Comments Thread For: Measured Against All Time: Donald Curry

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Another year of International Boxing Hall of Fame voting has come and gone. It will be another year where Donald Curry, the one time undisputed welterweight champion of the world, did not get the call. There was a time where Curry looked like he might be the pound for pound leader of the sport. A possible showdown with middleweight champion Marvin Hagler seemed inevitable. He was a thrilling knockout artist who could also box an opponent silly. The road to lasting greatness was open.
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[slimPickings]

Thanks for bringing this forgotten man back from the "dead".

Until Lloyd Honeyghan happened Donald Curry was a bad man.
He was beautiful to watch.

Heck is he still alive?

[bronx7]

Saw his career not enough longevity to be elite ww alltime. When he kod mcrrory was on his way drugs criminal friends led his downfall was Spence before Spence sad wasted talent

[MrClutch85]

Donald Curry, Marlon Starling, Michael Nunn, should be in the Hall of fame

[Hitman Hodgson]

He falls into the 'what could've been' category. He had it all, and could've been ATG, but youth, money... and ******* got the better of him.

[bronx7]

After he destroyed Kronk’s McCrory I thought he was on his way to HOF he was looking elite. He started to abuse ******* got involved with bad element thugs crime never the same last elite fight one of biggest wasted talents I’ve seen ever

[bronx7]

And his fault of course.I was explaining how he went from elite to mediocre so fast watched his career rise and fall, liked his style D and offense all around fighter so rare today

[Ray Corso]

I had thought that Curry was a 25-0 welter, after checking his boxrec record he was 24-1.
Honeyghan being his loss via a "retire" Due to injury (cut).
Donald had managerial problems and then law concerns as time went on.
As a welter he has wins over Marlon Starling (2) Milton McCrory, Nino LaRocco, Roger Stafford all quality talents especially Starling.

I would rate Curry in the top fifty at welterweight.
Outstanding amateur talent winning multiple National Titles and defeating Davy Moore for the number one spot on the National team.

Ray

[bronx7]

Alive 56 I can tell you saw him when you say beautiful to watch those who saw him know he was a artist in the sweet science not a stumbling caveman disgrace like Lemieux

[bronx7]

Sad can’t say what if but had potential and showed enough that he would have ended up Top 20 WW I believe but not fair to others who didn’t waste talent no crime drugs