Yes flawless victory he was a sharpshooter, a dangerous Cobra here most dangerous

Boxer's have a timeline of peaking and right here he would've destroyed to Honeyghan

Hearns

Well lloyd honeyghan put him straight.

Flawless victory Curry was at a great level here this was vintage DC

I agree. Did you know that Mills Lane says Curry was the most talented fighter he ever refereed?

col always started slowly - i have no doubt after what Lloyd did that Jones would also have caught up to him

@LeftyOtool Until he ran into lloyd Honeyghan and got a pasting in 6 rds and all the sad excuses came out.Curry took the Honerghan fight mistake by him

I liked Curry, but I never had him as P4P No 1. I had Hagler as the best - Hearns & McCallum were above Curry as well. Hagler had better movement & work rate, & was never a stationary target. Curry posed peek-a-boo in front of his opponent too much. Curry got away with it against textbook boxers who threw straight punches, but as soon as he came up against boxers who were wise enough to punch whenever he shelled up, & go around his high guard, as Honeyghan, Norris, McCallum & Nunn did, he was found wanting. A Hagler/Curry bout would have been lucrative, but Curry would have been destroyed if that bout happened. & I won't begin to say what Hearns would have done to Curry.

The programme cover featured a hissing cobra (Donald Curry) and a fire breathing Dragon (Colin Jones) Fantastic art!

Cool

Wow! That's awesome man is Curry the best fighter you've seen live?

@@musicmusic6595 I am surprised at that, always seemed a top lad in interviews.

So was Kirkland lang until jones catched him with the hook

Flawless victory God Curry wasn't right with Honeyghan but here we know or I feel Honey would've been chopped diced and stopped and dropped

@@HarryHeath-pb6rv I can`t agree. Lloyd was on fire that night. I genuinely believe he would have beaten or gone the distance in a very close fight with any welterweight that there ever was that night. And I`m including SRR & SRL.

This Cobra here would have ripped Honeyghan up he was in his prime here God Donald Curry was beautiful to watch

well said mate but i think curry after round 10 would have been very tired due to weight ,colin would indeed have got stronger and i think the big punch might have stopped curry,colin could take a big shot and was very very tough such a shame about he cut

@@harryheath9928 so was lloyd beautiful to watch just like duran,hard to catch with a clean punch certainly never a combination

Which was premature.

Until he met Honeyghan. 😊

Yeah some of them fighter's won British commonwealth and European titles would of been world champions these days 🥊👍

I'm a cousin of Colin so my grandfather told me when I was young and I agree with you but our colin was a boxer that had nothing to prove and had fought time and time again and it was the time for don and yes don was fresh and a hell of a fighter but not a boxer with the heart that colin had I'm so proud of what he achieved in boxing come on the Olympics then turned pro and went all out European and British champion what a fantastic journey he was on respect for your comment it's good to see that people still care about the great things that happened year's ago THANKS and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. ..

@@markmellor3102 Enjoyed reading your comment Mark. Something I forgot to mention in my original comment was the look/expression of intense concentration on Donald`s face; It`s clear he knows he cannot afford to make ANY mistakes against Colin, because he knows if he had, he`d have been in all manner of trouble.

@@markmellor3102 Great comment - loved Colin and all top British boxers at the time as it was impossible (due to finance) to get World Class boxers here. He beat Kirkland twice after walking through his bombs. Colin beat McCrory first time no doubt in my mind.

Yeah I loved watching the Cobra this was the prime! When he lost to Honeyghan he was weak and drained who knows but he could have been distracted by a female and he had to lose wieght to make the limit. Curry was a great fighter

@@harryheath930 He was frightening for a spell.

Thanks Stevie. Disappointing mate but out of my control.

@@davidkirkwood9537 its always the good guys who get short changed. Didnt u write a book on kirklaind laing...fantastic quality on this upload

@@Anthony-Testicali Things have settled down now since I deleted a number of uploads

Lloyd comprehensively battered him from round 1, not sure what you’re on...

superspatchcock ? Agreed, isn’t that what I said? Honeygans gamble with Curry’s weight issues paid off. The headbutt still looked a bit ‘accidentally on purpose’ 😂 but that’s not to take way from Honeygans amazing effort and prep for this golden opportunity.

