Absolutely. 2 legends!

Sir I remember when it was your time to get judged by me you screamed my moms name then pulled out your belt u said if ALI COULD NOT LICK ME HIS JUNIOR WONT EITHER JUNE 🇨🇦 INTERNATIONAL BOXING 🥊 TOURNAMENT SIR

A soldier can’t question god wen she says he gotta go then he gotta go I’m a judge not the da

Only one boxing legend Tommy Hearts. The other a cheater just asked Panama Lewis

The Hawk vs The Motor City Cobra would have been a better title

Lol 😂😂😂

I think Hearns MERKS Pryor in the Pro's. Just my thought. After he got all that extra zip at Welter.......Nobody in history would want Tommy at Welterweight.....Except SRL.....That shit was all WILLPOWER not skill. Tommy was outboxing Leonard. Leonard just refused to be beaten that night. Almost lost an eye for it too.

Pryor was not a great fighter,he was a drug addict, can't people admit that, the evidence is all there

@@godislove6013 He was a great fighter who overcame a drug addiction. Ever made a mistake in your life?

@@stuartperry1047 Yes of course so did you, but not one like that serious, and,bull he was an addict through out his career

​@@godislove6013that's a shame that you think like that hopefully none of your family members or your mom or your kids never become drug addicts or make a big mistake that it seems that you say people can't get over

@@craigsmith4031 I'm not judging him and glad for him that he overcame his addiction if in fact he did, but he was addicted all through his boxing career so all his wins came from being drugged up, nothing at all to be proud of or honored for or put on a pedestal. He cheated and he cheated his opponents out of victories they could have had,he definitely 100% stole the victory from Alex Arguello and if you deny that then you are lying

A lot of boxing fans don't know how great amateur boxing is I have seen amazing moves by amateurs and you actually get to see the improvement when you start watching certain fighters!!

I think Tommy displayed that same sportsmanship throughout his career. First time I've ever seen this ,and, I can see it started early on.

Actually, Pryor went to Hearne's corner to congratulate Hearne's trainers. Aaron Pryor was as humble and friendly outside the ring as he was ferocious inside it. Despite his difficultie, derelictions, and demise, Pryor will always have my respect. Hearnes too.

Yes and its world wide the respect in the amateurs , professional it's a total different gravy,

You nailed it - a class act on both sides. Tommy Hearns didn't fight like a kid and Aaron Pryor may be the one that brought TH to the next level, quick. What a treat! Now, I need to watch Hagler-Hearns again,

Because all the drugs he was taken just asked Panama Lewis 😂

Cheaters mixing bottles with Panama Lewis in your corner lol 😅😂

Still waiting to see what was in that bottle his trainer threw under the ring in the second fight

Alexis was a natural Super Featherweight and war torn by thd time Pryor went life and death with him.

Do you believe he was underrated

Pryor should have been a Dope test 😂after every fight

So true they all avoided him back in the day

Nothings Underated About Aaron Pryor In All Truth Reality He Lost This Fight To Hearns, Pryor Always Was In My Eyes A ( D ) Class Fighter 🤨 Seriously

That's because he was exposed for the cheater that he was against Alexis Arguello with the special juice bottle and Panama Lewis.

Gotta learn to run more.

Haha hagler right

Man that is hilarious😂😂😂

Git'on, outta hear Eric, wine allover my desktop screen. Lmao, all I saw in my mine, was the 3rd of the Hagler-Hearns fight. Peace.

classic. i love boxing. miss the ufc had event every weekend, 2 or 3 ufc fights monthly were free too. plus missing all the great heavyweight boxing action too

Tommy Hearns would have beat Aaron Pryor in the pros but Aaron prior would have beat Sugar Ray in the pros

Not below 140!

I would like to see them fight in they're late 20's

man pryor vs man leonard. pryor non stop motor wins. leonard wanted nothing to do with pryor

How tall was he here?

With drugs yes

​@@yaderblen2890name one boxer who didn't take drugs lmfao

@@senjo31 To quote Bob Dylan “Name me a boxer that's not a drug cheat and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"

The only reason we know about him it's because he fought the great Alexis Arquello before and after that he went nowhere

@@yaderblen2890 You obviously don’t know anything about boxing, Pryor is a bigger name than Arguello.

Amatuer Bout

@@thespy7795 you are absolutely right Happy New year

@@thespy7795 no shit, Sherlock

Beating Alexis Arquello because of drugs. Very classy

@@yaderblen2890 Pryor won and thats that.

@@yaderblen2890 stop complaining

Tommy was great. Truly a great fighter. He and Emanuel were close. Great team!

Who said Pryor was great???

@@yaderblen2890 ALEXIS ARGUELLO said he was great, which was no surprise..Pryor knocked him out twice! 😂😂 In fact, I saw an interview where Arguello’s called Aaron Pryor “dad!!”

Me neither, and no headgear... Made amateur boxing more interesting. I wonder what the year was when they changed that rule.

I didn't either, and had to look twice when I saw it recommended to me.

@@Thomas-fk3cw this fight was in 1976,probably in the early 80's.

@@darnezlevy5118 fight WASN'T in the 80's. Amatuer Bout in the 70's

That makes 2 of us

@Roger Martin I think Pryor hit harder & threw from out of nowhere, but Duran had better defense & technique. If Pryor couldn't land clean he would have lost.

