Tribute to Hawk - The man who would have defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.(51 mb video)

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confused them because both of their names start with the letter j

my bad on that ..ok i started it then.

[jabsRstiff]

What you can't get, because you weren't alive then, was the TONE of what was going on then....what was being said...who was where when it was all happening.

There was NO DEMAND for a Leonard-Pryor bout.
Leonard retired a week before Pryor fought Arguello. Leonard's decision put the stops to a propsed bout with HAGLER, a middlewight. No one really cared to see Leonard take on Pryor when a fight with Hagler lurked.
Do you know Pryor was not so highly regarded up until the night he beat Arguello ? Do you know 90% of "experts" (writers, trainers, fighters) were picking Arguello to not only beat Pryor, but to blow him away ?
Why would anyone, who thought the past-his-best Arguello would CRUSH Pryor, believe Pryor was legit for Ray Leonard ?

This is why it does matter to have been conscious during the time period.

You can watch all the Pryor tapes you want, doesn't tell you the whole story. Second-hand stories (from Pryor supporters) concerning Leonard's supposed fear of Pryor aren't much either.

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You can watch all the Pryor tapes you want, doesn't tell you the whole story. Second-hand stories (from Pryor supprters) concerning Leonard's supposed fear of Pryor aren't much either.

just like second hand stories (from leonard's supporters) saying that the fight wasnt in demand, or that he wasnt afraid of pryor, are just things they use to make it seem like 'it just wasnt meant to be'

pryor didnt have a very big fan base like duran, leonard, or hearns, but still, that doesnt really give you the right to say something like the fight wasn't in demand.

[jabsRstiff]

just like second hand stories (from leonard's supporters) saying that the fight wasnt in demand, or that he wasnt afraid of pryor, are just things they use to make it seem like 'it just wasnt meant to be'

pryor didnt have a very big fan base like duran, leonard, or hearns, but still, that doesnt really give you the right to say something like the fight wasn't in demand.

I want you to listen to me, hard-head...

I was a Pryor fan....I hated Ray Leonard at the time.
I would have loved to se Pryor beat leonard's ass, but guess what ? I knew he couldn't, & didn't criticize ray for not taking the fight.

I KNOW the fight wasn't in demand, bro'.

[Slipx]

jose im still waiting on you to post that stuff about butch, and the ibf scandal

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I KNOW the fight wasn't in demand, bro'.

i want you to tell me how you are so sure of this. to me it just looks like YOU didn't think the fight was in demand.

[dansweeney]

I had some extra time yesterday so I decided to make this film about my favorite 'little guy', Aaron 'Hawk' Pryor. In recent years we have been subjected to a large amount of fighters that just up and quit the fight, including the great Mike Tyson.One of the reasons I admire Aaron is he would never dream of quitting, he didn't care whether or not he lived or died in the ring. You'll never see Pryor get knocked down and spit out his mouthpiece to buy himself time to recooperate like cheapo corrales did. My second favorite little guy is Chavez of course, but in my opinion nobody had the same ferocity and warrior mentality as Pryor. He has to be the #1 mentally adept fighter of all time, next to Marvin Hagler.Every time Hawk entered that square circle it was life or death to him, he'd rather die in there than quit.



We need more fighters like Aaron. The average guy takes a look at Boxing and thinks it's just a show, what it really is is much more than just a show; Sigfried and Roy, and the dancing girls, and David Copperfield, those are shows, Boxing is not a show. It's where each man risks his well being every second of every round to prove himself to the gods of boxing, striving to each write their own page in the book of the sweet science.

Tribute to The Hawk (39(35 ko's)-1-0 [52 mb]

http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NXI7Z7RMHNYB20K36I6EYZQF0

PS- I honestly believe Pryor would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr, without Panama Louis


edit- there's the link, sorry about that.(posted the thread without movie link.)

Pryor would have beaten up and knocked out Mayweather, no way Mayweather goes 15 rds with the Hawk

[jabsRstiff]

i want you to tell me how you are so sure of this. to me it just looks like YOU didn't think the fight was in demand.

Because there was no clamoring for it by FIGHT FANS in general.
There was no internet back then....you got the pulse from the rare fellow fight fan you knew, from fans who wrote into magazines, from the magazine writers themselves. From hearing people in the business talking.

Sure, it was a fight real fans wanted to see, but not one that had people salivating.
People wanted Leonard-Hagler, & Leonard-Hearns II far more than they wanted to see a Leonard-Pryor fight.

****, bro'....more people wanted to see Pryor-Mancini than Pryor-Leonard (well, not really....but it was almost as much in demand).

[jabsRstiff]

Pryor would have beaten up and knocked out Mayweather, no way Mayweather goes 15 rds with the Hawk

As skilled, as brilliant...as Floyd is, he has not yet proven he could handle a prime-time Aaron Pryor.

[jabsRstiff]

Slip....

I'm out. It was fun battling with you. We'll pick it back up tomorrow.