Shane Mosley vs. Aaron Pryor @ 140

From what I remember Leonard suruged off a fight with Pryor (Leonard of course was hunting for much bigger game and money, but like I've said Leonard or any great Welter in that era would've destroyed Pryor, he was simply to small) Don't remember a Duran offer, though, based on what Duran accomplished at much higher weights, and because he was a more complete fighter, Duran would've beaten Pryor in my opnion.

 

This was my era of fighting and cornering fighters he was not anything more than hype the fighters he beat were an old Cervantes and a natural 130lb fighter in Arguello the rest were in the 140 division because they were not good enough to make the welterweight rankings or not good enough to make the lightweights top 10 either this was why the division was ignored by the top talent the only reason Arguello fought 140 instead of shooting for the 147 title was because he was too small, getting to old to keep trying to climb weights and 140 seemed attainable but as it turned out fighting fighters with cocaine in their corners when most fighters fatigued denied him. Face it ATG fighters are not that sloppy to get dropped as often as he did and if he was that great his people would not have stayed at 140 when the money fights were happening above and below that weight until Arguello came around thats right former 126-130-135lb champ he was not going to get a big payday.....his hope was to get a big payday at 147 so when he was exposed as hype he had money or draw a top lightweight with a big money name up which he physically could compete with he did.

I find most that thought he was great did not follow him when he fought and have read the hype in the magazines that was created to get interest in big money fights.....the truth is Duran or Leonard would have destroyed him and he was a Mancini+ caliber talent without cocaine and Panama Lewis....he would not have survived a Rosario class puncher or outboxed a Camacho and never a Chavez level.

 

Shane would win. Pryor isn't big or slick enough. Winky, Floyd, Oscar II, and Forrest all put a jab in his face. I think Shane would be fine because Pryor wouldn't do that.

 

Just have to correct you here .. Leonard did offer him the fight and Pryor turned it down because of his shi**y contract he was in with Buddy LaRosa .. Leonard ducking Pryor was myth only

 

Hawk time, Shane would be outworked