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|The Ring]] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.
	*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.		*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.


	~~----~~		'''From [[Sports Illustrated]]:'''
	'''From ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'':'''

	He [Honeyghan] and [trainer Bobby] [[Bobby Neill\|Neill]] had agreed that the essence of their strategy must be to force Curry to back up, and their plan took immediate effect as the challenger attacked with surging verve and a variety of accurate punches to take the first round easily. Then, early on in the second, Honeyghan caught Curry with a tremendous driving right that hurled the champion across the ring. Curry managed to close and hold long enough for his head to clear, but he was already bleeding from the mouth. Honeyghan compounded the champion's miseries with a sharp combination to the head before the end of the round.		He [Honeyghan] and [trainer Bobby] [[Bobby Neill\|Neill]] had agreed that the essence of their strategy must be to force Curry to back up, and their plan took immediate effect as the challenger attacked with surging verve and a variety of accurate punches to take the first round easily. Then, early on in the second, Honeyghan caught Curry with a tremendous driving right that hurled the champion across the ring. Curry managed to close and hold long enough for his head to clear, but he was already bleeding from the mouth. Honeyghan compounded the champion's miseries with a sharp combination to the head before the end of the round.
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	==Articles==		==Articles==
	[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860926&id=nfAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,5839534 "Honeyghan does more than challenge Curry" by Ed Schuyler, Jr., Associated Press, September 26, 1986]<br>		[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860926&id=nfAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,5839534 "Honeyghan does more than challenge Curry" by Ed Schuyler, Jr., Associated Press, September 26, 1986]<br>
	[http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/29/sports/upset-losses-slow-boxers-progress.html "~~UPSET LOSSES SLOW BOXERS~~' ~~PROGRESS~~" by Phil Berger, The ''New York Times'', September 29, 1986]<br>		[http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/29/sports/upset-losses-slow-boxers-progress.html "Upset Losses Slow Boxers' Progress" by Phil Berger, The New York Times, September 29, 1986]<br>
	[http://~~sportsillustrated~~.~~cnn~~.com/vault/~~article~~/~~magazine~~/~~MAG1065305~~/~~index.htm~~ "A Shocker Over Cocktails" by Hugh McIlvanney, ''Sports Illustrated'', October 6, 1986]		[http://www.si.com/vault/1986/10/06/114101/a-shocker-over-cocktails-in-a-boardwalk-lounge-an-unknown-knocked-off-donald-currys-crown "A Shocker Over Cocktails" by Hugh McIlvanney, Sports Illustrated, October 6, 1986]

Earl at 07:03, 27 January 2014

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			*Honeyghan was ranked #1 by the WBC.
			*The fight was considered to be such a mismatch that some oddsmakers refused to issue a betting line.
	*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.		*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.
	*Curry's purse $300,000 and Honeyghan's was $162,750.		*Curry's purse was $300,000 and Honeyghan's was $162,750.
	*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.		*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.
			*The fight was televised live by [[Showtime]].
			*Curry's training was disrupted by managerial issues. His managerial contract with David Gorman was to expire on September 30, 1986, and Curry announced that Akbar Muhammad would become his new manager. Muhammad said he wanted Gorman to remain a part of Curry's team, but Gorman said he wouldn't accept a position as co-manager and would not let Curry work out of his gym if he was not Curry's manager. Curry told Gorman to stay away from his training camp, but shortly before the fight, Curry asked him to work in his corner for the fight and Gorman agreed.
			*Akbar Muhammad said Curry weighed 168 pounds six and a half weeks prior to the fight. Then his grandfather's death caused Curry to lose concentration. "His weight went up to 157, 158. He told me, 'I don't think I can make the weight.' He wanted to pull out of the fight," Muhammad said. "I told him he was a professional and had an obligation to meet."
			*When Curry returned to his corner after the sixth round, with blood flowing down his face from a deep gash over his left eye, he shook his head and was heard to tell his corner, "I'm through."
	*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.		*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.
	*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.		*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.


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	The new champion says he has no fear of any fighter—only of fame. He had better work on that problem. Hammering Donald Curry was no way to stay out of the limelight.		The new champion says he has no fear of any fighter—only of fame. He had better work on that problem. Hammering Donald Curry was no way to stay out of the limelight.

			==Articles==
			[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860926&id=nfAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,5839534 "Honeyghan does more than challenge Curry" by Ed Schuyler, Jr., Associated Press, September 26, 1986]<br>
			[http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/29/sports/upset-losses-slow-boxers-progress.html "UPSET LOSSES SLOW BOXERS' PROGRESS" by Phil Berger, The ''New York Times'', September 29, 1986]<br>
	[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065305/index.htm "A Shocker Over Cocktails" by Hugh McIlvanney, ''Sports Illustrated'', October 6, 1986]		[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065305/index.htm "A Shocker Over Cocktails" by Hugh McIlvanney, ''Sports Illustrated'', October 6, 1986]

Earl at 23:27, 25 January 2014

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.		*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.
			*Curry's purse $300,000 and Honeyghan's was $162,750.
	*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.		*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.
	*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.		*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.

Earl at 04:18, 6 November 2013

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			*'''[[WBA]], [[WBC]] and [[IBF]] Welterweight Titles'''

	~~<b>~~WBA, ~~WBC and IBF Welterweight Titles</b><br>~~		==Notes==
	~~<b>Time:</b> 3:00<br>~~		*Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds.
			*The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000.
			*The fight was named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.
			*Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African [[Harold Volbrecht]] was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.

	~~==Comment(s):==~~
	* Named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986. Curry was such a prohibitive favorite that there wasn't a betting line on the fight.

