Instead, the outcome of Honeyghan-Curry heralded the arrival of a new star, a star whose confidence and charisma complemented his violent in-ring style. His sixth-round corner-retirement TKO over Curry not only was the upset of the year but arguably the upset of the 1980s given Curry’s standing entering the fight and the heights many thought he could have reached had he chosen a different path. On this day 35 years ago inside the small Circus Maximus Showroom at Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, the boxing world – and Donald Curry’s world – was turned upside down by Lloyd Honeyghan, a British-based Jamaican who backed up his bold words with the performance of his athletic life. Given how awesome “The Lone Star Cobra” looked that night, no one would have ever suspected that the same words could have been spoken about him a little less than 10 months later. That was how Donald Curry recalled his scintillating December 1985 second-round knockout over Milton McCrory in the June 1986 issue of KO, a knockout that allowed him to join Marvelous Marvin Hagler as the sport’s only undisputed champions. Most guys that I fight aren’t as strong as me…he wasn’t at all.”
As far as the difference in our physical strength, it was like night and day. “Physically, he wasn’t there and I just walked through him. Honeyghan (right) on the attack against Curry. A fan remembers Donald Curry-Lloyd Honeyghan 35 years later
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