"The Hawk" vs "Sweet Pea"?

Pryor has some of the neccessary attributes to win against Pea, namely workrate, good combinations, and the absolute willingness to force the fight. Sadly, he was open a lot of the time and for a keen observer his shots could be predicted.

Close, clear, uncomfortable UD for Pea who turns, slides and sharpshoots.

 

Pryor would be fighting at a pace too high for Sweet Pea, who'd be making Aaron miss a lot but wouldn't be able to do enough for the judges. I believe that it takes a puncher who doesn't do much thinking in the ring to stop Pryor. Aaron doesn't let you any time to think.

 

Whitaker shines against a fighter who gives him breathing room. Chavez, for all his rep as a pressure fighter, played right into Whitaker's hands by allowing Whitaker space, which Whitaker exploited to the max with his angles. This is a lot like Hopkins who thrives on slowing a fight down to a snail's pace. The fighter's that had success against him (Taylor and Calzaghe) threw a bazillion punches at him. Whitaker, whose forte was his defensive angles against a fighter open to the counter, would not enjoy one moment of relaxation against Pryor. This is not to say he wouldn't land the counter on Pryor, but Whitaker never had the kind of punch that would make Pryor sit up and take notice. I see Pryor blazing away for a one-sided win.

 

Whitaker gets on his back foot and makes Pryor chase him. Whitaker lands pot shots from a distance. Pryor will try to close the distance, and will have limited secuess, but not enough to sway the judges.

 

Whitaker wins.

No Pryor fanboys please. The *******s of the 80's.

 

Whitaker is vastly better in the skill departament, Pryor could steal some rounds because of his agression but I simply can´t see a guy like Pryor winning more rounds against a defensive genius like Whitaker.

 

Whitaker dose a lot to make that breathing room for himself, than he is given it. I will agree that Pryor has a better chance than Chavez at closing the gap. However I think Whitaker will be able to use his speed to control the distance.

 

I think Pernell wins this by UD but a close one. I think Aaron vs. Meldrick ends up Pryor KO 10 or 11 over Meldrick.

 

Pete just did not allow himself to be walked down. This would be a bad style match-up for Pryor. I genuinely believe Buddy McGirt was just as hard an opponent as Pryor would've been from a stylistic POV.

 

But pryor was like unstoppable man. He beet Hearn and Leonard ducked him. Atg.

 

I actually think Pryor would be very difficult for Whitaker.

 

The Original "Hawk Time".

Pryor by decision at 140.

 

McGirt was one of those overrated guys who had a few good wins and then lost and used his excuses to explain the wins. I remember when he fought Meldrick in 1988, he is all cocky with his trainer (I think that was Al Certo) and he holds the contract for Meldrick after one of the fights, and Meldrick signs it. Then during the fight he gets beaten up in round one and doesn't seem to want to really fight past round one. Certo eventually threw in the towel.

 

Please don't make posts on things your comments clearly show you know nothing about. I'm from cincinnati,ohio, I was around 20 at the time Pryor was coming up, i worked out and worked at both of his gyms in town, I did gofer work for his camp, getting food orders and drinks and things for years, i saw all but 1 pro fight in person, I saw at least 40% of his amateur bouts and talk to him and everyone in his crew on many occasions as we would all hang out late into the night on many occasions at the gym, eating, drinking, bullcrappin and telling stories. Leonard offered Pryor $500,000 to fight him, he turned it down, then he upped it to $750,000 a lot at that time, especially for a JWW fight, if Pryor had thought it not enough, then accept it, beat Leonard and you control the show, but he did not, SO NO LEONARD DID NOT Avoid a fighter he beats without question. and then on his way up to WW, Duran wanted to add the JWW Title to his collection, Pryor's camp and this came directly from his manager at the time Buddy Larosa to the Local Cinci newspapers, Duran offered $750,000 Pryor's camp never replied and the deal had a date on it and it passed and Duran moved up to WW and the rest there was history, so it was actually Pryor or better yet, his People, his camp that ducked everyone else so he could remain champ and draw them all a nice steady weekly income. and it's an uninformed comment to say he beat Hearns, LOL!, I saw that fight in person right near his corner as I got to travel with his crew, who was just beginning to form in the amateurs, Hearns at that time had no power, he was a far cry from the HITMAN. He was a tall skinny boxer, Pryor by then was nearly fully Mature as a fighter and ready then for the Pro's, so no he did not beat the Hitman, he beat a 17 YEAR OLD KID Named Tommy Hearns, if they had fought in the Pro's it would either have been at WW or a catchweight, either way it goes the way of the Hearns-Duran Fight, Pryor gets destroyed, because he could not take a punch, he was downed 8 times in his career and without the amphetamines and drug mix from Lewis Arguello Ko's him with that beatfiufl straight right that bent Pryor's head so far back it touched his back and all he did was laugh and attack, no way without the drug mix, full of things to keep him up and going, everyone in his camp knew it and they all freely discussed it in the gym when everyone was back home in town. He never fought 1 single guy with power other than Arguello who was well above his best weight and over 30 and an at the end Cervantes who put him down in that fight, dujuan johnson had the next most power and he wasnt much and put him down, they kept anyone else with power or a name away from him, that's why when ranked #3 at the time by Ring Mag at LW they ran him to the JWW division the crappiest in boxing at the time to get away from a stacked LW division, he should have fought mancini, Duran, Arguello at LW, Sean O'Grady, Hilmer Kenty, Jim Watt, Gato gonzalex, Andy Ganigan, Bramble, Rosaario, Howard Davis jr. beat him twice to keep him from the Olympics and never fought at LW, in time he could have fought Chavez at LW, Buddy McGirt, Jimmy Paul, Ernesto Espana, Camacho, Mamby at jww, but no, he never fought any of them but 1, LOL!, there is a reason for this and you claim him to be an ATG, that's funny, he was an awesome fighter to watch, but he only fought once CLEAN, against Bobby Joe young and go on youtube to see what happened, that's the real Aaron Pryor right there if clean, don't say it was at the end or at WW or he was washed up from drugs, no he was the same fighter as ever, in shape, fast, hitting hard ready to roll, just clean and he lost to a nobody, if not for the drugs, the mixes of drugs to keep him up and going, he would have been Knocked out by Arguello, Cervantes and maybe 2 or 3 bums he fought that put him down, just didnt have quite enough to keep him down due to his drug mixtures he took and drank, before, during and after every fight but the young fight.