Aaron Pryor vs. Roberto Duran

The 1 thing Pryor has on Duran is stamina and workrate imo, if he can push Duran back and make Duran uncomfortable he has a shot. Duran is by far the better boxer, puncher, with better defense and technique. Sometimes presure negates all those things though

 

Dont even bring up Moore a fighter that what had 8 fights that was as green as the grass in the amazon and a washed up punch drunk Cuevas who was ruined by Hearns,a guy who would have mauled Duran before the Hearns fight thats why that didnt happen before then.Its starting to seem like Duran really picked his battles,no Pryor,no Arguello,and a totally shot Cuevas,and the 1s he totally chose wrong like he thought Benitez didnt have enough to box his eyes out,and then the Hearns coma and of course the No Mas along with the fairytale that some idiots on here claiming he beat Hagler.The bottom line Pryor rose to the occasion for his huge wins,outside of the 1st Ray Leonard fight Duran didnt,and people always talk about his lightweight reign like anyone on there was as good as Leonard,Hearns,Hagler,and Benitez get the **** real Buchannan was very good,but no where near that good,after lightweight his career is vastly overrated with a bunch of loses who gives a **** about a meaningless win over Davey Moore a very green young fighter and a shot to hell Cuevas that he could have fought for the WBA crown years earlier,Aaron or Alexis would punish him thats why he never took those fights in the 1st place.-(

 

Duran tames him and wins a clear decision. Duran may even stop him.

 

Have a look at Duran's stamina in SRL I and Buchanan to name two. Also look at how he could finish people in the championship rounds. On top of this Duran is going to raid Pryor's stamina reserves heavily via a sustained body attack. The same will not be true. Tho hectic the Pryor - Arguello war featured Aaron fighting at the pace he wanted more times than not. This would not happen vs Duran.

 

Yeah, because Alexis controlled the outside exchanges vs Pryor right? Just because Duran didn't aim to fight much on the outside does not mean he would have even less success than Arguello did. Rest assured tho he is going to be forcing his way inside on a very consistent basis.

Arguello was a bit static in his outside attack until he gathered the info he wanted then ramped it up. Against Pryor's very herky jerky unorthodox style that information never really came thru. Duran adapts far faster, , is more instinctive, takes more risks and fights at a much more hectic pace than Alexis. He is going to dominate the inside exchanges overall. When Pryor slugs Duran will be countering heavily and landing the heavier more precise blows. On the outside Duran will be holding his own as he finds his way in imo.

Duran was beating down JM champs and dropping bonafide middleweight champs when he was near grey for goodness sakes. He heavily staggered SRL who had a fine chin and was much the bigger man. Pryor wasn't an overly big hitter in his own division let alone proving himself above it vs big strong champs.

I love Alexis but Duran would have ripped him a new ******* ffs. Duran even more so than Pryor would be his stylistic devil. Duran would also be an absolute stylistic nightmare for Pryor. His loose technique and basics would be pounced upon by Duran and he wouldn't hold the size and strength advantages to get by. Alexis was a long long way from home (peak weight and year) when Pryor got him.

Duran holds all the trumps here, including power. He's far more proven on all fronts and Pryor's no puzzle for him.

 

Tough crowd. But of course Pryor is the 140 answer to Earnie Shavers with his stoppage of 300yo Cervantes, a collection of no name opponents and an old way up in the weights Arguello, and even then we have the black bottle mystery. I know who's more proven.

Hmmm, and Cuevas pre Hearns would have mauled the Duran who beat SRL and Palomino?

Yeah, fighting SRL instead of Cuevas was just criminal

And how dare he miss Pryor, who had 12 fights total at the time Duran moved above 140 and never came back

And Arguello, who incidently only just moved up to 130 (let alone 135) as Duran moved to 147.

Goodness, we finally agree

Oh for sure, Duran didn't rise at all as 50-1 on favourite vs Moore and Barkley. Pryor was awesome in his huge win vs Cervantes, knocking him a clean 4 feet away from his rocking chair. He also rose VERY high against Alexis, trouble is some say it was chemical induced :smoke

Is it just co-incidence you keep avoiding the Barkley fight?

I told you above why Duran didn't take those two fights. If he did you'd be crying he missed Palomino or something near as bizarre. At one time Arguello was rumoured to be moving up to go at Durans 135 title. I have a picture of Duran holding up a pic of Arguello in fighting pose, fist clenched in front of the picture and all complete with a maniacal scowl