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Encyclopedia > Lloyd Honeyghan

Lloyd Honeyghan (born April 22, 1960) is a retired British boxer. Born in Jamaica, he was WBC/WBA welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987. and WBC welterweight champion from 1988 to 1989. He retired from the sport in 1995 and now works as a boxing promoter.


Honeyghan stunned the boxing fraternity when he knocked out super-star Donald Curry in seven rounds on September 24 of 1986 to win the world Welterweight title. The fight had taken place one night after another "expert shocker", when Edwin Rosario knocked out Livingstone Bramble in two rounds to claim the WBA world Lightweight title, and one week after Honeyghan's win, Ring Magazine mentioned his victory on their "Weekend of shockers!" issue's cover. (Rosario's photo was featured on the cover of that issue).


Honeyghan dissagreed with the WBA's rules that allowed fights to take place in apartheid South Africa, so he publickly dumped the WBA world Welterweight belt into a London trash bin soon after winning it. This move would prove significant, as soon after, the WBA stopped sanctioning fights held in South Africa.


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Lee Bellfield - Boxing News (3668 words)
Lloyd Honeyghan of Bermondsey, London was perceived as the strongest of the title holders.
Born in 1960, Honeyghan had won the British, European and Commonwealth Welterweight championships in his first five years as a professional.
Although undefeated, Honeyghan was a massive underdog when in September 1986 he travelled to Atlantic City to face world number one, Donald Curry.
Lloyd Honeyghan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (267 words)
Lloyd Honeyghan (born April 22, 1960) is a retired British boxer.
Known as the 'Ragamuffin Man', in reference to his Jamaican roots, Honeyghan stunned the boxing fraternity when he knocked out super-star Donald Curry in seven rounds on September 24 of 1986 to win the world Welterweight title.
Honeyghan disagreed with the WBA's rules that allowed fights to take place in apartheid South Africa, so he publicly dumped the WBA world Welterweight belt into a London trash bin soon after winning it.
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