Your thoughts on Aaron Pryor

[guru]

i think ray beats pryor, his style is all wrong for him... pryor would of had a better chance against hearns...

how bout pryor vs duran? what a fight that would have been....

[Tha Greatest]

yeah it must be some kind of stimulant, if it was what can it was?.

It was schnappes!! So u dont diarrhea? Now that's what it was..
They tested em

[kapersky]

It was schnappes!! So u dont diarrhea? Now that's what it was..
They tested em

sure?, did it make him perform better?. i mean when i went out that round it was like his first round a lot of energi even though i dont think he need it.

[cple]

Pryor probably takes a worse beating against Duran than if he fought Leonard or Hearns, imo. Though he could box like a dream, Duran wouldn't mind going into the trenches and slugging it out in a war. However, the difference between the skill level of these two fighter is simply huge in Duran's favor. Roberto doesn't just come in swinging. He's tenacious, but controlled; ferocious, yet still textbook.

The X-factor in this matchup, imo, is Duran's vastly superior defense. He was rarely hit cleanly at his best. To me, he's the best defensive (and offensive) infighter of all-time. Pryor will be throwing every punch in the book, but Duran slips and counters nearly everything.

Duran by late stoppage.

[fight fan]

My take on Aaron Pryor is that he was a great fighter, a warrior who wore his opponents down and overwhelmed them!!!! My only problem is................ He had Panama Lewis in his corner who should be sitting in a cell with Luis Resto for attempted manslaughter! We have no idea how many times Pryor was given "THE MIXTURE" for fights! Against Arguello he appeared to feel no pain! He was a great fighter, but I am not convinced that he could have climbed divisions and beat some of the bigger greats!

[Dynamite76]

Aaron was an extraodinary fighter at 140, and probably would've beaten the likes of Mancini and Kenty had they fought him. But him beating Leonard, Hearns, and a few others at 147...NO Way!!!!!

[Mr. Ryan]

Aaron Pryor is one of my boxing heroes, alongside of Manny Pacquiao and Prince Naseem Hamed. He was simply a man who would not be denied. I e-mailed The Hawk and he sent me back an e-mail with some inspiring messages in it. He really is one of the most underrated fighters in boxing history.

[PBDS]

What are your thoughts on Aaron Pryor, what would have happened if he never got his coke addiction, I really wanted to see him fight Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns..

He did beat Thomas Hearns as a amateur, but i wish they fought again as a pro cuz thats when hearns was hot, and ****in leonard ducked him!

Aaron Pryor is on my top 3 favorite fights of all time, i got him. thomas hearns, and marvin hagler on that list, no particular order

I think he could've accomplished a lot in his career
He had a very cool additude to
He had all this guys around him, he would yell "what time is it!?" they would yell "hawk time"

He was a scary guy to be fighting to, and i love his style and the way he fights, he has maybe one of the biggest hearts i've ever seen in a fighter

...I hated that ****in crack head because he whiped Alexis Arguello. I never saw a guy take so many hard shots to his head and not be effected by them. The only thing I can figure is that he didn't have enough brains up there to scramble em up when he got drilled by Alexis. I do think that Pryor was an animal though and he would have beaten Hearns or Leonard under the right circumstances.

[Dynamite76]

Great topic man. Excellent. I would like to say that He is one of my all time favorite fighters as well. This guy was a ridiculous fighter, just a machine...plain and simple. Especially in his prime. The only way for someone to beat him, was to knock him out. There was no way to simply outpoint him, because he was very quick. People rarely talk about his speed in the ring. He was lighting fast, and would simply bum rush opponents and attack them. He is one of the most Ruthless fighters I have ever seen as well.

His knockout of Cervantes was awesome. Successions of power punches would lead to the doom of virtually everyone he ever faced in his entire career. I am still in shock that his only loss was To Bobby Joe Young, a fighter whom I though he would beat if they faced again. Of course, his demolishing of Arguello 2 times is the most notable, but this guy had plenty of fights.

I also belive Ray Leonard moved Up to avoid him. There was no denying that>

He kicked Hearns' ass in the ameteurs, and nobody can challenge him at any weight he fought at in his prime. NOBODY.

If Bobby turned out the way he should have, Aaron would have gotten a worse beating.

[Tha Greatest]

I made this thread a LONG time ago...

Learned a lot since then..