who is greater? Thomas Hearns or Aaron Pryor.

[bigragu]

this question has no wrong or right answer......there is strong facts for either side.....I can't choose...

....the answer is obvious Tommy Hearns!

There are your reasons

Hearns lost to who? Leonard and Hagler, and those fights were great. There is still Cueves,Benitez,Duran, Hill and Barkley on that record, and the second fight with Leonard. Pryor beat up on a smaller guy in Arguello and Cervantes is sort of a legend. Hearns fought and beat legends. It is a no-brainer who is the greater fighter. Hearns fight clips are legendary. Pryor's film clip is one fight.
But hearns lost to thise greats in his biggest moments in the sun and Pryor beat Arguello and Cervantes in only his second fight at that weight didn't he?

fine.....gotta go with Hearns if your going to bring out those facts...

[ICB]

pryor was excellent fighter and person that said arguello was past his prime thats not true arguello fought his heart out pryor was just to relentless for arguello but of course pryor would of lost to tommy in pros tommy is like welterweight middleweight ect pryor was lightweight and jnr welterweight if we are talking about achievements and who they fought hearns by a mile

i would of loved to of seen ray mancini vs aaron pryor

[Jody Lane]

I have to go with Hearns. His career lasted longer so we were able to see him face the best, even if he didn't beat all of them. Pryor sadly lost his career to an opponent it took him way to many years to conquer, drugs.

[LegendBoxing65]

IceCold. That was the fight which was going to be signed had Mancini made it past Bramble. Funny how Mancini looked better when he fought Camacho in 1989 than he did in 1984.. Then he had that disastrous fight in Reno with Haugen in 1992. vs. Pryor I think Mancini would have been beaten up badly after fireworks in rounds 1-3

[DaxxKahn]

Leonard didn't want to fight Pryor for whatever reason. And he was a Lightweight how was he going to fight Hagler?

I like Aaron Pryor from what I've seen on the TV whether he could have beaten Hearns. I think so. He would be able to take Hearns's punches, but would Hearns take his?

Pryor never faced a man who hit like Hearns.....It is hard to say...

Pryor did havea hell of a jaw though........

Tommy is more accomplished than Pryor but other than that it is a toss up...I don't see Pryor being able to fight and be successful in as many divisions as Tommy did

[drgonzo]

He also beat another BRILLIANT fighter in Antonio Cervantes!!

Hi there, I keep hearing about fighters like this Antonio Carvantes, Willie Pep, ect, but I have no idea where I could go to see footage of these older bouts. Where did you happen to see them?

[yoitsdan]

I'd have to say Tommy Hearns. There's nothing wrong with pryor, he's a great fighter too, but the original Hitman was incredible, exciting, dominant and fearless, and was in the most exciting and unbelivable fights of all times. Pryor vs Arguello is a great fight too, but nothing compares to Hagler vs Hearns.

[EverlastReyes]

Hearns did have the resume of a great fighter. Pryor does not.

[El Gamo]

Hearns. He has the better resuME and as good as their amateur bout sounds,it would have no relevance to a fight in the pros,it's completely different. Pryonr did not beat anywhere near the amount of names Heanrns did and the first win over Arguello is tainted imo because of that shady drink he had and then he all of a sudden had a BURST of energy and won,Arguello was beating his ass until that point,nearly snapped his neck out of place with the power and accuracy of his punches.

[ICB]

Hearns. He has the better resuME and as good as their amateur bout sounds,it would have no relevance to a fight in the pros,it's completely different. Pryonr did not beat anywhere near the amount of names Heanrns did and the first win over Arguello is tainted imo because of that shady drink he had and then he all of a sudden had a BURST of energy and won,Arguello was beating his a** until that point,nearly snapped his neck out of place with the power and accuracy of his punches.

pryor was winning quite comfortably in my book even without the drink he always has burst of energy he can fight at frantic pace like that watch 2nd arguello no one really knows about drink or ect all i know is pryor always fought frantic pace in every fight and in my opinion he had arguellos number there is no shame in losing to a great fighter like pryor plus pryor changed his tactic in first arguello fight if u watch documentary he said arguello expected me to keep swinging swinging and pryor said he knew he wouldnt be able to beat him that way and started to box after that can i just ask what your scorecard was after 14 rounds because i felt pryor was winning quite comfortably by about 3 or 2 rounds

