Donald Curry (Lone Star Cobra) is a 63-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 3 months, and 14 days, Curry amassed a record of 34-6, which includes 25 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2019.
Donald Curry was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on September 7, 1961. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on December 26, 1980 against Mario Tineo. Curry defeated Tineo via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Curry became a world champion at the age of 21 after 15 professional fights. He challenged Jun-Suk Hwang for the vacant WBA welterweight title and defeated Hwang via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the super-welterweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at welterweight.
Curry's last fight was a 7th-round TKO loss to Emmett Linton at age 35, on April 9, 1997.
Some of Donald Curry's best fights have been against Milton McCrory and Marlon Starling. For a complete list of Curry's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Donald Curry".
Curry has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Donald Curry Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Apr 09, 1997 | 35 | ![]() | loss | TKO 7 |
39 | Feb 20, 1997 | 35 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
38 | Jun 01, 1991 | 29 | ![]() | loss | KO 8 |
37 | Oct 18, 1990 | 29 | ![]() | loss | KO 10 |
36 | Aug 17, 1990 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
35 | Dec 26, 1989 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
34 | Feb 11, 1989 | 27 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
33 | Jan 03, 1989 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
32 | Jul 08, 1988 | 26 | ![]() | win | RTD 10 |
31 | Jan 03, 1988 | 26 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
30 | Dec 08, 1987 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
29 | Jul 18, 1987 | 25 | ![]() | loss | KO 5 |
28 | Apr 04, 1987 | 25 | ![]() | win | DQ 5 |
27 | Feb 07, 1987 | 25 | ![]() | win | DQ 5 |
26 | Sep 27, 1986 | 25 | ![]() | loss | RTD 6 |
25 | Mar 09, 1986 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
24 | Dec 06, 1985 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
23 | Jun 22, 1985 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
22 | Mar 30, 1985 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
21 | Jan 19, 1985 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
20 | Sep 22, 1984 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
19 | Apr 21, 1984 | 22 | ![]() | win | RTD 7 |
18 | Feb 04, 1984 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
17 | Sep 03, 1983 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
16 | Feb 13, 1983 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
15 | Oct 23, 1982 | 21 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
14 | Jul 10, 1982 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jun 15, 1982 | 20 | ![]() | win | DQ 4 |
12 | May 04, 1982 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
11 | Mar 10, 1982 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
10 | Nov 26, 1981 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
9 | Oct 29, 1981 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Aug 22, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Jul 02, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
6 | May 28, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Apr 23, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
4 | Mar 26, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
3 | Feb 26, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Jan 16, 1981 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
1 | Dec 26, 1980 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |