Who beats 1982 Aaron Pryor?.....{crickets}

[brocktonblockbust]

Hawk Time.

[mikeeod]

Good question. If he moves up in weight, I give Hearns and Leonard the advantage. Duran at 140 is very interesting, assuming Duran is in shape and focused. Sweet Pea Whitaker and Floyd are interesting at 140 from a pure boxer vs swarmer perspective. Henry Armstrong vs Pryor is a fan’s dream fight. Other than those guys, I can’t think of many who would beat him.

Chavez was great but I think Pryor overwhelms him (maybe not a stoppage, but just out works Chavez). Oscar and Kostyra both gas in the later rounds vs Hawk, and Terrance Crawford doesn’t appear to have anything that would discourage him. Have to think more on who would stand a chance vs a prime Aaron Pryor.

[Fenster]

Seeing how wild and reckless he is in 1982, of recent fighters I'd say Lucas Matthysse and Maidana would have blasted the charlie straight out of him inside a few rounds. He nearly got himself knocked out against Kameda.

[Ron Swanson]

Arguello perhaps If Pryor didn’t cheat. You don’t “mix” water, and water doesn’t have color

[Alpha]

Not many. Pryor would have given every ATG a tough time. I would have loved to see a Meldrick Taylor or Duran fight.

[Fenster]

This guy is beating nearly every great 140-pounder in history? Lets bear in mind, Kameda never got past Japanese title level, Terry Marsh stopped him. Terry Marsh.

Now I ain't saying Pryor wasn't a brilliant fighter, but to think today's fighters couldn't live with your boyhood heroes is ridiculous.

Try watching with a clean slate.

[Master]

Terry Marsh would have beaten Pryor after watching that video.

[TitoFan]

Pryor dismantled one of boxing's ATGs in Alexis Arguello. Not once, but twice. But hey... he had a rough night against Akio Kameda, so now that I think about it, he's shit. Hell... today's 140-pounders would've swept the floor with him. FFS.

If worshiping boyhood heroes is bad, blinders to every great fighter in history is even worse. But then I saw this coming with the argument that Ali-Frazier I wasn't that big of a HW title fight.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Big questions marks about Pryor now, i have watched most of his fights many times and he looks wired against Arguello both times, but he was fighting a smaller guy and still got hit a lot.
I used to think he would beat Leonard, but i have altered my opinion on that, Leonard wins a clear decision IMO. Duran in 1979/80 after moving up would've landed a huge shot and probably knocked him out.
Pryor was aggressive and attacking, but woefully reckless. Duran was aggressive, but he was far more measured and a far better boxer.
Mosley beats him, DLH beats him, Tszyu may knock him out in the first or 2nd round! Floyd doesn't lose a round.

[Alpha]

If Castillo and Maidana put hands on Floyd, Pryor f-cks him up.

[Alpha]

A guy like Loi would on the other hand.

[Fenster]

Not sure I'd go as far as picking all the greats to beat him but it really is hard to see a guy so careless/clueless/wild, that is struggling with below elite class competition having much success against modern greats.

Just look how he CONSTANTLY squares up and rightly gets punished? He is literally running face first at fighters. To his credit he is crazy tough, but it's hard to envisage a Mosley, Oscar, Kostya, Floyd, Pac, etc, not making him severely pay, he's begging for one straight down the pipe, the difference being I highly doubt they'd let him off the hook.

[Fenster]

Dujuan Johnson lost two from his next four before getting shot dead, this was the only time he ever fought in world-class. Now i'm not saying he was a poor fighter, but if he's rocking and rolling Pryor all over the shop, you're not selling me that the man is walking through all the greats in history just because he "beat" Arguello.

[Fenster]

These days, with the mountain of video evidence available, there's no excuses for lazy, parroted opinions masquerading as original thought or knowledge.

Pryor may well have been the best 140-pounder in history, however, it is not a crime that some of us believe otherwise. And attempt to offer some form of evidence to explain our thoughts.

Hope this helps.

[Dia bando]

Pryor dismantled one of boxing's ATGs in Alexis Arguello. Not once, but twice. But hey... he had a rough night against Akio Kameda, so now that I think about it, he's shit. Hell... today's 140-pounders would've swept the floor with him. FFS.

If worshiping boyhood heroes is bad, blinders to every great fighter in history is even worse. But then I saw this coming with the argument that Ali-Frazier I wasn't that big of a HW title fight.

Spot on Tito one bad performance does not make you a shit fighter in boxing one bad performance or you loose a fight boxing fans are quick to say a fighter is finished.
Boxing fans are a funny breed but its how it goes.