Bob Arum has taken many fighters to the top of the boxing world, but there’s one fighter who he believes fell short.
The veteran promoter, still going strong in his 90s, has guided many legendary careers including Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, and Tyson Fury, and he had similar hopes for Donald Curry.
After missing out on the 1980 Olymoics due to the US boycott, Curry turned professional and looked sensational on his climb up the rankings.
A shock loss to Lloyd Honeyghan in 1986 is what Curry is perhaps remembered most for and Arum has reflected on his time promoting the Texan.
“The fighter that comes to mind quickly is a welterweight that I promoted who was extraordinarily talented and I thought would be a huge star but fell short, named Donald Curry,” said Arum when speaking to Talksport regaring the biggest underachiever he ever promoted.
“I co-promoted with Frank Warren in the UK. He was a tremendous talent, but he never reached his full potential.
“I thought that skill-wise he was the equal of Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns when they were welterweights, he was enormously talented.”
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