On April 9, 1997, a 35-year-old Donald Curry (34-5, 25 KOs) and Emmett Linton met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Curry came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days.
Donald Curry lost to Emmett Linton via TKO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 34-6.
On June 1, 1991, a 29-year-old Donald Curry (33-4, 24 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBC title held by 23-year-old Terry Norris (26-3, 14 KOs).
Curry came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 14 days. Norris was on a 6-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 23 days.
Terry Norris stopped Donald Curry via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-welterweight title. Norris improves his record to 27-3 (15 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 33-5.
On October 18, 1990, a 29-year-old Donald Curry (33-3, 24 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight IBF title held by 27-year-old Michael Nunn (35-0, 23 KOs).
Curry came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Nunn was on a 35-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 4 days.
Michael Nunn stopped Donald Curry via KO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Nunn improves his record to 36-0 (24 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 33-4.
On February 11, 1989, the 27-year-old WBC super-welterweight world champion, Donald Curry (31-2, 22 KOs), faced René Jacquot, in a title defense fight.
Curry came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 8 days.
Donald Curry was defending his super-welterweight WBC titles against René Jacquot and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 31-3.
On July 18, 1987, a 25-year-old Donald Curry (27-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBA title held by 31-year-old Jamaican boxer Mike McCallum (31-0, 28 KOs).
Curry came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 14 days. McCallum was on a 31-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 29 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Donald Curry via KO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 32-0 (29 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On September 27, 1986, the 25-year-old undisputed welterweight world champion, Donald Curry (25-0, 19 KOs), faced a 26-year-old British boxer Lloyd Honeyghan (27-0, 17 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Curry came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 18 days. Honeyghan was on a 27-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 7 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 6th round, and Lloyd Honeyghan is crowned the new WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Honeyghan improves his record to 28-0 (18 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 25-1.