Donald Curry
"The Lone Star Cobra"
- Born
- 1961
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1980–1997
A technically superb welterweight of the mid-1980s.
Titles & Honours
- Undisputed Welterweight Champion
- WBC Light Middleweight Champion
Career Timeline
1980–1997- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Mario Tineo · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Eduardo Rodriguez · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Emmett Linton · L TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-12-26 | W | Mario Tineo | TKO | 1 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1981-01-16 | W | Juan Ramirez | TKO | 2 | HemisFair Arena , San Antonio, Texas , U.S. |
| 1981-02-26 | W | Jerry Reyes | TKO | 2 | Hacienda , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-03-26 | W | Rigoberto Lopez | TKO | 2 | Hacienda, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-04-23 | W | Danny Favella | TKO | 5 | Will Rogers Coliseum , Fort Worth, Texas , U.S. |
| 1981-05-28 | W | Joe Moliere | TKO | 1 | Hacienda, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-07-02 | W | Eddie Campbell | KO | 6 | Playboy Hotel and Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1981-08-22 | W | Eddie Casper | TKO | 1 | Showboat Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-10-29 | W | Vernon Lewis | TKO | 1 | Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| 1981-11-26 | W | Curtis Ramsey | UD | 10 | Hacienda, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1982-03-10 | W | Mike Senegal | TKO | 10 | Civic Center , Lake Charles, Louisiana , U.S. |
| 1982-05-04 | W | Bruce Finch | TKO | 4 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1982-06-15 | W | Jake Torrance | DQ | 4 | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. |
| 1982-07-10 | W | Adolfo Viruet | UD | 10 | The Great Gorge Playboy Club Hotel , McAfee, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1982-10-23 | W | Marlon Starling | SD | 12 | Convention Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1983-02-13 | W | Jun-Suk Hwang | UD | 15 | Tarrant County Convention Center , Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| 1983-09-03 | W | Roger Stafford | TKO | 1 | Stadio Antonino Lombardo Angotta, Marsala , Italy |
| 1984-02-04 | W | Marlon Starling | UD | 15 | Bally's Park Place , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1984-04-21 | W | Elio Diaz | RTD | 7 | Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| 1984-09-22 | W | Nino La Rocca | KO | 6 | Chapiteau de l'Espace, Fontvielle , Monaco |
| 1985-01-19 | W | Colin Jones | TKO | 4 | National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham , England |
| 1985-03-30 | W | James Green | TKO | 2 | Moody Coliseum , Dallas , Texas, U.S. |
| 1985-06-22 | W | Pablo Baez | TKO | 6 | Trump Casino Hotel , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1985-12-06 | W | Milton McCrory | KO | 2 | Las Vegas Hilton , Winchester, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1986-03-09 | W | Eduardo Rodriguez | KO | 2 | Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| 1986-09-27 | L | Lloyd Honeyghan | RTD | 6 | Caesars Hotel & Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1987-02-07 | W | Tony Montgomery | DQ | 5 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1987-04-04 | W | Carlos Santos | DQ | 5 | Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1987-07-18 | L | Mike McCallum | KO | 5 | Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1987-12-08 | W | Rigoberto Lopez | KO | 4 | Country Club , Reseda, California , U.S. |
| 1988-01-03 | W | Lupe Aquino | UD | 12 | Palasport , Genoa , Italy |
| 1988-07-08 | W | Gianfranco Rosi | RTD | 10 | Portosole, Sanremo , Italy |
| 1989-01-03 | W | Mike Sacchetti | TKO | 5 | Lakefront Arena , New Orleans, Louisiana , U.S. |
| 1989-02-11 | L | René Jacquot | UD | 12 | Palais des Sports , Grenoble , France |
| 1989-12-26 | W | Brett Lally | TKO | 2 | Bally's Las Vegas , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1990-08-17 | W | Jose Antonio Martinez | KO | 4 | Bally's Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1990-10-18 | L | Michael Nunn | KO | 10 | Palais Omnisports , Paris , France |
| 1991-06-01 | L | Terry Norris | KO | 8 | Radisson Resort, Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| 1997-02-20 | W | Gary Jones | KO | 4 | Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada |
| 1997-04-09 | L | Emmett Linton | TKO | 7 | The Aladdin , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
Showing 40 of 40 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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