why did leonard never fight aaron pryor.

Aaron Pryor was a bad dude. He would have given SRL all he could handle. Iron Chin, good power, and work rate.

 

he was scared, the hawk was the man.

 

Is that why Pryor turned down Leonard's offer?

Which was more than what Leonard was his opponents who weren't big names at the time?

 

This is the reason.

 

HBO said everyone was scared of Pryor, so it must be true.

HBO said a judge had Arguello beating Pryor, so it must be true.

HBO implied that Taylor was the next ATG and never any good after facing Chavez, so it must be true.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME4zwWwNhls

 

Pryor was leonards sparring partner. Ray new exactly what he was getting into and wanted no part of pryor. Most boxers gladly fight their sparring partners because they know they can win. Pryor was a different kind of sparing partner.

 

yeah Ray offered pryor the lineal champion at 140 $500k while Ray would get $4 million. Of course this is a cowards way of ducking a fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zp82E6XhtU

 

Duran took way less than Leonard made, and Duran was a MUCH MUCH bigger name than Pryor, and had been a champ from 1972-78.

Kalule took less than Leonard made, less than $500k, and he had been a longer reigning champ (and a pretty big risk, a southpaw and #1 154 lb. fighter in the world) than Pryor. Floyd fights Canelo at 154 and his groupies go nuts. Pacquiao fights bigger guys and his groupies go nuts. Leonard fights the #1 guy at 154 as a TUNE-UP for Hearns, and no one remembers. Speaks to the standards of boxing fans today.

Pryor made $50k for beating an ATG in Antonio Cervantes, and turns down 10 times that a few months later.

Pryor had his chance at Duran too, and a unification shot at Mamby.

Face it, HBO enhanced Pryor's legacy by not checking simple facts that any person with a Sports Illustrated article or a video of one of his title defenses could have told you.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k9qiCJjhCw

Nobody wanted any part of pryor. Nobody!!

 

exactly!

Not only that, but he was offered the fight. If the hawk was so sure of himself, he would have taken it. Leonard was a potential ticket to star-dom and he would have been pryors best payday. Yet, the lunatic, legend and whirlwind pryor didnt want it.

To make it clear, really clear we vloud compare resumes. Pryor is knowm for cheating against a 135 moving up in weight. A great 135, but a bit past his best sell date.

Leonard fought a who´s who of boxing.

Pryor was good, no doubt about it, but if anyone legimetly ducked anyone, it was pryor.

But its a nice little story, it sounds good, but fairytales and fantasies often does :deal

 

So are you telling me that HBO bends the truth?

Surely, HBO's Legendary Nights didn't have any myths or half-truths, correct?

 

Twenty years from now clowns like this will be defending LSC Quigg Frampton and every one else that is scared shizitless of fighting Rigondeaux.

I remember and I don't forget Angelo Dundee and Ray Leonard were scared and Angelo even say no way he puts his guy in with pryor. That is a fact.

Write what ever fairy tale you like. I sure you will say LSC Quigg and Frampton are not scare of Rigondeaux they never fault. They All called Rigo out but he never answered.

GTFOH

 

I'm not talking about Rigo, I haven't followed that saga.

I do know that calling out doesn't mean ****. Contracts are what matter.

I'm talking about HBO's distortion of the facts. Pryor had career high paydays to face both Leonard and Duran. It doesn't take an insider to know this.

Instead of just telling the truth, they had to bend the truth, tell fairy-tales, which results in revisionist history. As if boxing needs MORE revisionist history.

 

Twenty years from now clowns like this will be defending LSC Quigg Frampton and every one else that is scared shizitless of fighting Rigondeaux.

I remember and I don't forget Angelo Dundee and Ray Leonard were scared and Angelo even say no way he puts his guy in with pryor. That is a fact.

Write what ever fairy tale you like. I sure you will say LSC Quigg and Frampton are not scare of Rigondeaux they never fault. They All called Rigo out but he never answered.

GTFOH