Arum: “I Thought Skill-Wise He Was The Equal Of Leonard And Hearns”
Whenever you think of a fighter who looked set for true greatness but fell short, who pops into your mind? Whenever you think of a fighter who was never, ever the same again after tasting defeat for the first time, who do you come up with? Chances are, it’s the man Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum thinks of when it comes to the biggest underachiever he ever promoted: Don Curry.
Curry, dubbed in the early 1980s, ‘the next Sugar Ray Leonard,’ was a very special talent, with “The Lone Star Cobra” winning the unified welterweight title, with Curry being hugely impressive in winning fights with Milton McCrory, Marlon Starling (twice), and Colin Jones. But then, after suffering a punishing upset loss to Lloyd Honeyghan, Curry was never the same force, his seemingly straightforward path to all-time greatness gone.
Curry fought on, and he even won a version of…
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