“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly- Johnson vs Pryor

Pryor was a total force of nature. His gas tank was insane, and, he fought like a madman. Literally, nothing discouraged him inside the ring.

 

Johnson was one of those guys that easily fits the bill of
" Should have been". In a weaker era (One without AP)
He probably wins a portion of a championship.
Aaron Pryor was a human windmill. But watch
closely. His skill level was off the charts.
His ability to transition from flat footed, to on
his toes, from slip and countering to lead,
from working off the jab in a conventional
way, to leading and leaping hooks and uppercuts
something not usually taught because how dangerous
that can be. And Only the best, most intuitive fighters
could get away with.
Pryor was one of those few.......

 

And yet, if they had fought again in 1982, I may have given Dujuan a strong chance to beat Aaron. He gave a real good account of himself in their fight.

 

Yeah but the fly put him on his fanny once. Or was it twice?

Pryor was exciting in the way Naseem Hamed was later — he had power and speed but he was also awkward and left that chin dangling and was ripe to get clipped upon occasion. Sometimes off-balance, but he could be tagged and felled.

(I first thought this thread was about Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson. Odd title.)

 

Said the criminally crooked cornerman to the fly, “Drink this, from the ‘water bottle’ I mixed.”