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I think his accomplishments were good, but not great. For the reasons you said no, for me its a no! Just. If it is widely accepted that curry is a HOFer inductee then were gonna have to accept that a hell of a lot of people from todays boxers are going to be in there.
Where abouts in thailand do you live? I love the country! I went over to see my brother last june for a few weeks cos he lives over there in Pattaya. about 20 mins from the centre where the main night life is. Loved it, ill be goin back very soon!Comment
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Well Perkins & McGuigan are in there so why not Curry, or even better, Gilberto Roman? He was a class act..
I've even heard scary rumors, that Sven Ottke's up for a nomination soon lol..
Mickey Malones London Irish Bar, Soi LK Metro, Pattaya
I'll probably get tapped for pluggin the bar now, but wtf
Pop in for a chat, there's a fair bit of boxing memorabilia hanging about the place,
and quite a few ex pros drink here.. We've had Gary Stretch in today, off his ****! lol...Comment
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LOL I hate to admit it but ottke beat just about every top super middle in his reign and remained undefeated. shame he never fought calzaghe cos he wouldn't have that 0! Everytime I watched him I found myself routing for the other guy cos I hated his style. I bet if he had fought most of the Americans he beat in America and not in his back yard he'd have a lot more recognition. Id day ottke is more deserving than Curry, what do you think?
Ill log that and come to drink in your bar one night when I get over there!
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Out of the current list of nominees, he should definitely be in.Comment
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It's all about context. Maybe my memory is skewed, but I recall Curry-McCroy to be a much, much bigger fight than Curry-McCallum. McCallum was barely known at the time. I think Curry-McCroy was one of the biggest fights of the 80s, short of the "superfights", Hagler-Hearns, Hearns-Leonard, etc. Toss in his big wins, and the way he won them, particularly his destruction of McCroy and Stafford, and he's a lock for the HOF.
Another thing to consider for our younger readers which I think is important, is that those watching cable/network boxing got to see Curry develop and fight his way from the bottom to the top. In that sense, I identify him with the 80s boxing scene as much as any other fighter. But he fell off the cliff after he beat McCroy, saying he had trouble making weight (translation: not training), he was trying to sue Ray Leonard for screwing him out of a fight with Hagler, had those bad fights with intentional head butting fighters, and then he locks horns with McCallum, who dusted Curry in a fight I thought Curry was winning at the time. He's a could have been, yeah, but he deserves to be recognized for how great he was as a welterweight.Comment
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Nah, Just swop the word 'recognition' for the word 'defeats'LOL I hate to admit it but ottke beat just about every top super middle in his reign and remained undefeated. shame he never fought calzaghe cos he wouldn't have that 0! Everytime I watched him I found myself routing for the other guy cos I hated his style. I bet if he had fought most of the Americans he beat in America and not in his back yard he'd have a lot more recognition. Id day ottke is more deserving than Curry, what do you think?
Ill log that and come to drink in your bar one night when I get over there!Comment
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Apparently Freddie Mills is up, i'd like to see Freddie get in but its a personal choice more than anything.Comment
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