Did Ray Leonard avoid Aaron Pryor?

[SimonH]

I loathe Leonard and like The Hawk; but there is no way Leonard avoided this fight...

Timing made this fight impossible.

Pryor only became viable as a Leonard opponent post ArguelloI, and by that time Leonard had retired, and Pryor was only a year away from damaging his eye and pretty much ending his 'world class' career himself.

Who damaged his eye? Was THAT why he got knocked out because he was blind in one eye?

He injured his eye in sparring for the Arguello rematch, kept it quiet and retired after the fight... but then the demons really kicked in

This article I wrote explains it:

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...c,33999.0.html

Very good article. But I don't get the Pryor making a cross thing, could you explain that to me?

He was on Crack at the time!

I think that is the best reason I can come up with...

He said the same thing; more articulately:

"It was a Manifestation of the influence of drugs I was taking."