By Steven Ocallaghan: On 27th September 1986 a young Jamaican born Englishman who went by the name of Lloyd Honeyghan went on to shock unbeaten American superstar Donald The Lone Star Cobra Curry. Not only did he shock the Cobra he shook the world.
Curry , from Texas was probably the pound for pound king at that time and with a record of 25-0 with 20 KOs, was the overwhelming favourite. The bookies even stopped taking bets.
In the build up to the fight Curry was heard saying “who is this ragamuffin” hence the reason Honeyghan called himself the ragamuffin man.