Aaron Pryor was supposed to fight

I hear you bro Ray Leonard was one of my favorites, but there was something about Pryor that wowed me, i think he would have done very well against Leonard.

 

Why didnt these fights happen?

 

Because they let them marinate too much.
Leonard would have happened sometike from late 82 onwards sans eye injury and retirement.
Duran fell of after No Mas
Mancini dont know should have been there.

 

He beats Mancini clearly and gets clearly beat by Duran and Leonard.

 

Leonard knocked out a light-heavy, Arguello never even knocked out a welter, Duran floored Barkley and stopped Moore, no way could Arguello have stopped a light middleweight, Pryor was floored at 140 and Leonard hit harder than any light welter in history, I think Aaron Pryor was also one of those guys that was super close to top 5 all time great, but needed a FEW little things, those little flaws could have cost him against Duran who was one of the greatest of all-time and Leonard who was amazingly fast and a lot bigger than Pryor, Aaron would have beaten any fighter that started his career at 135 except Duran.

 

Mancini began the process of getting his life back together by once again putting on boxing gloves. He went to Italy to face British champion George Feeney, where he won a 10-round decision.

He defended his title two more times. First, on September 15, 1983, he beat Peruvian challenger Orlando Romero by a knockout in nine rounds at Madison Square Garden to achieve a lifelong dream of fighting in that building, and then after a November 25 tune-up bout in which he defeated Johnny Torres by first-round knockout.
The rematch in 1983 v Arguello was not as competitive as their first one. Pryor was badly staggered towards the end of round two by an Arguello uppercut, but he dropped Arguello with a right cross in the first round and again with a left hook in the fourth. Pryor put Arguello down for the count in the tenth round.

After the fight, both Arguello and Pryor announced that they were retiring from boxing.

 

After their rematch, both Arguello and Pryor announced that they were retiring from boxing.

 

Was Tommy a big banger in the amateurs...I remember him not being I remember him having a low ko percentage in the amateurs if I remember right...and then he was a monster in the pros

 

What? Bruh youre way off base.

 

No, he wasn't a banger as an amateur, he was a fast moving point scorer , only 11 stoppages in 155 amateur wins iirc, then he met Emanuel Steward, who taught him the art of leverage, and the rest is history.............

 

He'd have put a very bad beating on Mancini, although it would have had some great action.

The reverse goes for Duran, where he'd be battered in the late rounds by Duran's heavier hands and far, far superior skillset, but the action early would be insane.

Leonard would've battered him pillar to post.

 

I heard the story but damn I never knew he had so few KOs in the AMs.

 

Pryor declined Leonard's $500,000 offer.

 

He didn`t land any big shots, I watched the fight on youtube and Tommy had no power at all, Steward said they worked on his body mechanics in the pros, Tommy didn`t look that good in the amateurs.

 

Pryor`s clearly slipped shots well. Leonard`s defensive moves weren`t as clear or exaggerated.

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