Donald COBRA curry HOF ?

[Violent Demise]

I think if you factor in his amateur credentials I think he would have a shot. But on Pro alone he doesn't get in.

The left hook he iced the Ice Man with is still the best left hook I ever seen

[X]

Curry was special .... loved the way he would stand right in front of his opponent and he was so fast and so slick that he could counter them from there. Very very good fighter indeed.


He was the best welter in the world for quite a while and would have been to much for ray Leonard to handle at that stage of his career. I don't think he would have takn hagler, though, unless the Marvelous One sleepwalked through the first five rounds like he ended up doing against Leonard.


I think he always struggled with his weight, and thats why he was never the same after the Honeyghan fight. He ended up moving to far up so he was just fighting guys too big for him.


better HOF entrant that McGuigan, methinks

[marbleheadmaui]

Curry was special .... loved the way he would stand right in front of his opponent and he was so fast and so slick that he could counter them from there. Very very good fighter indeed.


He was the best welter in the world for quite a while and would have been to much for ray Leonard to handle at that stage of his career. I don't think he would have takn hagler, though, unless the Marvelous One sleepwalked through the first five rounds like he ended up doing against Leonard.


I think he always struggled with his weight, and thats why he was never the same after the Honeyghan fight. He ended up moving to far up so he was just fighting guys too big for him.


better HOF entrant that McGuigan, methinks

Nicely put.

[BIG H]

Yup - well said Marble & X.

[ICB]

I think if you factor in his amateur credentials I think he would have a shot. But on Pro alone he doesn't get in.

The left hook he iced the Ice Man with is still the best left hook I ever seen

Wasn't his Amateur record something ridiculous like 400-4 ? that's probably why he burnt out quick in the pro's. Oh yea and that left hook was just perfect, it travelled such a short distance but was so powerful.

[marbleheadmaui]

The Cobra was one of those comets. For about 18 months he would have given any welter in history a tough go. In those 18 months he was, in my view, a significantly better fighter than men like McGuigan ot Kostya or Brian Mitchell or Orlando Canizales or Edwin Rosario (for example) were at their very best.

But once he outgrew the weight he became merely very good. I'm a tough HOF guy and I'd say no. BUT when I read voters like Dan Rafael say they look forward to voting for Joel Casamayor? He'd better vote for Curry three times first.

You know who Curry looks a lot like to me in terms of achivement? Michael Nunn.