カリー、本当に好きで今でもダマト・タイソン（しかいつの間にかみれなくなった・それほどあのスタイルが好きで執着心強いんですよね☆）ロサリオとおんなじ。よくみます。
カリーＶＳスターリング（１）
ー無敗対決、カリー１６勝（１２ＫＯ）スターリング２４勝（１６ＫＯ）
ー実にハイレベル、さすが挑戦者決定戦に相当する名勝負だった。ただ「玄人好み」の技術・強打戦だったといえる。スターリングの一発はいわれてる以上にあり、カリーに引けはとっていないのは後年。ブリーランドをノックアウトした試合を思い出すとちょうどいいだろう。
ー双方そうは簡単に当てさせない。この当時のカリーは戴冠後ほど接近戦はうまくなかった。トレーナーとの意気投合努力の結果以外の何者でもなかろう。
ー手数はスターリングの方が多く、あの尾崎戦でも尾崎が有効なクリーンヒットを与える。でもその後実にバネが利いた大振り（ながらスピードがあって重い）パンチを３～４打打ち返す。あれがポイントにも影響しただろう。
ー防御の型がちがう。同じ鉄壁ガードとブロックながらスターリングはガードを高く上げあるしゅウィンキー・ライトのようになんとなく吸収してしまう形。カリーは紙一重の（目立たないながら）ヘッドスリップにがっちり難攻不落のガードで弾き返す（というよりガードの上をうたせる＝これが後年研究され、衰えも悪影響しナンにしろノリスにしろ常に先手先手の連打で攻められ受けに回る（ほとんど当てさせないにせよ）を強いられたよう検証するがいかがであろう？）。
ーカリーとの一戦は２－１。カリーもスターリングの手強さを率直に語った。一方勝ちを確信していた魔術師（世界挑戦もしばらくおじゃん。しかも初黒星）はおおむくれ。文句たらたらで望むのは再戦だけだと強調していた（事実私は第二戦も含め分の悪い引き分け。あるいはスターリングの勝ちのようにみえないこともない。これは視聴者それぞれでしょう）。
タイトル獲得・決定戦黄との対決：
ーまず偏見でも何もなく、海外で「３０年」を暮らした。アメリカでのアマ試合も経験した（アメリカ国旗のランニングシャツを着て＝苦笑）。私が日本を発ったのは１９８７年１８歳のときである。その試合は２０歳。
ー緊張はしたけど、いわゆる「１４勝１１７敗」にみられる「自分の土俵外」「国外・海外」だというプレッシャーではなかった。ただ単に臆病・弱虫・練習不足つまり「勝ってやろう」とははじめから思っていなかっただけ（日本でのアマ試合もそう。ろくに練習もしなければ走ってもいなかった）。
ーこういう意味でも別人かもしれない。カナダでもスパーをやったことはある。けれども「敵地」（私はずっと前に帰化しカナダ国籍・日本国籍は放棄して久しい）だとか「海外」（当たり前ながら）云々でひるんだりはなかった（こっちはみっちり走ったし練習したので２Ｒながら。終始ワンツーで攻めまくった）。
日本の選手、しかもスター選手の敵地・地元でカリーからプロ入り初のダウンを奪える（７回、右のクロスカウンター。効いていた）選手がいるだろうか？（さらにあの８０年代に）。黄は後に、再起ロードバック中だったクエバスにこれまた敵地。打ち勝った（２－０の判定ながら明らかに黄に分があった）。
ーともあれ、カリーはやはり強いしうまかった。黄の挑発にのらず出入りの激しい展開に持っていく。それも足を使ってではなく「間合い」を計る。相手との距離を見切る。そんなところだった。
ー特に１０回、ゴングがなるいなや強引に前進し得意の右クロスからアッパーそしてボディを見舞った。１２回がＫＯするチャンスだった。コーナーにつめ左ダブルからワンツー。ひるまず突進してくる黄の顔は腫れ鼻血も流していた。ロープに詰め、また間合いを計り黄の射程外に下がる。そこでまた前に出てワンツーから右ボディー。さらに左右連打。観客は総立ちとなった。そこでまた右をカウンターで叩き込み大きくぐらつかせる。ロープに釘ずけにして左アッパーの連打。黄の顎を大きく跳ね上げた。黄のタフさ頑丈さには感服する。
ーこれでノックアウトは諦めたのか後は比較的安全運転で１５回。大差の判定で見事戴冠。懐かしい限りです。
また続けますね☆
Donald Curry (born Donald Sample; September 7, 1961) is an American former professional boxer. He held the undisputed welterweight title as well as the WBC light middleweight title. He scored notable wins over Marlon Starling and Milton McCrory.
