Up until this one Donald Curry was always in the pound for pound conversation, which compares dominance of a weight class no matter the weight. But Lloyd Honeyghan was the mongoose to the Cobra Curry. It was incredulous to see someone at the height of their powers and in their prime be picked apart. It's been said boxing styles make fights. This is why a good promoter is a good matchmaker.
Honeyghan was criminally underrated; look what he did to Gianfranco Rossi, the future WBC Super-Welterweight Champ, who Curry struggled with some 3 years later, albeit eventually stopping him in 10, but, nowhere near as dramatically as Honeyghan's 3-round KO of him for the European Championship in 1985. Curry didn't take Honoeyghan seriously enough and paid a heavy price - not just on this fight, but, for the remainder of his boxing career.
Lloyd Honeyghan was so under-rated and he dismantled Curry, who was regarded as the best pound for pound boxer in the world at the time of this fight. The Cobra was never the same boxer again and this was one of British boxings greatest upsets
Are you crazy ,@@chrisefc13 britians been beating americans worse then this ,calzaghe vs lacy for example and many other sugar robinson lost in horrible fashion years before this
Curry was the exeptional champion until he faced this fighter.Lloyd Honyghan became the supreme guy at 147lbs for the next 12 mths.The Vaca fights started to signal the end for him then it was starling and Breland
curry was never the same after this But once again they hyped Lloyd as he was British same old thing he lost to any other big name at the time.starling and the rest not really world class Apart from this fight he didn’t do much another uk hype job he could fight but come on.
What an exiting boxer Lloyd was….mesmerising style….love ya fella
Up until this one Donald Curry was always in the pound for pound conversation, which compares dominance of a weight class no matter the weight. But Lloyd Honeyghan was the mongoose to the Cobra Curry. It was incredulous to see someone at the height of their powers and in their prime be picked apart. It's been said boxing styles make fights. This is why a good promoter is a good matchmaker.
Are you sure that it wasn't incredible?
I think Curry was weight drained, he seemed listless.
Honeyghan was criminally underrated; look what he did to Gianfranco Rossi, the future WBC Super-Welterweight Champ, who Curry struggled with some 3 years later, albeit eventually stopping him in 10, but, nowhere near as dramatically as Honeyghan's 3-round KO of him for the European Championship in 1985. Curry didn't take Honoeyghan seriously enough and paid a heavy price - not just on this fight, but, for the remainder of his boxing career.
@@markdoughty8780 very interesting
Lloyd Honeyghan was so under-rated and he dismantled Curry, who was regarded as the best pound for pound boxer in the world at the time of this fight. The Cobra was never the same boxer again and this was one of British boxings greatest upsets
These highlights don't show the beating Curry actually received.
agreed - we only see Honeyghan landing a few quality punches
@@goldenmiddledistanceraces5929correct
The best performance of Honeyghan's career, possibly the best performance of a british boxer ever in the USA, but only my opinion
True, Lloyd beat him from pillar to post. An absolute hiding.
Are you crazy ,@@chrisefc13 britians been beating americans worse then this ,calzaghe vs lacy for example and many other sugar robinson lost in horrible fashion years before this
The Ragamuffin Man didn't read the script.
Curry was the exeptional champion until he faced this fighter.Lloyd Honyghan became the supreme guy at 147lbs for the next 12 mths.The Vaca fights started to signal the end for him then it was starling and Breland
curry was never the same after this But once again they hyped Lloyd as he was British same old thing he lost to any other big name at the time.starling and the rest not really world class Apart from this fight he didn’t do much another uk hype job he could fight but come on.
Spence went out like Donald Curry?
What bollox you chatting?
Not really. Spense was beat by Crawford
@@asificare5093 exactly what a said. Spence was highly rated like fellow Texan Donald Curry, and got his ass beat just like him, now he’s done
@@Brooklyn11236spense was never pound for pound ,crawford was pound for pound, spwnse was pound cake
The ragamuffin
Raggamuffin; double g.
@@paulweir5031 not from where i'm from .
It's raggamuffin!
Hit Curry before he got off his stool. Colin Jones would have nailed Honeyghun
Who?
I don't know. Colin Jones was a slow starter and prone to cuts. But it would have been fascinating! 🤔✌️
Wtfk is Colin jones
@@terrymcgill2798 der