RIP Aaron Pryor

[El Kabong]

Apparently from heart disease, definitely one of the very greats and one of the ruthless few.

Former junior welterweight champ Aaron Pryor dies at 60

I wonder what could have brought THAT on Perhaps whatever was in the black bottle.

[Kirkland Laing]

RIP.

[denilson200]

If I’m judging him as a boxer then for a guy with zero defence who led with his chin, he got away with murder.

He was super sloppy and had as porous defense as I've ever seen. I thought the best thing Pryor brought to ring was adrenalin and he was also very fortunate to meet Arguello. An Arguello who was at the end of his career and at his 4th weight class. But even then Arguello beat Aaron like a mofo piñata, until ...... Atomic coke monster power kicked in, and...... Wait

Wait

The Hawk taught Alexis, that he was just a squirrel trying to get a nut, & the hawk decides what is or is not allowed in his domain.

He blew his career on stimulants. The same stimulants that also gave him his greatest win against Arguello.

If it wasn’t for Sugar Ray Leonard’s detached retina then SRL would have destroyed Pryor. So I don’t go in for the theory of him being avoided. SRL wasnt afraid of crazy duran, monster hearns, or the powerful hagler, yet he was afraid of the smaller Pryor ?

His Tysonesque predatory style, was a whirl wind, non stop puncher but not with KO power. Fact is - He did not come close to fighting anyone that we could use as a measuring stick as to how good he really was.

But I’m judging him strictly as a fighter. As a man; condolences to his family and friends
.
His book:

Aaron Pryor

Is full of really interesting stuff.

• Sly being his promoter and also sleeping with his ex-wife.
• Getting drunk with Leon Spinks and wandering the streets of Soviet Russia.
• Some traumatic stuff as a child with a neighbour.
• His new wife saving his life and getting him off drugs.
• His drug addiction and shadow boxing in the street for drug money.

RIP champ.

[Spicoli]

I didn't have the fortune of living Pryors meteoric run live but the man was the consummate undeterred warrior. For all of the relentless volume, willingness to sponge some good shots and brutal physicality there was some boxing skill and a stabbing jab in there! Cervantes was far from a pushover and Pryor absolutely brought his second reign to a brutal battered end. Maybe he got some bad advice with possible Leonard fight and both got the shaft later with eye injury. The demons of addiction caught him but as was his heart and style, he got off the floor and beat the hell outta them too! Rest in peace champion. Thank you for the experience.

[generalbulldog]

He was a great champion. RIP.

As for him not fighting Leonard and Duran, it was because he wanted more money. Both Duran and Leonard camps wanted the fight to take place.

In December 1980, Pryor rejected an offer of $500,000 to fight Sugar Ray Leonard for the WBC Welterweight Championship because he wanted more money. When the amount was increased to $750,000, he rejected that as well. [12]

Pryor was offered $750,000 to fight Roberto Duran at Madison Square Garden in April 1981. However, Pryor's new attorney told him not to sign anything until he worked out a new contract with his manager. By the time a new agreement had been worked out, the chance to fight Duran was gone. [14] [15]

Aaron Pryor - BoxRec