Arguello Vs Pryor I.With the punishment Aaron took, How did he do it?..Great Fight!!!

I beg to differ. You would be surprised how much punishment a fighter can take when he has certain substances in his system. Pryor had to be on some illegal substance because there is no other way that he could have survived some of those punches. He got hit with one particular head shot that could be heard rows back, and it had practically no effect on him.

Pryor was a great fighter, even without drugs but Panama lewis new that pryor would need something to help him withstand arguello's bombs, otherwise he would have been knocked out.

Pryor cheated, and what he did throughout his career in fighting while high was manifested late in his career and after. He was cpmpletely ravaged by substance abuse.

 

There aint that much will and heart in the world to keep pryor standing after the right hand he took in the 13th round. That punch had ko written all over it and would had hurt someone 2 divisions up.

 

There aren't any drugs that will stop a fighter from being knocked out, your not understanding what it is to have this happen. Hit on the right place on most boxers the brain is going to black out, some for a mere second as with Ray Robinson, others for the count and longer. The longest it lasted to me when hit just right was about a second and a half and a drug in the system is not going to stop that result. Some as with Ray and Pryor can take anything while the same to another is out cold.

 

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Both did hard drugs but pryor was on performance enhancing ones. see my next post. And no, armstrong or greb did not fight at sucha great pace consistently. And none of them had special black bottles full of drugs.

 

In the 13th round of the fight, Pryor's trainer well

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Pryor was a cheater, with a cheating trainer, with a cheating bottle full of peds. Yeah I am sure we could all fight better of we could use drugs in the ring.

 

Whats the excuse for Pryor winning the rematch? He took big shots in that fight as well. He ate up Arguello again and did it without Panama Lewis in the corner.

Pryor was just the better fighter at that time in that division.


The only effect drugs had on Aaron Pryor is that that destroyed his career. They didnt help him one bit.

 

I watched this bout live. Going in I thought Pryor had no chance. He was decked several times prior and always seemed like an open target. Arguello was a sharpshooter with one punch ko power. The rounds went by and no matter what Pryor was hit with he just stood there. Amazing performance. To this day it's a fight I just cannot understand.

 

Thank you, im glad someone understands what i mean.

 

drugs was the answer. Pryor cheated and that was that. Arguello was even deprived of a chance to win the 2nd fight when he hurt pryor with a couple of body shots and the referee for some unexplained reason got in between them and stopped the punching. I'm not saying that it would have made a difference in the outcome of the fight, but who knows? stranger things have happened before when a fighter was being soundly beaten and turned things around with a few punches. Check out the corrales-castillo fight. Nobody expected those turn of events.

 

What fights of Greb and Armstrong in their primes are you referring too, about them not consistantly fighting at great paces?

What is the name of the performance drug Pryor was tested and found with, I had heard of this alluded too but haven't seen the name of it, fight is was found after, etc. Thanks

 

Pryors trainer was overheard during the minutes rest before the last round for a bottle "that I mixed". Pryor who was hit by bombs the round before roared out like nothing has happened and stopped Arguello.

 

Looks as if your just looking for reasons to discredit Aaron Pryor.

He went into the rematch with no Panama Lewis to prove that he was the better fighter once and for all. He beat him again. No excuses for Arguello. A cheater most likely wouldnt have done that.

This is one of the reasons I stated in my original post that Aaron Pryor always had a chip on his shoulder. He was one of those athletes that had to kick the door down to get any recognition.