Floyd Mayweather vs Aaron Pryor

Mayweather has early success, countering, blocking, and slipping, smirking all the way... But then mid rounds, those punches start to hurt and fatigue him.

There's nothing Mayweather is doing to deter Pryor, even a flash knockdown, which is possible, although not probable, wouldn't. Pryor would maintain his attack from every angle, punching nonstop.

Floyd would normally chop this type of tactic up, but this is Pryor. Pryor erodes Floyd's defense away until he either runs for his life the rest of the fight, or gets stopped.

I can't see the laying back, potshot countering tactic working on Pryor for 12 rounds.

 

^^^ Agree with this...
Pryor has the strength, but perhaps more importantly the speed and unorthadoxy to overload Mayweather's defense. Mayweather is more physical than given credit for, uses his left forearm to ward off or keep an opponent from gaing inside position, but what sets Pryor apart from other opponents he has faced is his ability to really force a hard pace and also excellent at weaving under another fighters arms/guard...Simply put...he forces Mayweather to fight at a faster pace than he is accustomed to. I'd take Pryor by decision.

 

Pryor would lay the pedal down from round 1. When Floyd can set the pace, that's when he excels. Pryor would set the pace and force the action and over the fight would wear him down with the sheer volume of punches coming in all types of angles. I think Pryor wears him down and wins by UD.

 

Best line. A lesser fighter with a similar style is built for Floyd. But Pryor is an elite with this, with all the physical attributes to use it to the absolute fullest. It would probably be enough. Of course, I'm not certain, and maybe I'm kidding myself with this, but I'm not 100% certain we've seen opponents that can bring out the very best that Floyd can be. I would love to see him try against a guy like this.

 

I agree, BE...

We've never seen Floyd in with someone who can challenge him. He did react well when he got bucked by Mosley...

He may really show some grit and balls when confronted with serious pressure, but we'll never know.

My guess is Pryor is too much for Floyd.

 

Hatton didn't do too badly against Mayweather considering the fight was at welterweight. Castillo did OK against Mayweather. I'll take Pryor in this one. My goodness, Pryor could land from any angle, with either hand.

 

I haven't seen the fight for a while but if you ask me in the first Castillo fight I remember at the end of that fight thinking Floyd was challenged and didn't react well at all. In fact if anything, I felt he shrunk from it.

 

I think Floyd was at his prime at 140 and as a package he is a level above Pryor. Yes Pryor is better than Hatton/Castillo, that doesn't necessarily means he does allot better than they did, he still has a poor defense, and would be there to be hit, Floyd isn't a massive puncher but he will land laser accurate punches time and again that will make Pryor dizzy after a few rounds where as most of Pryors punches will hit gloves, shoulders and air

 

As skilled as Floyd is, he would be fighting to survive in this one. He most likely will, but Aaron the Hawk is like no other PBF has faced, as Pryor would bring relentless pressure and give no rest. Still, Mayweather fights brilliantly until the end. However, Pryor's constant workrate edges it by SD.

 

Oh man, me agreeing with you on one of your favourite fighters feels terribly wrong but I do. :shock:

 

I guess 2012 isn't all that far off. :conf

 

Look Floyd is an exceptional fighter. At 140 he was tremendous ... it is a hell of a fight ... Aaron was an animal but Floyd's speed and strength I just don't know .. to me this is a better fight than Floyd and Paq, especially at 140 ...

 

I think we get a boring first few rounds with Pryor not doing much and Floyd not being able to feel him out because of this so the first few round could go either way. Then Pryor would put the pressure on toward the early-mid rounds and the feeling out stage could begin. I see Floyd working him out then coming on to win the late rounds outboxing Pryor. I think Floyd wins this with him doing much better and standing up to Pryor than Pryor does with boxing him.

 

Right. And some people think he is using his mouth today as a cover for shrinking away from Pacquiao.

Pryor was no shrinking violet. He is also the most ambidextrious fighter that I've ever seen. His offense would subtly come from southpaw and orthodox stances equally effectively.. the best at that tactic.