Bruce Curry boxer
- bouts
- 42
- won
- 34
- lost
- 8
- draw
- 0
- Status
- inactive
- Division
- super lightweight
- Debut
- 1976-09-09
- Height
- 5′ 9½″/176cm
- Reach
- -
- Age
- -
- Born
- 1956-03-29
- Death
- -
- Nationality
- USA
Bruce Curry (born March 29, 1956, in Marlin, Texas), is a former professional boxer. He was the WBC Super Lightweight Champion from 1983 to 1984.Curry was a two-time Texas Golden Gloves Champion and runner-up to Sugar Ray Leonard at the 1976 U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials. Curry reportedly had an amateur record of 315-11. During his amateur career he was trained by Wesley Gale Parker. Curry turned professional in 1976 and won his first fourteen professional fights. On November 18, 1977, he fought Wilfred Benítez, the former WBA Junior Welterweight Champion. Curry knocked Benitez down three times but lost by a controversial ten-round split decision due to the scoring system.He signed to fight Minoru Sugiya(ja:杉谷実) in Japan on January 26, 1978. He was then offered a rematch with Benitez, which would take place a mere 11 days later, on February 4. He decided to go take both fights. He knocked out Sugiya in three rounds and then flew back to the U.S. for the Benitez fight, which Benitez won by a ten-round majority decision. Benitez trained harder for the rematch and Curry was travel-worn. "I just wanted to get it done and go to bed," Curry said. "I should have sent out for coffee."Curry won his next two fights and then lost back-to-back fights, getting stopped in nine rounds by Domingo Ayala and losing to Adolfo Viruet by a ten-round decision. Curry put together three straight wins and then fought Thomas Hearns, who was 19-0 with 18 knockouts. The 6' 1" Hearns stopped Curry in three rounds, however, the fight is best remembered in boxing circles as a rare but true example of "going down swinging," with Curry punching valiantly even as he fell to the canvas.He won eleven of his next thirteen fights and then got his first world title shot. On May 18, 1983, Curry beat Leroy Haley by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Curry's younger brother, Donald, won the WBA Welterweight Championship several months earlier. They were the first pair of brothers to hold world titles simultaneously. Another Curry brother, Graylin, was also a professional boxer.
Date | Opponent | Last Opponents' Results | Place | Result |
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1986-04-29 | Tomas Negro Garcia | LLLLLL | Casa de Amistad, Harlingen | WIN Majority decision |
1984-01-29 | Billy Costello | WWWWWW | Civic Center, Beaumont | LOST Technical knockout |
1983-10-19 | Leroy Haley | WWWWWL | Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas | WIN Split-decision |
1983-07-07 | Hidekazu Akai | WWWWWW | Kinki University Auditorium, Osaka | WIN Technical knockout |
1983-05-18 | Leroy Haley | WWWWWW | Dunes Hotel & Casino, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1983-03-19 | Tyrone Rackley | LWLLWW | Convention Center, Reno | WIN Technical knockout |
1982-11-17 | Ronnie Shields | WWWWWW | Civic Arena, Saint Joseph | WIN Unanimous decision |
1982-03-25 | Danny Favella | LLLLLL | Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas | WIN KO |
1982-01-26 | Edward Nuno | WLWWWW | Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1981-12-01 | Mark Ibanez | WWWWWL | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu | WIN Unanimous decision |
1981-08-04 | Steve Hearon | WWWWLL | Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth | LOST Technical knockout |
1981-06-02 | Pablo Gomez | LLLLLL | Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth | WIN Technical knockout |
1981-05-06 | Ron Cummings | DWWDDL | Silver Slipper, Las Vegas | WIN Points |
1981-01-15 | Alejo Rodriquez | WWWWLD | Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth | WIN Points |
1980-09-25 | Andres Ramirez | WWWLWL | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-06-03 | Greg Stephens | WLWWLW | The Aladdin, Las Vegas | LOST KO |
1980-01-18 | Jimmy Jackson | WLWLLL | Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas | WIN KO |
1979-09-25 | Greg Stephens | WLWLWW | Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1979-06-28 | Thomas Hearns | WWWWWW | Olympia Stadium, Detroit | LOST KO |
1979-04-14 | Willie Rodriguez | WWLLWW | Superdome, New Orleans | WIN KO |
1979-02-24 | Clinton McKenzie | WWWWWL | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1978-12-05 | Wade Hinnant | WWWWLW | Spectrum, Philadelphia | WIN Split-decision |
1978-10-27 | Adolfo Viruet | WLWLWL | Madison Square Garden, New York | LOST Unanimous decision |
1978-09-09 | Domingo Ayala | LWWWWW | Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan | LOST Technical knockout |
1978-04-07 | Monroe Brooks | LWWWWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-03-18 | Luis Resto | WWWDWW | The Aladdin, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-02-04 | Wilfred Benitez | DWWWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | LOST Majority decision |
1978-01-26 | Minoru Sugiya | WWWWWW | WIN Technical knockout |
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1977-11-18 | Wilfred Benitez | WDWWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | LOST Split-decision |
1977-10-19 | Julio Gomez | WLLWWW | Civic Auditorium, Stockton | WIN KO |
1977-07-17 | Lion Furuyama | WWWWWW | Korakuen Hall | WIN Technical knockout |
1977-05-25 | Rudy Barro | LWLWWW | Stockton | WIN Technical knockout |
1977-05-21 | Juan Antonio Merlo | WWWWWW | Stade Louis II, Fontvieille | WIN Unanimous decision |
1977-05-15 | Buffalo Suzuki | WWWWLW | WIN KO |
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1977-04-15 | Rafael Rodriguez | WLWWWL | Dickinson High School, Jersey City | WIN Split-decision |
1977-04-04 | Jimmy Jackson | WLWWWL | Sahara Hotel & Casino, Space Center, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1977-02-21 | Freddie Washington | WWWWD | Sahara Hotel & Casino, Space Center, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1976-11-10 | Clarence Howard | WWLWWW | Silver Slipper, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-11-04 | Chris Gonzalez | WWLDWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-10-27 | Jorge Morales | WWWWW | Silver Slipper, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1976-10-05 | Willie Hearne | W | Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos | WIN KO |
1976-09-09 | Bruce Henderson | WW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Points |