Bruce Curry was the WBC Super Lightweight Champion from 1983 to 1984.
17 Facts About Bruce Curry
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Bruce Curry is a member of a very traditional family in the boxing scene: he is the oldest of three brothers and all boxers.
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Bruce Curry turned professional in 1976 and won his first fourteen professional fights.
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Bruce Curry knocked Benitez down three times but lost by a controversial ten-round split decision due to the scoring system.
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Bruce Curry signed to fight Minoru Sugiya in Japan on January 26,1978.
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Bruce Curry knocked out Sugiya in three rounds and then flew back to the US for the Benitez fight, which Benitez won by a ten-round majority decision.
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Bruce Curry won his next two fights and then lost back-to-back fights, getting stopped in nine rounds by Domingo Ayala and losing to Adolfo Viruet by a ten-round decision.
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Bruce Curry won eleven of his next thirteen fights and then got his first world title shot.
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On May 18,1983, Bruce Curry beat Leroy Haley by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the WBC Super Lightweight Championship.
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Bruce 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.
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On January 29,1984, Bruce Curry lost the title by a tenth-round knockout to Billy Costello.
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On February 2,1984, Bruce Curry was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, after he fired several shots at his trainer, Jesse Reid, following an altercation at a gym.
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Bruce Curry had fought with Reid after blaming him for his loss to Costello.
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Bruce Curry was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon.
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Bruce Curry was found innocent by reason of insanity and ordered confined to a mental hospital until he was no longer a threat to society.
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Bruce Curry was released on March 26,1985, after a team of three psychiatrists said he was no longer mentally ill.
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Bruce Curry fought just one more time, defeating Tomas Garcia by a ten-round decision on April 29,1986.