Lloyd Honeyghan
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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.
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. 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). In his first defence of the title, Honeyghan defeated American Maurice Blocker on points. He then changed his box-puncher style to that of more of an out-and-out slugger to become a firm TV favourite in Europe with a series of dramatic KO wins.
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. This move would prove significant, as soon after, the WBA stopped sanctioning fights held in South Africa.