Boxing fans in general, or fans of Donald Curry specifically, know the former welterweight and, for a time, the light-middleweight champion has been suffering from mental health issues for several months.
It was 38 long, long years ago today when massive underdog Lloyd Honeyghan pulled off what was called, at the time, a ‘miracle win.’
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Whenever you think of a fighter who looked set for true greatness but fell short, who pops into your mind?
Jersey Joe Walcott and Mike McCallum: two great fighters who had nothing in common with each other, aside from the fact that both tradesmen of the sport – equally unflashy yet at the same time quite brilliant – had to toil and sweat for every inch of forward movement they made in the toughest sport in the world.
Don Curry was a superb fighter, seemingly set for true greatness. Referred to as “The next Sugar Ray Leonard,” Curry seemed unbeatable until he ran into huge underdog Lloyd Honeyghan in 1986.