Aron Pyror vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. at 140, who wins?

Interesting. Upon thinking about it, I'd have to agree. Duran was a bit more deliberate than Pryor which would spare Floyd from some of the punishment that Pryor would revel in inflicting, nonstop.

 

Duran was also a lot less reckless and technically sound. I think Floyd's great speed and sharpness would stop him from being overwhelmed here. He's a good puncher too, perhaps underrated. I would not be surprised at all to see him put a couple of balance KD's on Pryor.

 

Floyds more technically sound skills would be the tiny factor in his just taking the shine away from Pryor.. A fight that i would dig deep into my wallet to watch though...

 

Pryor never fought anyone like Mayweather, who could beat him to the punch, make him miss and catch him with flush counters. This would slow his output and could confuse Aaron as he'd get beaten to the punch, miss and have new angles presented time and again.

Mayweather fought similar styles to Pryor but never anyone as good. FMJ can slow the pace of a pressure fighter. HE proved against Hatton he can outfight a pressure fighter, using superior punching technique and defense. Mayweather is a better puncher than Pryor too and ofcourse has a far superior defense. Against Castillo he proved he can move, cover and roll and counter off the ropes aswell as ofcourse boxing Castillo's ears off at times whenever it was in the middle of the right. Against all the pressure fighters he faced he landed. Ofcourse neither are as good but the fight pattern would be the same, just Aaron would have more success with his better faster punches and better movement.

If we do a competition analysis neither fighter has beaten someone that the other wouldn't have beaten. Although Mayweather wouldn't have struggled against Arguello who is basically another Corrales with a better chin.

Overall Mayweather has too many advantages over Pryor - defense, speed, footwork, timing, 2 inches in height and a greater reach (funny how no one looks at that). Mayweather strength, power, chin get underrated because of his style and other strengths, all are top notch.

Mayweather 8-4 UD - It should be noted Mayweather rates Pryor very highly

 

Great paragraph. Tho i won't go out and out to pick Pryor, he's going to be a lot more live than he's getting credit for.

 

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I am definitely buying what you are selling.

 

If I remember right, you and I share the opinion that Pryor is a bit overrated. However, styles make fights and his style was hellish. Duran -a technician with fire and underrated physical strength would exploit Pryor's style probably better than anyone I can think of. He'd be throwing smartbombs in all those open windows. I agree that Floyd had a good command of the fundamentals and was a technician underneath all that style and flash, but my concern for him here is that he has neither the firepower which Pryor would be forced to respect, nor the physical strength to keep him off or negotiate in close. Mayweather would be forced to move and stay away and Pryor was too strong and too relentless to allow that.

 

Fair enough, we rate Floyd's power, snap and sharpness differently. Duran would kill the guy. He IMO would be the worst match for Pryor in history at 140.

 

Don't mistake me, Floyd was a good puncher, I just don't think he had enough to keep Pryor off of him. We are tending to agree more here.... ?

 

I think Floyd's sheer sharpness AND underrated power would keep Pryor a bit more honest than many foresee. I might be wrong.

 

Yet bigger stronger men like Delahoya, Hatton did respect Floyd's firepower and got ko'd/buzzed and in Delahoya's case stopped looking to exchange. Gatti a lesser fighter with a top chin wasn't supposed to have to worry about Floyd's power either

The argument of 'walking through' an elite opponent rarely pans out, and it wouldnt here

 

Could you expand upon your argument that Arguello was basically a "Corrales with a better chin"?

I'm not completely hating it, since I suspect I understand how you meant it, but perhaps I'm missing something and I'd like to learn. I certainly thought Arguello was a much more cerebral boxer than Corrales.

 

Thats a pretty poor comparison PowerPuncher...maybe you meant something else by it...massive oversimplification.

 

Just to pick up on the stuff in bold:

No, Floyd is not a better (nor even as good) puncher than Pryor.

Arguello and Corrales are on different levels and it's not just chin that separates them. Arguello has better timing, power and defense.

And whilst it's arguable that Floyd might not have struggled with Arugello, what is not arguable is that Pryor would have knocked Castillo out 10 times out of 10, and would not have arguably lost to him in any fight.

2 inches of height is not going to be a factor in the fight.


To the thread question: Pryor 8 rounds to 4, with Floyd getting a knockdown to his credit.