Bruce Curry boxer

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

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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
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
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
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

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