Donald Curry’s longest fight

[Master]

I love Curry too, he was so good to watch. The most efficient fighter ever and wasted nothing. Curry was so quick and precise as a fighter.

Curry did beat Jones, sliced his nose and the fight was stopped. Curry unified against Milton McCrory, Kronk fighter, knocking him down with one of the best left hooks I have ever seen. The right hand follow up finish was not bad either.

Curry wanted that big fight against Hagler and he felt Leonard stole it from him. Honeyghan splattered Donald with the biggest British upset ever.

[SlimTrae]

Masterful Tribute, there Master!

Another reason I love the IBHOF. It's the one time that the old forgotten greats get to be remembered.

I admit the 1st time I went, I didn't really know much about a fighter named Rueben Olivares. A friend pointed him out, so I asked if I could take a picture with him. To see his face light up!

Spinks, Norton , Marlon Starling, & Curry were together...it was like a life-light popped on...if just for a few days. No matter how many people asked, they all accommodated. I escorted Lou Duva from one of those golf carts to the grounds, he was so frail- and when he got among the people...boy did he light up!

I never got the photo with Curry, there were so many around him. I know his cheek bones had to hurt from all that smiling!! I labeled him Donald "Smiley" Curry, the way the fans made him light up.

[Spicoli]

Top notch Master. One side of this bipolar sport that always gets me is how quick 'it' is on whole to just let the finest slip away into what is a tragic obscurity. Like worn out fine expensive cloths that have seen their best days, had the big galas and events and had always fit the weekend night just right but eventually show that wear and tear and fray at the ends only to be discarded and replaced. For a billion-dollar business both functional and often dysfunctional it's participants often burn a hot streaking career from both ends. Sure there's always a personal responsibility in life to secure oneself and prepare for a 'life after' but the end of career life its stars experience has to be one of the most desperate, instant and loneliest of all. No fighter in boxings existence has ever left fully intact and the same as they were before answering the first bell. The sport rakes in millions hand over fist and it's near insane..if not criminal..that promoters, commissions and regulators have zero uniformed entity for post career support for the athlete. Not financial hand outs but maybe infuse basic after care medical expenses into insurances already required from mega star to journeyman. But the same who pound their chests for making huge fights or signing the brightest talent are mute when a fighters mental and the literal lights dim and greats like Curry are reliant on private efforts and the bowed though not broken brotherhood of boxings most impacted to come together and assist as they can. I found Curry late as a fan post-McCallum and believe it was him trying another comeback and ripping thru Brett Lally. I remember catching his challenge to Terry Norris in what would be his final career push. He gave Norris everything he had and Norris being Norris ended it suddenly and to the very end Curry was a bit screwed with those illegal punches when he was down. His 'comeback' should not have been and it took personal beef for ol Arum to throw him chump change to be badly battered against his former pupil Linton. The inevitable end for a true ambassador that far too many go through.