Where would you rank Prime Aaron Pryor in todays 140 and 147 lbs division?

[BlackSnakeMamba]

Dude is one of the most exciting boxers of all time, and he had a good stamina. He beat Alexis Arguello twice. He was also one of the unluckiest boxers of all time because didn't even had the chance to fight Duran and Leonard.

[JAB5239]

Dude is one of the most exciting boxers of all time, and he had a good stamina. He beat Alexis Arguello twice. He was also one of the unluckiest boxers of all time because didn't even had the chance to fight Duran and Leonard.

A fight with Pac would be an epic battle and pick em. I think Floyd takes a decision. He beats Marquez and I'd probably favor him over bradley. Would have liked to see a match up between him and Vernon Forrest.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Pacquiao, Mayweather and Marquez definitely beat him in my opinion.

[dan_cov]

Beats everyone, Floyd ducks him.

[IronDanHamza]

Loses to Mayweather, Pacquaio, close fight with Marquez, probably a close fight with Bradley aswell.

[UTEP]

Marquez and Pac beat him. He would beat Danny G and Bradley. Floyd would never step in the ring with him so there's no point in debating that one.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Don't know unless he were to of fight in this era. He was exciting but not that great.

[BUNGALOWS]

At 140, he'd lose to Pac, and only Pac, due to same stamina, but Pac having better pop.

Pryor would be Floyd's worst nightmare.

How do you beat Floyd Mayweather? He's a defensive wizard and he uses the ring very well. You have to cut off the ring and break through his defense. To do that, you have to have quick feet and throw a lot of fast, hard punches. It's a good thing to have great stamina. Some punches will miss. Some will be deflected. You have to make the ones, that get through, count.

Because he's undefeated, some people find it hard to imagine that there is a way to beat Mayweather. However, in many cases, "undefeated" means "untested". The strange thing is that Mayweather does have one weakness, if you can call it that. He lacks the ability to avoid punches up close the way Pernell Whitaker does. This isn't to imply, in any way, that Floyd is easy to hit. He certainly isn't. It's just that none of his opponents ever figured it out. Oscar had the tools but not the mindset. I'm still amazed at how easily Floyd took Oscar out of his game.

BTW, I just destribed Aaron Pryor above.

So, how do you beat Aaron Pryor?

You can try outboxing him. the problem is that he's so busy that he doesn't give you time to develop your game plan. Forget the stories about bottles and look at the rest of his career. Also, we still don't know the full story so it's not wise to even go on that. For what it's worth, Pryor was ready for Arguello and he had the style to severaly trouble him.

Pryor has proven that he takes a punch quite well. Arguello hurt him more than anyone ever came close to but that wasn't enough. Still, that's what it would take to beat Pryor. You have to have the power to finish a fight with ONE punch. Floyd severely lacks such power. To beat Aaron Pryor, you have to equal or surpass his power and be able to get him out of there with one shot. You also have to surpass his punch volumn and be able to take what he dishes out in return.

If you can remember how much trouble Floyd had in his fight with Jose Luis Castillo, you can imagine how much trouble Pryor would be. There are many who still believe that Floyd received a gift, with the judges, the night he fought Castillo. Castillo is nowhere near the volumn puncher that Pryor was. What you have here is a pressure fighter who can match Floyd's speed and doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit'. Pryor would never allow Mayweather the time to set up his punches. He averaged over 100 punches per round in most of his fights. NO counter puncher is ever going to beat Pryor.

If I am to give Mayweather the benefit of the doubt, and make this a 12 round fight, I dare say that he loses most of the rounds while making it to the finish line. Crafty as he is, he HAS to also throw punches while avoiding the ones thrown at him. The problem is that it's very difficult to do when you can't discourage the man who is throwing 100 punches at you, all harder than anything you can throw in return.

Mayweather looks great against most fighters. The problem here is that his weaknesses, and the blueprint to beat him is simple. Most fighters simply don't have the ability or tools. Pryor has both. He has so much of both that the fight becomes much more difficult than anything Mayweather has ever had to deal with.

Pressure is one thing Floyd never handled well. There is no way he is going to avoid Aaron Pryor for any prolonged period of time. Pryor, on the other hand, has dealt with EVERY type of style imaginable. At 147, Tommy Hearns might be able to take him out. At 140, the fighter doesn't exist to finish Pryor. You HAVE to knock him out. Floyd would be one of the best boxers Pryor ever faced. Only Pernell Whitaker could actually avoid punches better, while gaining a points win, and THAT would have to be at 135.

It would take a brutal puncher, NOT a slick boxer, to defeat Pryor. That fighter doesn't exist at 140. Floyd doesn't come close.

In a 12 round fight, he might hear the final bell but he'd be in no shape to demand a rematch. During Pryor's era, where the rules were not much different, save for 15 rounds instead of 12, Floyd would have the conditioning to go 15 rounds easily. However, he'd have it beaten out of him against Pryor.

Pryor by TKO in 13.

[dan_cov]

At 140, he'd lose to Pac, and only Pac, due to same stamina, but Pac having better pop.

Pryor would be Floyd's worst nightmare.

Pac has better pop than The Hawk?

[IronDanHamza]

Pac has better pop than The Hawk?

Yeah probably.

I'd say so.