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Bruce Curry

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He signed to fight Minoru Sugiya 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
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Curry was found innocent by reason of insanity and ordered confined to a mental hospital until he was no longer a threat to society. He was released on March 26, 1985, after a team of three psychiatrists said he was no longer mentally ill.
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Curry made two successful title defenses, knocking out Hidekazu Akai in seven rounds and winning a rematch with Haley by a twelve-round split decision. On January 29, 1984, Curry lost the title by a tenth-round knockout to
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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."
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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.
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Curry fought just one more time, defeating Tomas Garcia by a ten-round decision on April 29, 1986. He finished with a record of 35-8 with 17 knockouts.
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He is a member of a very traditional family in the boxing scene: he is the oldest of three brothers and all boxers (Bruce's younger brother
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Champion. Curry knocked Benitez down three times but lost by a controversial ten-round split decision due to the scoring system.
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Boxing Trials. Curry reportedly had an amateur record of 315-11. During his amateur career he was trained by Wesley Gale Parker.
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Curry won his next two fights and then lost back-to-back fights, getting stopped in nine rounds by Domingo Ayala and losing to
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Curry turned professional in 1976 and won his first fourteen professional fights. On November 18, 1977, he fought
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He won eleven of his next thirteen fights and then got his first world title shot. On May 18, 1983, Curry beat
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by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Curry's younger brother,
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is considered the most successful boxer in the family, having won four belts in the
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by a ten-round decision. Curry put together three straight wins and then fought
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Fighters fought sudden death round, and the fight featured open scoring.
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Index

Marlin, Texas
Light welterweight
Orthodox
Marlin, Texas
boxer
WBC
Super Lightweight
Donald Curry
welterweight
WBC
WBA
IBF
The Ring
light middleweight
WBC
International Boxing Hall of Fame
Golden Gloves
Sugar Ray Leonard
Olympic
Wilfred Benítez
WBA
Junior Welterweight
Adolfo Viruet
Thomas Hearns
Leroy Haley
Donald
WBA
Billy Costello
Las Vegas, Nevada
Jesse Reid

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