Pryor all day, every day. Probably on wide points decision, but, possibly by late KO. If it were back in Pryor's time, and scheduled for 15 rounds, I would definitely pick The Hawk by stoppage.
Pryor will use his unorthidox moves to land from all angles. Kostya will press forward and look to land the right hand. Pryor will box around the slow footed, straight ahead and plodding Tzyu and an accumulation of shots will render Tzyu defenseless around the 7the round. Tzyu never met anyone close to the level of prime Pryor.
This would be a great fight. Pryor's reckless style and porous defense combined with KT's knockout power and abilities would see Pryor on the canvas at some stage. It would be as much a balance KD as anything. Regardless Pryor is open to right hands and KT has one of the most dangerous rights in 140 history. I'd favor Pryor to pull it out via UD or possibly a late stoppage in an action packed and entertaining fight. Pryor would sure know he'd been in a fight.
This is THE greatest ever fantasy fight @ 140. As Jon said, Pryor is vulnerable to a right hand, and Kosta's right hand was a freaking missile! Common sense say's that Pryor overwhelms him, but KT is a VERY ****ing love underdog if that's the case. Very live!
If you guys were judging Kovalev v Ward, Ward would have won 11 rounds and the 2nd round would have been called even!
Tszyu would deck and hurt Pryor early, but by the mid-rounds Pryor takes control. And by the late rounds, it gets ugly for Tszyu. Pryor TKO 10.
Tszyu by KO, if past prime skinny Arguello was able to rock Pryor badly and almost knock him out before the panama lewis stuff, Kostya most definitely peppers him with right hands before eventually knocking him out
Love this matchup, maybe second only to Pryor-Chavez for most entertaining fantasy fight at 140. I agree with @JohnThomas1 and @Brixton Bomber that Tszyu has his moments and I can see him putting Pryor down early but Pryor would just have a bit too much for Kostya overall and pummels him to a late rounds TKO. Great, great matchup though.
Pryor goes at Tyszu in his typical fashion. Like a guided missile on steroids, Tyszu had a right hand that may have equalled Arguello's at the weight, and he times Pryor's reckless rush with the perfect straight right hand..... Pryor goes down!!!!!! But then he gets up...... From that point on Pryor gets serious, and simply overwhelms the slow footed Tyszu with punches from angles with speed and power he's never had to deal with by any fighter he's ever fought. By the 6th -7th rd it's all Pryor, and it's clear to the ref the fight has become one sided , and he's looking for the best time to stop it though Tyszu is fighting bravely . By the 9th -10th rd Pryor again opens up with a combination of punches from hell, snapping Tyszu's head violently, the ref sees the moment stops the fight. It's Hawk Time Again. Pryor was simply a level above Tyszu, and he was the absolute best at Jr.welter weight limit. Tyszu would have a few moments, Pryor probably wouldn't take him as serious as he took Arguello. But once Tyszu nails him a few times it would be all Pryor.
