Donald Curry vs Lloyd Honeyghan

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Honeyghan was ranked #1 by the WBC. The fight was considered to be such a mismatch that some oddsmakers refused to issue a betting line. Honeyghan bet $5,000 on himself at 5-1 odds. Curry's purse was $300,000, and Honeyghan's was $162,750. The fight was held in a showroom at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. There was a crowd of about 1,000. The fight was televised live by Showtime. Curry's training was disrupted by managerial issues. His managerial contract with David Gorman was to expire on September 30, 1986, and Curry announced that Akbar Muhammad would become his new manager. Muhammad said he wanted Gorman to remain a part of Curry's team, but Gorman said he wouldn't accept a position as co-manager and would not let Curry work out of his gym if he was not Curry's manager. Curry told Gorman to stay away from his training camp, but shortly before the fight, Curry asked him to work in his corner for the fight and Gorman agreed. Akbar Muhammad said Curry weighed 168 pounds six and one half weeks prior to the fight. Then his grandfather's death caused Curry to lose concentration. "His weight went up to 157, 158. He told me, 'I don't think I can make the weight.' He wanted to pull out of the fight," Muhammad said. "I told him he was a professional and had an obligation to meet." When Curry returned to his corner after the sixth round, with blood flowing down his face from a deep gash over his left eye, he shook his head and was heard to tell his corner, "I'm through." The fight was named The Ring Upset of the Year for 1986. Honeyghan relinquished the WBA title in December 1986 to protest apartheid in South Africa and the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of South Africa. At the time, South African Harold Volbrecht was the WBA's #1 welterweight contender.