Ahh...how great of you to ignore simple facts. From the start, you didn't even know that Pryor was offered a career high payday from Leonard. Pretty much everyone with the slightest bit of boxing history knowledge knows that LOL So instead of acknowledging that, or Pryor turning down a career high payday against Duran, or looking at how diva Leonard did the SAME "I command most of it" negotiations against FAR bigger names and accomplished champs than Pryor in late 1980, you ignore it and repeat your "everyone was scared of Pryor" revisionist history, which you probably learned from HBO's Legendary Nights. Meanwhile, those people who did the SLIGHTEST amount of research, already know that pryor was offered career high paydays against both Leonard AND Duran in the 1980, early 1981 period. What's next? You actually believe that HBO was right that a judge had Arguello beating Pryor?
LOL back at you any fighter worth his salt is going to turn down a 10/90 purse split. What a joke and a insult the pryor the lineal 140 champion
Duran took a very low split of the $$. And he was the best fighter of the 70s and a MUCH MUCH more proven name than Pryor in 1980. Kalule was a more proven champ than Pryor. He took a very low split. This doesn't take a lot of deep research or inside info. Pryor had his chances and rejected them. HBO created a bunch of myths with their half-truths and lies. Shows your "argument" when you all can come up with is "what an insult to the 140 lb champ" Pryor made $50,000 a few months earlier to face a legend in Cervantes. But 10 times that a few months later? No....that wasn't enough. As if Leonard wasn't a known diva. Duran took the low $$ and proved he could beat Leonard, then got the big $$ the next time around. Pryor said no to Johnny Gill's lover, AND Duran.
Angelo Dundee had already said and I quote" No way I put my guy in there with pryor". The 10/90 split was meant as a insult and a offer they new pryor would refuse. That tactic is played out even today when a fighter is ducking. offer 10/90 purse split some bizullshizit you know they wont accept.
Why on earth would Angelo Dundee not let Leonard fight Aaron Pryor, but let him face, in a 2 year period, Benitez, Duran twice, Kalule, and Hearns? Furthermore, when was Angelo Dundee the matchmaker? Sure he said stuff like "Leonard won't face Hearns" (we saw how that went) as a tactic, but Mike Trainer was really the one who handled the negotiations. Anyway, I'm bored of this debate as it's gone repetitive, and my trolling attempts mixed in. I always will argue on this other revisionist history, particularly HBO's Legendary Nights, but only so long til it becomes a broken record.
Its common knowledge that Pryor turned down a career high payday to face Leonard. Not only that but Leonard fought Wilfredo Benitez he fought killers like Duran, Hearns and Hagler and you want us to believe that he ducked the smaller less threatening Pryor???? Anyone who believes that chit is on the same stuff that shortened the career of Pryor. BTW i like Pryor more than Leonard just telling it like i see it.
I don't remember where I saw it, but both Leonard and Pryor admitted the samething about winning 50% of the time against each other in sparring. Tho Pryor was a beast, most likely he'd have to move up to 147 to face Leonard. He struggled with the naturally smaller Arguello, I honestly don't think he'd beat a 147 Leonard, Duran, or Hearns. He'd do very well against them, but he wouldn't get away with many of the things he'd do at 140.
Yeah yeah yeah next you will be telling me that LSC Quigg and Frampton are not scared shizitlezz of Rigondeaux. But in 20 years you can rewrite history again.
Nobody's rewriting history you skank Pryor refused a fight with Duran cuz his lawyer told him not to take it and if he really wanted to fight Leonard, Duran, or Hearns like he said he wanted all he had to do was what Duran did and move up. He finally did move up years later and Bobby Joe Young happened. Rigo is Top Rank and LSC is a Haymon fighter that fight ain't happening even if the fighter's wanted too.
Don't worry people like Rhino were ignorant then and are still ignorant now. The split doesn't matter a career high payday at the time does. There's always loads of talk in boxing but contracts are the only things that matter. SRL fought the best and feared NO ONE as for "The Hawk" he wasn't moving up to seek out those opportunities and when presented by contracts against fighters like SRL and Duran he turned them down. It's clear as day much like Rhinos crush on "The Hawk".
Now it comes down to name calling and insults to facts. Discrediting the hawk and devaluing his hard work and validating a 10/90 split as support. The fact is if you don't want to fight someone offer them a 10/90 split. Any fighter is going to refuse that. Try going to work for 10% of your paycheck then comeback and talk that talk.