WBC light middleweight champion[edit]
After outpointing former WBC champion Lupe Aquino, Curry got another title shot. He traveled to Italy to fight Gianfranco Rosi for the WBC light middleweight title on July 8, 1988. Curry put him down five times, and Rosi retired on his stool after the ninth round. "I trained hard for five months to win this title and it paid off," Curry said.[20]Curry was once again a champion, but his reign didn't last very long. He lost the title in his first defense, dropping a twelve-round unanimous decision to the lightly regarded Rene Jacquot on February 11, 1989 in France. Curry built an early lead, but Jacquot came on in the second half of the fight. "I just got tired," Curry said afterward. "I thought I was in the best condition of my life but in the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds my legs just went." The fight that was named The Ring magazine Upset of the Year.[21]
Back-to-back title shots[edit]
Following two knockout victories, Curry went back to France to fight Lineal/IBF middleweight champion Michael Nunn on October 18, 1990. Although Curry found the target, he didn't have the power to hurt the bigger champion. Nunn dropped Curry with a flurry of unanswered punches in round ten, and the referee stopped the fight.[22]
In his next fight, Curry returned to light middleweight to fight Terry Norris for the WBC title. The fight took place June 1, 1991 in Palm Springs, California. It was a rough and competitive fight for seven rounds. In the eighth, Norris put Curry down for the count with a series of right hands. Curry retired after the fight.[23]
Legal troubles[edit]
In April 1994, Curry, along with Darrell Chambers and William "Stanley" Longstreet, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on drug conspiracy charges. The ten-count indictment charged them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, money laundering and being part of a continuing criminal enterprise. "My God, I don't know anything about this," Curry said. "I'm guilty by association. I've never, never ever had anything to do with drugs. I knew Stanley Longstreet and Darrell Chambers as boxers. I know nothing about any drug ring. I'm stunned." [24]
In January 1995, Curry was acquitted on all charges, Chambers was found guilty and Longstreet took a plea deal. "I have been systematically...lynched and then castrated by, first, the news media, and then by the criminal justice system," Curry said afterward. He also said paying for his legal defense destroyed him financially.[25]
In March 1996, Curry was jailed for failing to pay child support. He won work release soon afterward, but that was revoked after he again failed to make support payments. He served six weeks of a six-month sentence.[26]
Return to boxing[edit]
In need of money, Curry returned to boxing. "This comeback is about a lot of things, but the bottom line is money," he said. "I wouldn't do this if I didn't need the money." Curry's first comeback fight was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 20, 1997. He knocked out Gary Jones in four rounds.[27]
Curry's next fight was against Emmett Linton, who was one of the boxers Curry trained after he retired from boxing. The Linton fight wasn't just about money: It was personal.
Curry had been Linton's manager and trainer. The two had a falling out in 1993. Linton said he didn't like the way Curry was handling his career. Their feud really erupted when Curry accused Linton of giving information to the mother of one of his children about his finances, which Linton denied. The two got into a fight and guns were drawn but not used. Curry filed charges, but they were later dropped. Shortly afterward, Curry went to jail for failure to pay child support.When Curry started his comeback, he asked promoter Bob Arum to get him a fight with Linton. Knowing that a good feud can sell a fight, Arum made the match. The fight took place at The Aladdin in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 9, 1997.[28][29]Curry was no match for Linton. He was dropped in the first round and took a beating over the next six. Referee kmRichard Steele stopped the fight in the seventh round. "I just didn't have it," Curry said. "I'm finished. I'll never box again." [30]After the loss, Curry went to Valley Hospital in Las Vegas and learned that he had fought Linton with acute pancreatitis. "That condition pre-existed the fight," said Phil Hamilton, Curry's manager. "We're thinking maybe that explains why Donald felt so weak during the fight, and why maybe he deserves the chance to fight again." [31]Curry went back to the gym when he was well. "I hope to give a better account of myself," he said, referring to the Linton fight. "I wasn't in shape and wasn't who I thought I was that night." However, Curry never did fight again. He retired with a record of 34-6 with 25 knockouts.[32]