Pulsonar 😂 fair enough

It was the weight loss that beat curry , more than it was honeyghan, honeyghan beat 2 light welter weights, before starling and mark Ireland kicked his arse

The only person who NEVER accused Honeyghan of using his head was Curry.

You're right.

Oh aye, them bleddy lendeners boy. I heard they gave the taffy apples a right old hiding, they ended up looking like jonesey 😂😂😂

@@elroyal1😮😮😮 that’s not what a Taffy told me 🤜🤛🤜🤛 my money is on the Welsh battering the cockneys 🥊

At 62 years of age? I'm not so sure, to be honest.

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Cheeky sausage.

Would not pick him over Marlon Starling.

@Belburg I probably would have picked Jones to beat Starling in 1985 but certainly not the Starling that flattened Lloyd Honeyghan 4 years later.

​@@jonshaw9472 Starling had great defense and that would have been a problem for Jones. But he did not have to power of Curry.

@@jonshaw9472 I could understand from a certain viewpoint. Starling was not at his best in 1985-1986. But still would have been a good fight.

Your comment is one big contradiction. Jones was getting tagged left and right. The punches he was taking was so much harder than the ones he was given it was so obvious. You find fault with the fight yet the guy never faught again which means it was a good stoppage. If you think that was a good showing because he had so much left in him it is laughable. Dude sounds like he’s already punch drunk here.

English Gentleman my bad.

"Wastes of talent?" I think you're putting it the wrong way bud. 2 division champion, a Hall of Famer? Now his brother? Yes, he had the talent and potential yet never got serious.

I got that impression as well.

I thought that too.

The “overrated” Curry obliterated McCrory within 1.5 rounds, while Jones went 24 with Milt…hitting the deck and losing. Yet, Jones woulda beaten Curry eventually? Idiot sh*t.

@@amc7185 I hear what your saying. But styles make fights. I also have a sneaky feeling that had this fight gone into the last 5 rounds Colin could have done something sensational. Don`t forget the Korean Hwang decked Curry two years before this.

No chance

@@michaelcannon2434 yep not a hope in hell unfortunately!

It would definitely been very interesting. Colin was notoriously a VERY slow starter. He would have got stronger, and if one of those left hooks to the body had got through...........

Just like he “stopped” McCrory?

Hi BM. To compare Jim watt with Duran is a bit harsh. Duran IMO was greatest LW of all time. Buchanan IMO was best post war British boxer alongside Calzaghe. Let’s celebrate these good fighters not denounce them.👍

Nothing lucky about Watt's career. He lost a pretty close, competitive decision to Buchanan when Buchanan was still considered one of the best fighters on the planet, pound for pound. And Watt was ahead for a long time in that fight before Buchanan went to work on the body. Watt was roundly expected to lose to Nash and especially to Howard Davis, who'd won Olympic gold in '76 and was voted the best stylist of the Games, ahead of Ray Leonard. Davis was also one punch away from beating Edwin Rosario in later years. Virtually nobody went the distance against Arguello in Alexis' successful title fights, either - but Watt did. I don't understand the constant derision Watt gets.

@@davidkirkwood9537 well you need to let the starch out of your ass.let the man have his opinion

@@chriswilliamson7694 watt was a very good fighter in a v v tough era.his reign is mighty impressive...reminds me of frochs run of wins.....u dont see back to back tough fights like tgat in boxing anymore...u see it in ufc tho especially womens bantam division

Watt fought Buchanan in the early 80's? Try to get your facts (and your spelling) right.

Nah they did the same thing to Hagler, it was that yob mentally in Britain back then.

Yes, that didn`t look very good.

After Lloyd Honergan beat Curry he was never the same again.

Pam... it wasn't the move from 147-154...it was even before his last defense at Welterweight that Curry was Just Experiencing "way too much tragedy outside the ring" His Sister's Tragic Death..& his Brothers constant problems.

@@captainscarletamysteronage5354 Davy.. it was Highly Distracting and Tragic Occurances Outside the ring that stole Curry's focus. While Lloyd was highly Competitive ..it was Obvious that Curry was not mentally focused( Curry had Faced far more Turmoil against Italys' NINO LAROCA..but overcame it to stop the very slick and skilled Italian).