mcCallum Curry was one of the best KO's ever

[TIGEREDGE]

I thought the body snatchers ko of curry was one of the best ever. Curry was boxing great until mike caught him with that punch. I believe it was after this fight that curry fell from grace not the honeygham fight. The KO WAS up there with robinson fulmer and other great ko's

Mike and donald would of been a great fight for anyone in history

The welterweight - middleweight divisions had some great talent in the 80's: srl, duran, benitez, hagler, hearns, curry, mccallum, starling, JACKSON, nunn AND OTHER VERY GOOD FIGHTERS

[JohnThomas1]

A fine ko from someone that was getting comprehensively outboxed and looked to have no answer. The Curry family chin came to the rescue.

[Cobra33]

It was a great ko.

[Jersey Joe]

A fine ko from someone that was getting comprehensively outboxed and looked to have no answer. The Curry family chin came to the rescue.

JohnThomas, have you ever thought of going into the calendar publishing business? Every time I log in here there's some new smoking hot lady on your avatar lol.

Anyway, I think it was a really good KO, but let's face it, Curry did not exactly have a solid chin. Knocking a weak-chinned fighter out is simply not in the same league as knocking out a guy with great resilience.

[GazOC]

I don't think that KO was a result of having a bad chin, it was the result of stepping back in a straight line with your hands down against one hell of a left hooker.

[Thread Stealer]

It was a beautiful shot.

I liked Curry's KO of McCory better, though.

[Thread Stealer]

The welterweight - middleweight divisions had some great talent in the 80's: srl, duran, benitez, hagler, hearns, curry, mccallum, starling, JACKSON, nunn AND OTHER VERY GOOD FIGHTERS

On the subject of impressive knockouts, Michael Nunn's KO of Sumbu Kalambay was extremely impressive.

[GazOC]

I liked Curry's KO of McCory better, though.

Ouch!! That was a scary KO!!!

[Russell]

Eh, it was more Curry making a a fundamental boxing no-no than anything else.

[GazOC]

Eh, it was more Curry making a a fundamental boxing no-no than anything else.

:good

[Russell]

I always wondered where Curry got off making such a rookie mistake.

Heat of the moment, arrogance...?

[Duodenum]

Ironically, the abruptness and brevity of that match may have caused McCallum to be somewhat overlooked historically. My expectation was for this to stand as Mike's epic signature moment in boxing, his Manila, but Don Curry wasn't up to the task. Nonetheless, Mike had already secured his 15 round stripes against fine southpaw Sean Mannion, and is deservedly a hall of famer. He never really had the opportunity to prevail in a Hagler/Hearns or Foreman/Lyle type shootout, or a legendary performance on the scale of Montreal, but he's probably better off today for having avoided one. One could certainly do worse than using films of SRR as training material.

[Vantage_West]

On the subject of impressive knockouts, Michael Nunn's KO of Sumbu Kalambay was extremely impressive.very good choice sir thanx for reminding me.left cross i remember made sumbu just fall back like tyson-spinks

[Vantage_West]

well curry's chin i think wasnt a sturdy chin...could take a punch and a whack and maybe go the distance but somtimes if you tapped it perfectly whump he is out.

currry rose up form the outside and then got a mccallum knuckle sandwhich.

[Robbi]

I thought the body snatchers ko of curry was one of the best ever. Curry was boxing great until mike caught him with that punch. I believe it was after this fight that curry fell from grace not the honeygham fight. The KO WAS up there with robinson fulmer and other great ko's

Mike and donald would of been a great fight for anyone in history

The welterweight - middleweight divisions had some great talent in the 80's: srl, duran, benitez, hagler, hearns, curry, mccallum, starling, JACKSON, nunn AND OTHER VERY GOOD FIGHTERS

I don't think it was anywhere near one of the best KO's ever. It was hardly spectacular. Curry dropped his right, and McCallum let go with a sweeping left hook, with Curry falling backwards flat out.

A solid KO, but nowwhere near among the best ever.

[Vantage_West]

Ironically, the abruptness and brevity of that match may have caused McCallum to be somewhat overlooked historically. My expectation was for this to stand as Mike's epic signature moment in boxing, his Manila, but Don Curry wasn't up to the task. Nonetheless, Mike had already secured his 15 round stripes against fine southpaw Sean Mannion, and is deservedly a hall of famer. He never really had the opportunity to prevail in a Hagler/Hearns or Foreman/Lyle type shootout, or a legendary performance on the scale of Montreal, but he's probably better off today for having avoided one. One could certainly do worse than using films of SRR as training material.i actually believe everything there nice post.


