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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and three months, Donald Curry fought 40 times with 34 wins and 6 losses.
Curry retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-6, which included five world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights at the welterweight weight division. He had a 62.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. Curry suffered five knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 7th round TKO defeat to Emmett Linton on April 9, 1997.
Some of Curry's best fights and notable victories include wins over Milton McCrory, Eduardo Rodriguez, Nino La Rocca, Colin Jones, Elio Diaz, Roger Stafford, and James Green.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Apr 9, 1997 | 35 | Emmett Linton | Loss | TKO7 |
39 | Feb 20, 1997 | 35 | Gary Jones | Win | KO4 |
38 | Jun 1, 1991 | 29 | Terry Norris | Loss * | KO8 |
37 | Oct 18, 1990 | 29 | Michael Nunn | Loss * | KO10 |
36 | Aug 17, 1990 | 28 | Jose Antonio Martinez | Win | KO4 |
35 | Dec 26, 1989 | 28 | Brett Lally | Win | TKO2 |
34 | Feb 11, 1989 | 27 | René Jacquot | Loss * | UD |
33 | Jan 3, 1989 | 27 | Mike Sacchetti | Win | TKO5 |
32 | Jul 8, 1988 | 26 | Gianfranco Rosi | Win * | RTD10 |
31 | Jan 3, 1988 | 26 | Lupe Aquino | Win | UD |
30 | Dec 8, 1987 | 26 | Rigoberto Lopez | Win | KO4 |
29 | Jul 18, 1987 | 25 | Mike McCallum | Loss * | KO5 |
28 | Apr 4, 1987 | 25 | Carlos Santos | Win | DQ |
27 | Feb 7, 1987 | 25 | Tony Montgomery | Win | DQ |
26 | Sep 27, 1986 | 25 | Lloyd Honeyghan | Loss * | RTD6 |
25 | Mar 9, 1986 | 24 | Eduardo Rodriguez | Win * | KO2 |
24 | Dec 6, 1985 | 24 | Milton McCrory | Win * | KO2 |
23 | Jun 22, 1985 | 23 | Pablo Baez | Win | TKO6 |
22 | Mar 30, 1985 | 23 | James Green | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Jan 19, 1985 | 23 | Colin Jones | Win * | TKO4 |
20 | Sep 22, 1984 | 23 | Nino La Rocca | Win * | KO6 |
19 | Apr 21, 1984 | 22 | Elio Diaz | Win * | RTD7 |
18 | Feb 4, 1984 | 22 | Marlon Starling | Win * | UD |
17 | Sep 3, 1983 | 21 | Roger Stafford | Win * | TKO1 |
16 | Feb 13, 1983 | 21 | Jun-Suk Hwang | Win * | UD |
15 | Oct 23, 1982 | 21 | Marlon Starling | Win | SD |
14 | Jul 10, 1982 | 20 | Adolfo Viruet | Win | UD |
13 | Jun 15, 1982 | 20 | Jake Torrance | Win | DQ |
12 | May 4, 1982 | 20 | Bruce Finch | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Mar 10, 1982 | 20 | Mike Senegal | Win | TKO10 |
10 | Nov 26, 1981 | 20 | Curtis Ramsey | Win | UD |
9 | Oct 29, 1981 | 20 | Vernon Lewis | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Aug 22, 1981 | 19 | Eddie Casper | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Jul 2, 1981 | 19 | Eddie Campbell | Win | KO6 |
6 | May 28, 1981 | 19 | Joe Moliere | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Apr 23, 1981 | 19 | Danny Favella | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Mar 26, 1981 | 19 | Rigoberto Lopez | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Feb 26, 1981 | 19 | Jerry Reyes | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Jan 16, 1981 | 19 | Juan Ramirez | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Dec 26, 1980 | 19 | Mario Tineo | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Donald Curry (Lone Star Cobra) is a 62-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on September 7, 1961. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Curry was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2019. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1980 to 1997.
Curry made his professional boxing debut against Mario Tineo at the age of 19 on December 26, 1980, defeating Tineo via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on February 13, 1983 after 15 professional fights, against Jun-Suk Hwang for the welterweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Hwang via 15 round unanimous decision to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Donald Curry was a undisputed welterweight world champion, and has won five world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Curry's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Curry had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Emmett Linton on April 9, 1997. Curry lost the fight via 7th round TKO. It's been 27 years and 18 days since this fight.
Curry had a total of 14 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights and lost five.
Donald Curry fought for world titles in seven fights and won four of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 8, 1988 | Gianfranco Rosi | Super-welterweight | WBC | RTD |
Dec 6, 1985+ | Milton McCrory | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring* | KO |
Feb 4, 1984^ | Marlon Starling | Welterweight | IBF | UD |
Feb 13, 1983 | Jun-Suk Hwang | Welterweight | WBA* | UD |
Donald Curry had nine world-title defense fights across two weight classes — welterweight (x8) and super-welterweight. He won seven of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 9, 1986 | Eduardo Rodriguez | Welterweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Dec 6, 1985+ | Milton McCrory | Welterweight | WBA, IBF | KO |
Jan 19, 1985 | Colin Jones | Welterweight | WBA, IBF | TKO |
Sep 22, 1984 | Nino La Rocca | Welterweight | WBA, IBF | KO |
Apr 21, 1984 | Elio Diaz | Welterweight | WBA, IBF | RTD |
Feb 4, 1984^ | Marlon Starling | Welterweight | WBA | UD |
Sep 3, 1983 | Roger Stafford | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Donald Curry lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Feb 11, 1989 | René Jacquot | Super-welterweight | WBC | UD |
Sep 27, 1986 | Lloyd Honeyghan | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring | RTD |
Curry fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 14 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
February 13, 1983: Curry wins his first world title by defeating Jun-Suk Hwang via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA welterweight world champion.
September 3, 1983: Curry successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Roger Stafford, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
February 4, 1984: Curry becomes a unified welterweight world champion by beating Marlon Starling via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA and IBF welterweight world-champion belts.
April 21, 1984: Curry successfully defends the WBA and IBF welterweight titles against Elio Diaz, winning the fight via 7th round RTD.
September 22, 1984: Curry successfully defends the WBA and IBF welterweight titles against Nino La Rocca, winning the fight via 6th round KO.
January 19, 1985: Curry successfully defends the WBA and IBF welterweight titles against Colin Jones, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
December 6, 1985: Curry becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion by defeating Milton McCrory via 2nd round KO. He now holds the WBA, IBF, WBC, and The Ring welterweight world-champion belts.
March 9, 1986: Curry successfully defends the WBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Eduardo Rodriguez, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
Curry knocked out 25 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.5%. Of his total 34 wins, 25 of them were via KO (73.5%).
Curry's first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at welterweight. He defeated Jun-Suk Hwang via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Curry won five world titles at two weight classes.
Curry had a total of nine title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost two times.