Aaron Pryor v. Roberto Duran fighting at 140 lbs - who wins and why? (PUBLIC POLL)

The guys who gave the prime Duran the most trouble were the slick boxers. Anyone who hung on the inside with Roberto got pounded. Pryor would have been a rough assignment for "Hands of Stone", but style wise, Aaron is the kind of fighter Duran loved to fight. Duran by unanimous decision.

 

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Duran gave close fight even to Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who was better than Pryor just in every aspect.

Duran easily. He could either outbrawl or outbox Pryor.

 

In my opinion I feel that pryor would have won the fight by mixing boxing with brawling like he did in the arguello fight.

 

Duran clear UD

Pryor's come forward, unrelenting style plays into Duran's hands. He would have made this an infight where his shorter punches would have found the mark more often and also where his body attack would have slowed Pryor down.

 

Pryor never did well against Leonard except for his delusions. Had Leonard fought him, Pryor would know the difference between featherweight and welterweight punches.

 

Duran was at his best at 135 and then beat one of the P4P fighters of that era in SRL. He skipped 140. He would of beatened Pryor. Remember he fought and cheated Arguello the first time and the second time, Arguello's heart was taken away from the first beating. Also, Arguello came from two to three division lower to fight Pryor. SRL and Arguello a far from being the same styles. SRL would have beaten Pryor by late stoppage. What put Pryor on the map was the tainted fight with Arguello. It was never proven I guess, but look at the fight and listen to what that scumbag of a trainer was saying and then like popeye just finishing his spinach, he burst back into the fight savagely. We all know his trainer wasn't such a bad guy, oh, but then there is the fact that he took the padding of one of his fighters gloves to beat a undefeated young prospect that later after endng his young career due to the damage he took, possilby committed suicide.

 

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64599

 

How the hell do you figure Duran was better at 147 than at 140? He never once even had a fight of note at 140 to judge from, but I think it's pretty safe to say he didn't just immediately drop off from LW to JWW, and then back up again as a WW. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Look at the styles matchup, Duran has this in the bag. Over 12 he wins a Decision, over 15 a stoppage is possible, but I'll stick with Duran by Decision.

Why? Pryor was a come-forward fighter in every sense of the word, one who liked to brawl, but picked his shots at mid-range, not on the inside. Duran was one who'd meet him head on and continue what Arguello was doing effectively(body-punching) only more so, as he is a better bopdy puncher and better overall inside fighter than both Pryor and Arguello. Duran would be there to be hit too much, especially to the body, which he showed weakness to against Arguello whenever Alexis went downstairs. This would be a barn-burner, but eventually Pryor will be slowed and Duran would start to dominate. Also, as accurate as Pryor was(and his accuracy is underrated) Duran was excellent at slipping punches.

 

How so?

 

Duran by late tko or UD! Pryor doesn't have the resume that Duran does. Not by a long shot! Pryor is best know for his 2 victories over a blown up and past his prime Arguello and while both victories are questionable due to the mysterious substance. I am sure it would have been a good fight as Pryor was a good fighter, but with what we have to go on (quality opposition) Duran wins.