	* Curry suffered a broken nose, a split lip and a very bad cut near his left eye, which was caused by an accidental headbutt in the sixth round. Two ringside physicians examined the cut after the sixth round and told the referee to stop the fight.		----
			'''From ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'':'''

	* Curry ~~said~~ he was ~~weak~~ from ~~making~~ the ~~welterweight limit and moved up~~ to the ~~junior middleweight division after~~ the ~~fight. [http://news~~.~~google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860926&id=nfAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,5839534]~~		He [Honeyghan] and [trainer Bobby] [[Bobby Neill\|Neill]] had agreed that the essence of their strategy must be to force Curry to back up, and their plan took immediate effect as the challenger attacked with surging verve and a variety of accurate punches to take the first round easily. Then, early on in the second, Honeyghan caught Curry with a tremendous driving right that hurled the champion across the ring. Curry managed to close and hold long enough for his head to clear, but he was already bleeding from the mouth. Honeyghan compounded the champion's miseries with a sharp combination to the head before the end of the round.

	* Honeyghan ~~vacates~~ the ~~WBA belt~~ in ~~protest against apartheid~~, as his ~~WBA mandated~~ defense was to ~~be against South African~~ [~~[Harold Volbrecht~~]].		Curry reached far into a substantial spirit to try to turn the fight in the third and fourth rounds, but although he won both, he was never for a moment in total command, never recognizable as a man who came to this job with seven straight knockouts behind him. By the end of the fourth round, an awareness of imminent calamity was seeping into Curry's head. "I had been too relaxed all day," he recalled later. "I usually want to get a little nervous, but I didn't feel that way. I couldn't get into the rhythm, and during the fight I was weak and sluggish. I had no strength in my legs, and my timing just wasn't there. I wasn't myself."

			That wasn't surprising since he had burned down from 168 pounds to meet Honeyghan. Curry was not himself because part of him had been left in puddles on the floor of a gym. What remained might easily have been deposited on the floor of the ring in the fifth round, which saw Honeyghan punishingly regain control. Curry looked a beaten fighter before an accidental butt from his opponent's cropped head in the sixth opened an alarming gash under his left eyebrow. Honeyghan worsened the cut with ripping head punches, and ringside doctors were merely endorsing the view of Gorman, and of the loser himself, when they ruled that Curry should not come off his stool for the seventh round. Instead, he went to a nearby hospital to have some 20 stitches applied around the damaged eye and one to his lower lip.

			Despite all that, as well as the pain of a broken nose, the 25-year-old ex-champion called a press conference at 1:30 a.m. Sunday and talked with such dignity that no one was inclined to dismiss his vow that he will be back to spread havoc among the junior middleweights.

			Honeyghan, holder of all three versions of the world welterweight championship, faces an early defense of his crown against Johnny Bumphus, the International Boxing Federation's No. 1 contender, but the real money fight on his horizon should involve 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mark Breland. That could be a year away.

			The new champion says he has no fear of any fighter—only of fame. He had better work on that problem. Hammering Donald Curry was no way to stay out of the limelight.

			[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065305/index.htm "A Shocker Over Cocktails" by Hugh McIlvanney, ''Sports Illustrated'', October 6, 1986]

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	* Named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.		* Named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986. Curry was such a prohibitive favorite that there wasn't a betting line on the fight.

	* Curry, ~~with~~ a split lip and a bad cut near his left eye, ~~quits~~ in ~~his corner following~~ the ~~6th~~ round.		* Curry suffered a broken nose, a split lip and a very bad cut near his left eye, which was caused by an accidental headbutt in the sixth round. Two ringside physicians examined the cut after the sixth round and told the referee to stop the fight.

			* Curry said he was weak from making the welterweight limit and moved up to the junior middleweight division after the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860926&id=nfAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,5839534]

	* Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Harold Volbrecht]].		* Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Harold Volbrecht]].

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	<b>WBA, WBC and IBF Welterweight Titles</b><br>		<b>WBA, WBC and IBF Welterweight Titles</b><br>
	~~<b>Referee:</b> Octavio Meyran<br>~~
	<b>Time:</b> 3:00<br>		<b>Time:</b> 3:00<br>
	~~<b>Judges scoring at time of stoppage:</b> Jose J. Guerra (59-56), Larry O'Connell (58-56), Charley Spina (58-56) all for Honeyghan<br>~~

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	* Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Harold Volbrecht]].		* Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Harold Volbrecht]].

	~~[[Category:1986 Bouts\|Curry vs. Honeyghan]]~~

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	<b>Judges scoring at time of stoppage:</b> Jose J. Guerra (59-56), Larry O'Connell (58-56), Charley Spina (58-56) all for Honeyghan<br>		<b>Judges scoring at time of stoppage:</b> Jose J. Guerra (59-56), Larry O'Connell (58-56), Charley Spina (58-56) all for Honeyghan<br>

			==Comment(s):==
			* Named [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year\|Upset of the Year]] for 1986.

	Curry, with a split lip and a bad cut near his left eye, quits in his corner following the 6th round~~.<br>~~		* Curry, with a split lip and a bad cut near his left eye, quits in his corner following the 6th round.
	~~Fight was named [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year]].<br>~~
	~~Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Boxer:Harold Volbrecht:000750\|Harold Volbrecht]]~~.

			* Honeyghan vacates the WBA belt in protest against apartheid, as his WBA mandated defense was to be against South African [[Harold Volbrecht]].

	[[Category:1986 Bouts\|Curry vs. Honeyghan]]		[[Category:1986 Bouts\|Curry vs. Honeyghan]]