Aaron Pryor vs Terence Crawford

Pryor would rock him harder than both Gamboa and Kava did.

 

I lean towards Pryor here but who knows how much his special shakes helped him.

 

I lean towards Pryor but this is not some gimme fight. Bud would be real dangerous for the Hawk to simply wildly attack as he did so often early and Bud has good power.

 

One thing I do know for sure is that the Hawk won’t have ducked my boy Erroll Spence Jr.

 

How would you see that fight playing out?

 

I would have to say Pryor by stoppage.

 

Did Pryor fight at welter?

 

He could have done and was supposed to fight SRL.

 

For me, Pryor, along with Foreman and Norton, are the three most overrated fighters of the 1970s and 1980s. This is not to say they weren't excellent fighters. I'm just saying their achievements don't match their statuses (statii?)

Anyway, the only two really top fighters Pryor fought were Antonio Cervantes who was in his 17th year of his career and Alexis Arguello who was at the end of his career fighting out of his weight class while trying for a world title in his 4th division. They were very nice wins but the reality is that Pryor never fought a great who was even near his prime.

The same can be said for Crawford but I do believe the ultra-calm Crawford picks apart the whirling dervish that was Pryor and beats him by decision whether it is 12 or 15 rounds.

 

I love pryors style but he was counterable. 50/50

 

Pryor was not a big man I don't think he would be as successful as a Welterweight, if people look at Pryor's fight vs Gary Hinton he struggled immensely vs a clever Southpaw. I think Crawford would win at Welterweight.

 

Classic case of ability vs achievements when rating ATGs. Some fighters had the oppurtunity to prove their greatness, while others didn't (not always their fault).

 

$500k wasn't enough for him apparently. Pryor wanted SRL money ($1 million).