Did Aaron Pryor ever sign to fight Howard? It would have been a helluva fight for about six or seven rounds, but Aaron would have eventually knocked out Howard in the tenth round. :)

Did Aaron Pryor ever sign to fight Howard? It would have been a helluva fight for about six or seven rounds, but Aaron would have eventually knocked out Howard in the tenth round. :)

I cannot remember whether he and Pryor ever were close to fighting but I will say that Howard Davis Jr had a very strange career! I saw Howard Davis back when he was king at the NY Golden Gloves tournaments and he was phenominal! He became a Gold medalist with the great 76 Olympic team, but when he turned pro he never really became what everyone expected of him. I would love to know what happened? Personal issues, management problems..................???

Howard Davis and Aaron Pryor would have been a good fight. It could have been similar to Leonard/Duran I

I cannot remember whether he and Pryor ever were close to fighting but I will say that Howard Davis Jr had a very strange career! I saw Howard Davis back when he was king at the NY Golden Gloves tournaments and he was phenominal! He became a Gold medalist with the great 76 Olympic team, but when he turned pro he never really became what everyone expected of him. I would love to know what happened? Personal issues, management problems..................???

Howard Davis and Aaron Pryor would have been a good fight. It could have been similar to Leonard/Duran I


I recently read an interview Howard did concerning his career and he stated that after his fifth professional fight, he just didn't love boxing anymore.Strange, he had to go through losing three title fights he could have won and not fighting fighters with titles that he could have beaten after figuring this out. I'm probably in the minority, but it's his fault he never won a title.

I recently read an interview Howard did concerning his career and he stated that after his fifth professional fight, he just didn't love boxing anymore.Strange, he had to go through losing three title fights he could have won and not fighting fighters with titles that he could have beaten after figuring this out. I'm probably in the minority, but it's his fault he never won a title.

Well that explains his very disappointing career! I find it strange that someone with that talent who had fought since he was a child all the way through to the world class amateur status and a gold medal to top it off, would lose his feelings for the sport when all his hard work was about to $PAY$ off??????? We would have to be in his shoes to understand, but as you say, "it was his own fault" that he never earned world titles!!

Well that explains his very disappointing career! I find it strange that someone with that talent who had fought since he was a child all the way through to the world class amateur status and a gold medal to top it off, would lose his feelings for the sport when all his hard work was about to $PAY$ off??????? We would have to be in his shoes to understand, but as you say, "it was his own fault" that he never earned world titles!!


I know what you mean! After reading the interview, I felt a bit of disgust for him, though Howard seems like a nice guy.It has always bothered me when these super-talented guys make light of certain issues.Davis should have been great and the list of fighters he could have beaten at 140 and a couple at 135 fall off my tongue pretty easily:Haley, Noel, Frias, Mancini, Bumphus, Hatcher, Costello, and Curry are several. If he had the right trainer and the right people, who knows. Like you say, we would have to be in his shoes to understand, but on the surface, it's one of the saddest stories in boxing.