Jose Pipino Cuevas vs Aaron The Hawk Pryor, at 147 lbs, Both Prime, 15 Rounds.

Pryer easy win probably KO him

 

Jose by decapitation around the fifth or six.

Pryor was reckless and got clocked by several of his opponents. And Cuevas is a welter whereas Aaron was a lightweight who moved up a division because he could get a title shot that way.

 

Cuevas stops him

 

I believe Cuevas stops him after being behind on the cards.

 

I've got the hawk by mid to late round stoppage with his superior hand and foot speed being the difference. Pipino is always dangerous but he gets busted up by Pryor's fast hands.

 

Pipino had sledge hammers as fists.
Pryors problem is going to be at some point he is going to slug with Pipino which is a bad idea.
Pipino comes from behind in round 10.

 

Whenever I think of Pryor fighting the first memory that pops into my head is from, I think, the DuJuan Johnson fight. That memory is of Pryor walking into a punch, going down, doing a back somersault to get up and resuming the fight.
If he walks into one against Cuevas, I expect that he might do several back somersaults but I don't think that he would jump up to resume the fight. At least not for a minute or two.

 

Prime Cuevas would kill him.

 

Yes, we all can remember how Arguello hit him with his best shots, and Pryor kept on.

We are assuming that Cuevas is able to get his best shot in as well. What we don't know is just how much harder Cuevas is going to hit. Is it going to be enough to take out Pryor? If not, Pryor overwhelms him.

 

Hard to pick Pryor because Prime Pryor had zero experience at 147 .. He just didnt fight there .. Biggest he probably would have got ?? my guess 144 ... and too wide open at times defensively .. I can see Cueves catchng him with that hook KO Cueves

 

If you could talk Pryor into boxing , sticking and moving giving him angles , then he could, uh, aw crap that ain't happening , he'll trade with Pipino and get stopped.

 

Pryor was the better fighter but size and styles come into play here. Cuevas probably stops him.

 

Alexis was a blown-up feather fighting at a weight that was a bridge slightly too far, as well as getting shopworn.

Prime Pipino is a wrecking ball a full division — you could argue two as it was always understood that Pryor could have made 135 still — above his best, and a division at which he was untested to say the least.

It’s easy to imagine Pryor being more of a pesky fly at that weight. He’d have hand speed and combination, but that’s not to say he could do real damage ... and while Aaron did hang with AA’s best (again, he’s not a true 140 and he’s lost a little off his fastball) he also got clipped by lesser lights who put him down and hurt him.

If Pipino hurts him, Aaron stays hurt.

 

I favour Pryor, but it's a dangerous fight tbh. I expect Pryor to box more (as he could) moving in & out, attacking when necessary using speed, movement & angles to get a late 10th stoppage or UD.