On February 4, 1984, Donald Curry (17-0, 12 KOs), the welterweight WBA champion, and the welterweight IBF champion Marlon Starling (31-1, 20 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Donald Curry is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Roger Stafford, 5 months and 1 day ago. Marlon Starling is on a 6-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Bob Graddy, 2 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Donald Curry at 99-1 winning odds. Marlon Starling really doesn't have much to present against Curry.
Donald Curry defeated Marlon Starling via unanimous decision in the rematch and unifies the WBA and IBF welterweight titles. Curry improves his record to 18-0, while Starling adds a loss to his record at 31-2.