Pryor's victory over Arguello tainted?

[Thread Stealer]

what also pissed me off was the judges were scoring the WHOLE fight for arguello when pryor was winning some rounds.

my cousin (who was 7 at that time) said the bottle contained an amount of *******.

You should be more pissed at HBO for polluting people's minds with myths in their documentary series.

Anyway, yeah it's tainted. Now Pryor usually showed a lot of stamina anyway, but still, there'll always be a question mark of what was in the bottle (and keep in mind Pryor took in early in the fight as well as later).

Sure Pryor won the rematch, but do you expect a guy with 80+ pro fights and who's taken such a brutal beating as Arguello did in the first fight to be the same anyway?

[GJC]

It certainly seemed to unnatturely revive Pryor, I'm not a great believer in conspiracies but I know what I saw and Panama does have form. I'm inclined to believe this one.
I do believe both men deserve credit in this fight whatever the circumstances.
I give credit to Arguello great credit for going after Pryor there were easier options for his 4th title, its a shame it looks as if he might have been cheated out of it.
Still I guess the last month has proved it aint that important at the end of the day

[princemanspoper]

No it's not tainted,just overrated,Arguello was a fading fighter by the time he fought Pryor and that's a fact.Pryor is recognized as a great sorely because that win and I find that disgusting


Like I said before this is another Dramaticized slanted drama HBO special that will give the typical ignorant ******ed casual viewer their entire life time's worth supply of boxing knowledge based upon myths,half truths and lies


I've said it before I'll say it again.If any boxing fan had any integrity at all,they shall not watch these ****** specials.Hbo already thinks you are blind sheep who are content with the meh fights they put out

my cousin (who was 7 at that time) said the bottle contained an amount of *******.

Tell your cousin from me,that he's a moron

[Trenchant]

HBO wasnt really the ones to open people's eyes about the bottle. People on boxing forums were talking about that before the HBO special came out and even Arguello mentions in the Latin Legends DVD that there was talk of drugs on Pryor's part in that first fight. I know HBO is not completely innocent but the controversy of that first fight was around for years before.

[JAB5239]

There will always be a cloud of su****ion, especially because of Lewis' history, but its hard to call it tainted with no proof.

[mickey malone]

There will always be a cloud of su****ion, especially because of Lewis' history, but its hard to call it tainted with no proof.

'Controversial' being the operative..

[TheGreatA]

HBO wasnt really the ones to open people's eyes about the bottle. People on boxing forums were talking about that before the HBO special came out and even Arguello mentions in the Latin Legends DVD that there was talk of drugs on Pryor's part in that first fight. I know HBO is not completely innocent but the controversy of that first fight was around for years before.

From a 1986 interview with Peter Heller:

"Somebody gave him something, because if I was tired, he would have been tired too. Pryor didn't win the fight. The drugs made him win. Then I found out the Pryor people paid not to go to the exam that has to be done for any world championship fight. His exam never took place. They did mine, because I did it in front of people, before and after [the fight]. They never did it. They paid. The person that got the money told me."

[bojangles1987]

I thought it was obvious Pryor was winning the fight, as great as it was Pryor was more active and landing more big shots. That being said, it is a shame there will always be that cloud over one of the great fights ever. Who knows if we will ever find out what was in that bottle.

[D-MiZe]

Why would you mix mineral water and tap water together in the first place?

[Chrismart]

With the way Panama Lewis was, i lean to the view that something illegal went on, but im sure we will never know for sure. Shame shuch a great fight between 2 great fighters is shrouded in such conterversy.