as underated as he is he never had his war his masterpiece his career is the masterpiece basicly.where as leonard,duran,hagler,hearns all had a big fight in there primes with everybody watching on tv,on the magazine front the next day..ect

where as leonard was a business man and just worked on his olympic prowess and all american look on him and his 70's black aggresive in your face disgrace style of boxing

hearns for his hieght speed power and being from detroit gave him a fan base and a international calling for his brutal right handed power.and amiable attitude

duran was a national hero and a hero for all south americans big fan base and example would be in the moore fight set in the garden. more people were appluading for him than davey who was a full bred new yorker.brawler with great boxing ability

hagler his solid balls to the wallz attitude who would fight anybody at any time was a hard puncher and a fast mover and had great boxing skills for the old timers.

even guys like jackson who is the hardes puncher p4p was a big attraction,or john mugabi who was an african with a british feel about him hard puncher small and aggresive,norris super quick very aggresive(cant stress this enough lol) and a hard punch to boot.

it was becuase he was so well rounded that he actually didnt get the attention we watched jackson to either ko or get koed same with mugabi and norris.

real shame he didnt get his credit at the time hope we ncover him and shed more light on his accmplishments

[JohnThomas1]

McCallum wasn't exactly known for taking guys out with one shot either. This KO doesn't say much for Curry's chin at this point of time.

[Mantequilla]

ironic that Herol Graham spent his entire fight against mccallum with his hands down by his waist and stepping straight back like Curry did.

Mike was unable to replicate the Curry ko unfortunately.

[Calroid]

Herol Graham wasn't so lucky against Julian Jackson though.:bbb

[salsanchezfan]

It was a beautiful shot.

I liked Curry's KO of McCory better, though.


...........I think so too. Much prettier in my opinion. McCallum's shot was great, though.

[Robbi]

Curry's against McCrory was not a KO, it was a knockdown. I was going to mention it in my earlier post, but forgot that McCrory pulled himself off the canvas, very unsteadily, to be sent back down with a crashing right hand after Mills Lane gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm presuming everyone is thinking of the spectacular left hook which had McCrory falling to the canvas as if he'd just fell from a plane after sky-diving with a faulty parachute release button. That was the first knockdown, with McCrory landing sideways near the ropes. Probably the most spectacular knockown I've ever seen.

[Duodenum]

as underated as he is he never had his war his masterpiece his career is the masterpiece basicly.where as leonard,duran,hagler,hearns all had a big fight in there primes with everybody watching on tv,on the magazine front the next day..ect

where as leonard was a business man and just worked on his olympic prowess and all american look on him and his 70's black aggresive in your face disgrace style of boxing

hearns for his hieght speed power and being from detroit gave him a fan base and a international calling for his brutal right handed power.and amiable attitude

duran was a national hero and a hero for all south americans big fan base and example would be in the moore fight set in the garden. more people were appluading for him than davey who was a full bred new yorker.brawler with great boxing ability

hagler his solid balls to the wallz attitude who would fight anybody at any time was a hard puncher and a fast mover and had great boxing skills for the old timers.

even guys like jackson who is the hardes puncher p4p was a big attraction,or john mugabi who was an african with a british feel about him hard puncher small and aggresive,norris super quick very aggresive(cant stress this enough lol) and a hard punch to boot.

it was becuase he was so well rounded that he actually didnt get the attention we watched jackson to either ko or get koed same with mugabi and norris.

real shame he didnt get his credit at the time hope we ncover him and shed more light on his accmplishmentsInsightful, intelligent comments. You put really your finger on why SRL evoked such strong negative feelings among fans who desperately wanted Hearns to prevail in their 1981 clash. Remember what Tommy said to conclude the post fight press conference after his first defeat? "Detroit, I will be back!" (To loud cheers and applause.)

[GazOC]

"Detroit, I will be back!" (To loud cheers and applause.)

It was "I shall return"...I think.

[GazOC]

Curry's against McCrory was not a KO, it was a knockdown. I was going to mention it in my earlier post, but forgot that McCrory pulled himself off the canvas, very unsteadily, to be sent back down with a crashing right hand after Mills Lane gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm presuming everyone is thinking of the spectacular left hook which had McCrory falling to the canvas as if he'd just fell from a plane after sky-diving with a faulty parachute release button. That was the first knockdown, with McCrory landing sideways near the ropes. Probably the most spectacular knockown I've ever seen.

I was talking out the finishing right hand, I can't speak for the other guys though..

[Duodenum]

It was "I shall return"...I think.No, that was Ali after Holmes. (Unless my brain is playing hallucinatory tricks on me.)

[red cobra]

Yep, it sure is one of the best looking ko's ever. It's a classic example of taking advantage in a split second of an opponents lapse and letting it go. It wasn't necessarily the hardest punch McCallum ever threw but it's probably the best. I've got it on tape (one of the first things I ever recorded off television, and it's such a cool knockout. I've watched it over and over, and am always so impressed by the technique McCallum used. A real classic.

[JohnThomas1]

I always wondered where Curry got off making such a rookie mistake.

Heat of the moment, arrogance...?

Regardless Curry should have been able to take a single left hook off a guy not noted for one punch ko's. It was a bit disappointing to be honest, he was fighting superbly.