Is Don Curry an ATG?

[The Viper]

I made a thread here a little while ago and asked who was the best welterweight since leonard/hearns and alot of you guys said don curry, i was suprised to see that, so my question is just how good was the guy?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Not atg... Didn't have the longevity, or a bunch of classic great wins like Sanchez or leonard had in a short amount of time..

But I def think he is a hall of famer.. The guy was probably the best welter of the 80s not named Hearns or leonard.. He cleaned out the division in the mid 80s..

At welter he was on the same level as Oscar, tito, shane, forrest..

I think he is much better than any of the current crop of welters..

Not an ATG, but a hall of famer in my eyes

[jreckoning]

Very talented all the tools. I felt he burned out early after so many amateur fights. I think he had over 400.

He was good not an all time great though. Not enough good wins in my opinion though you have to rate his wins against McCrory and Starling up there.

I think it was a case of his faults later in his career reflect on his prime.

Almost like Michael Spinks great light heavyweight reign and him defeating Holmes is tarnished because he lost to Tyson.

[The Viper]

Not atg... Didn't have the longevity, or a bunch of classic great wins like Sanchez or leonard had in a short amount of time..

But I def think he is a hall of famer.. The guy was probably the best welter of the 80s not named Hearns or leonard.. He cleaned out the division in the mid 80s..

At welter he was on the same level as Oscar, tito, shane, forrest..

I think he is much better than any of the current crop of welters..

Not an ATG, but a hall of famer in my eyes

You think he could clean out current welter?

[CJRock]

Donald Curry was an incredible welterweight. He cleaned out the division He was having difficulty making weight. Don's dream was to move up & challenge Marvin Hagler for the middleweight crown. At the time Saccharin Ray Leonard , I refuse to call him Sugar was officially retired & acting as Don's advisor. Leonard talked Don out of the Hagler fight telling him to wait. But unknown to everyone Leonard was negociating to come back & fight Hagler himself in effect he stabbed Don in the back. Don seemed to change from that day was not the same fighter..after. As we know Leonard went on & was given a gift victory over Hagler . This caused Hagler to retire in disgust. Would Don have beaten Hagler had he got the chance??? Who knows but he would have given a better performance than Leonard did
Yes The Lone Star Cobra is an ATG & Yes he would beat any WW today when in his prime

[Sugar Adam Ali]

You think he could clean out current welter?

For sure...

Thurman
Brook
Bradley
Porter
Even aging manny

The present day welters would get beat by Donald curry..

Curry was very skilled and had a good pop on his punches.. I think he is just a higher caliber fighter

[The Viper]

Donald Curry was an incredible welterweight. He cleaned out the division He was having difficulty making weight. Don's dream was to move up & challenge Marvin Hagler for the middleweight crown. At the time Saccharin Ray Leonard , I refuse to call him Sugar was officially retired & acting as Don's advisor. Leonard talked Don out of the Hagler fight telling him to wait. But unknown to everyone Leonard was negociating to come back & fight Hagler himself in effect he stabbed Don in the back. Don seemed to change from that day was not the same fighter..after. As we know Leonard went on & was given a gift victory over Hagler . This caused Hagler to retire in disgust. Would Don have beaten Hagler had he got the chance??? Who knows but he would have given a better performance than Leonard did
Yes The Lone Star Cobra is an ATG & Yes he would beat any WW today when in his prime

wow! I never knew that, thanks for that story, i'm sure if he had beat hagler that would of put him over the top.......

[Kagami Taiga]

Very talented all the tools. I felt he burned out early after so many amateur fights. I think he had over 400.

He was good not an all time great though. Not enough good wins in my opinion though you have to rate his wins against McCrory and Starling up there.

I think it was a case of his faults later in his career reflect on his prime.

Almost like Michael Spinks great light heavyweight reign and him defeating Holmes is tarnished because he lost to Tyson.

I get what u are saying but Spinks is an ATG amd HOFer period. Probably the greatest lightweight of the greatest lightweight era. Curry isn't either tbh. Borderline HOF at most.

[boliodogs]

I would say no. He didn't have enough good wins or stay at the top long enough.

[soul_survivor]

Not atg... Didn't have the longevity, or a bunch of classic great wins like Sanchez or leonard had in a short amount of time..

But I def think he is a hall of famer.. The guy was probably the best welter of the 80s not named Hearns or leonard.. He cleaned out the division in the mid 80s..

At welter he was on the same level as Oscar, tito, shane, forrest..

I think he is much better than any of the current crop of welters..

Not an ATG, but a hall of famer in my eyes

No he wasn't.

There's a reason Oscar and Tito were already considered great fighters by the time they finished their welterweight careers and Curry wasn't.

Don gets a lot of hype on here from guys who probably grew up at the time watching him on their American TV networks and he was hyped up to be the next Leonard. He was far from any such thing. Yes he beat some good fighters but who are the great names on his resume? Or even truly, top level elite names? Starling? Who else? He lost to everyone else, including Honeyghan, a decent fighter at best.

Curry is far from a welterweight ATG and didn't do anything at the higher weights.