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Do you guys think Pryor was taking some kind of drugs to help him during his fight with Alexis? The fight point's to yes on many occasions. My question is why do people consider Pryor as one of the greatest? His win over Alexis has been questioned so much.
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Luis Resto said that Panama Lewis gave his fighters "asthma drugs that open up the lungs".
Manny Steward said in an interview that when he trained Pryor, Pryor told him that he and Lewis were doing things that weren't legal.
Pryor is considered one of the greatest 140 lb. fighters ever for his abilities and reign as champ. -
Legend has it that it was some kind of asthma medicine in his bottle.Comment
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This is what Manny said. I can't list the link since it's a rival boxing site.
Another one was the second fight with Alexis Arguello and Arron Pryor, when Pryor asked me to train him. He was afraid going into the rematch with Arguello because Panama Lewis had been arrested and put in jail at the time, and he was the guy who trained him for the first fight, and even though he never admitted it in so many words, he told me that they were basically getting by with some kind of things that were not legal. So I said, “Well, I will show you how to beat Alexis, but we will beat him by using technique and then you won’t be hit by all those big punches. You know, you’re not going to come to me at the end of the round and where I’ll have something to give you in the drink. We’re going beat him by using different types of techniques.” In two and a half weeks of training, I was able to get him to the fight where it didn’t get that much notice, but he came in totally different with a haircut and a nice white outfit instead of that regular stuff. So I spent a lot of time with him, not just training, but also mentally and psychologically because I knew him well from the amateurs. I was right here in Michigan, so I used to catch him around a lot. So he knew that I knew his style, and he could box pretty good even though he was only five foot six. That was one of proudest moments I had, too, and I thought he fought a great fight without having to resort to any other things just by using his technique and boxing skills.Comment
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Yes, there was something in "The Black Bottle" that Panama Lewis mixed...it wasn't an asthma medicine per se it was an antihistimine which opens up the lungs as well as, i believe, a mixture of some sort of stimulant, as pryor had surges in energy.....HOWEVER....the rematch was performed on the level, no cheating and Pryor beat the brakes off Alexis in ten, much quicker and deadlier, Aaron Pryor is the best JWW I ever watchedComment
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He was greatComment
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Randy is a funny character. Cartman is still my favorite though.
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I'm a fan of Aaron Pryor too, but after hearing what Resto said in his doc and reading what Steward had to say, the first Arguello fight decision should have been and should be reversed to a No Contest.
Which asks the question, would the result have been the same if he wasn't taking that ****?
He cheated and no one knows if the wrong gameplan he used in the first fight would have led to him losing or even getting stopped.Comment
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