[Scrap]

The Hearns in the 1st Lenoard fight would have Pryor at his best out of there in 4rds

[ICB]

The Hearns in the 1st Lenoard fight would have Pryor at his best out of there in 4rds

yea because its mis match pryor is like 5 foot 6 hearns is 6 foot 1 and alot heavier

[El Gamo]

Hearns. He has the better resuME and as good as their amateur bout sounds,it would have no relevance to a fight in the pros,it's completely different. Pryonr did not beat anywhere near the amount of names Heanrns did and the first win over Arguello is tainted imo because of that shady drink he had and then he all of a sudden had a BURST of energy and won,Arguello was beating his a** until that point,nearly snapped his neck out of place with the power and accuracy of his punches.

pryor was winning quite comfortably in my book even without the drink he always has burst of energy he can fight at frantic pace like that watch 2nd arguello no one really knows about drink or ect all i know is pryor always fought frantic pace in every fight and in my opinion he had arguellos number there is no shame in losing to a great fighter like pryor plus pryor changed his tactic in first arguello fight if u watch documentary he said arguello expected me to keep swinging swinging and pryor said he knew he wouldnt be able to beat him that way and started to box after that can i just ask what your scorecard was after 14 rounds because i felt pryor was winning quite comfortably by about 3 or 2 rounds

The second fight is not the point here,Arguello was coming towards the end there,at a different weight class,after a monstrous war,he was never going to be the same. However,in the first fight, I don't care what anyone says,Arguello was beating Pryor's ass for 3 consecutive rounds before being stopped AFTER pRYOR drank whatever it is he drank. I have NEVER seen someone's (Pryor) next snapped back so far in my life,those were some of the most brutal shots I've seen!

[ICB]

Hearns. He has the better resuME and as good as their amateur bout sounds,it would have no relevance to a fight in the pros,it's completely different. Pryonr did not beat anywhere near the amount of names Heanrns did and the first win over Arguello is tainted imo because of that shady drink he had and then he all of a sudden had a BURST of energy and won,Arguello was beating his a** until that point,nearly snapped his neck out of place with the power and accuracy of his punches.

pryor was winning quite comfortably in my book even without the drink he always has burst of energy he can fight at frantic pace like that watch 2nd arguello no one really knows about drink or ect all i know is pryor always fought frantic pace in every fight and in my opinion he had arguellos number there is no shame in losing to a great fighter like pryor plus pryor changed his tactic in first arguello fight if u watch documentary he said arguello expected me to keep swinging swinging and pryor said he knew he wouldnt be able to beat him that way and started to box after that can i just ask what your scorecard was after 14 rounds because i felt pryor was winning quite comfortably by about 3 or 2 rounds

The second fight is not the point here,Arguello was coming towards the end there,at a different weight class,after a monstrous war,he was never going to be the same. However,in the first fight, I don't care what anyone says,Arguello was beating Pryor's a** for 3 consecutive rounds before being stopped AFTER pRYOR drank whatever it is he drank. I have NEVER seen someone's (Pryor) next snapped back so far in my life,those were some of the most brutal shots I've seen!

you say arguello wouldnt be same after war like that what about pryor aswell ?? he took some brutal shots pryor just changed his tactic into a boxer and beat arguello thats all there is to it he was winning because pryors brawling tactic wernt working in middle rounds then he changed into boxer thats why pryor started winning again arguello come on in round 7 and 8 he wernt coming on at the end pryor started winning fight round about 10 or 11th if i remember right pryor just had arguellos number theres nothing wrong in that pryor is great fighter even greats struggle against boxer where there style doesnt work take ali for example vs ken norton same thing styles were all wrong for ali and it was same for arguello

[El Gamo]

Come on bro,Arguello had a much longer career and many more wars up until that point!! Many more thus that one included,they would have caught up to him in by the time the second fight came.And as SRL said during the fight,there was no clear pattern when Pryor was boxing,he wasn't putting on a clinic and did not have total control(it's a shame Alexis had NO IDEA how to fight boxers!). Even in the 13th Arguello was landing BOMBS on Pryor and then Pryor comes off his bench after having his drink and just goes insane on Alexis ass. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.