Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Leonard would have whipped him....Duran would have whipped him too

Pryor was good but not on their level
I think you're NUTS!!

As much as I hated Pryor, he was one of the best out there....

If you were the champ and Pryor was in your weight division, if you didnt right out fight him it was because you were scared....

I felt at the time one of the best fighters Pryor ever went up against was Alexis....I loved Alexis, he was one of the most respectful fighters I have ever seen in the ring.. Pryor's cornerman cheated the first fight, but if you ever got to see the second fight, you would have gotten to see the one thing that made Pryor good and that was Skill....The man had SKILL...

SRL avoided him because he knew that Pryor would beat him and beat him into retirement.....

I think SRL would have done the same thing he did to Hearns and that was make pryor wait five years then fight him when he was starting to get out of sync....SRL avoided Hearns for a long time before he would ever fight him, why?? Cuz Tommy would have knocked his ass clean out....

So yeah, I think SRL avoided Pryor as he did other fights he could have fought when the time was right for all included...

SRL did only one thing I felt was smart and that was to make people hold out, build up the money and then get em while they were old....

Good Luck,

Coach