I dunno. They both had that pit bull in them. And Pryor was never stopped. And at that weight I don't think Duran was either. This woulda been that dream match I would not have missed

Duran would have whooped him. Duran was a more complete fighter. He was talented, experienced, strong, hungry, solid chin , viciously mean and just too damned smart for Pryor.

@DoittoitHARD!!! Considering Duran was much older than billed and was a drug addict , I remember seeing him fight in about 1980 . He was much older than was claimed , he also ballooned up to 200+ pounds between fights and fought at welter or middle weight , he was a destroyer , I appreciate reading your comment , Thanks

Robert Westerman You're welcome.

Pryor was about the only killer that SRL didn't fight. They were never in the same weight division.

Pryor challenged him, but Sugar declined.

It would not have, Pryor was a better version of Duran, faster, stronger, more endurance and a higher work rate. Leonard lost to Duran badly in the first match.

They were friends, and Pryor knew he didn’t want any of Ray Leonard

@@Derrellparry not true sugar said he knew he couldn't beat pryor

Duran best attribute is when his op keep coming at him... I have a picture onmy head Duran will clinch him or sometimes timed him with cross or sometimes left hook Di the head then clinch and find an open angle so basically Pryor can't do much against Duran since Pryor is not that big

Depends which Duran shows up🤷🏽‍♂️

​@@RamsLakersDodgersat lightweight there was only Duran Hands of Stone

@@xx-uz2kzYou’re absolutely right about that.He was the greatest lightweight of all time.Duran vs Chavez at lightweight would’ve been a treat.

Duran where they got beat just like Alexis

Definitely.

I called him rubber band legs... But he sure was great...

I called him slick ‘N-word’ LOL

Yeah it was paying homage to the great Cincinnati Cobra Ezzard Charles. Funnily enough Charles' rival Jersey Joe Walcott was also involved in shaping the type of fighter Marvin Hagler would be Hearns would take after the straight punches to the chest to push his opponents off balance and Hagler took after the step through hooks, disrupting tempo and footwork. Crazy how history repeats itself.

@@Kingkodiakbear Wrong. Walcott was nothing like Hagler. Hagler was based off of Floyd Patterson and Emile Griffith. Hearns also fought nothing like Charles who was a defensive boxer.

@@acetofresh1 wrong, Hagler and Walcott we're friends, Hagler was inspired by Walcott and studied his step through hooks and his footwork. Floyd Patterson was the opposite of Hagler, he was a quick and sharp peakaboo fighter with a glass chin, and Emile Griffith was an opportunistic fighter who relied on great defensive spacing. Walcott was an unrelenting fighter who used off tempo footwork, and unique combinations to make up space. Hearns was textbook Charles, when he was being thrown around the circuits he was thought to be a descendant of Charles, he clearly studied the spacing, the straight and "mostly straight" curving punches. Hearns also he admitted that he learned how to stiffly jab the chest to keep his opponents off balance from Ezzard Charles. The defensive style similar to Hearns was similar to Kid Chocolate, who Ezzard Charles studied religiously.

RIP to the 1 of the great of all time... Aaron Pryor ):

larmal98 I wouldn’t really call him one of the greatest of all time

Aaron pryor should've been knocked out by me before dying.

I forgot he died

@@ethanhur5166 Then why didn't you do it?

You critique Aaron Pryor perfectly well he was just like you said when I saw him many times he was great and of course, Tommy Hearns and Alexis Arguello / great butt little Aaron Pryor he was awesome love Talent

I can tell you don’t watch boxing anymore.Haven’t for a long time.

I totally agree with you the thing that separated Aaron Pryor from hern's was his stamina and prior could take a punch

Bad guess. He was great not elite.

Not only did Hearns have issues with his ability to take hard punches, but if you watch hagler/ hearns fight, you will see how quickly he lost his energy/ control of breathing. By the 3rd round , hearns was not only running away from Hagler, but Hearns was also breathing so hard, that it looked like he had just ran a 20 mile marathon.

No comparison; Joe had principles; that's what made him formidable, fearless, intimidating & great. Pryor was a dope fiend! 😁🙋🙏

I'd love to see him fight Arguello in their prime with no coke in Pryors system. The outcome wouldve been different, I guarantee it

Arguello was the Ray Robinson of his day,so clean & crisp w/ the punches but Pryor got into his ass & twice!

Tommy was still relatively more powerful at 147. His KO rate at 147 was higher. Above 147, Singletary, Kinchen, Sutherland and McRacken among them went the distance with him.

Wrong. Hearns lost the first two rounds...

@@dalebecause2467 not by a long shot; but you have to claim that to make Aaron the winner ...it never happened 😁

If Hearns is 17 it's 1975?, you can see Hearns is only a gangly kid, nothing like the fighter he'd become by 1980.

Probably the most underrated fighter of all time.

agree ....but he didnt fight anyone

@@ctdesign1503 Not 100% true but I think you are pretty close. Alexis Arguello and Antonio Cervantes were definitely not a "nobodies" but I have to admit that I don't know anybody else on the list of pro fights Aaron was in.

@@davidkeller2832 arguello was no tomato can and cervantes i think was like 35 when they fought ....i he was tested more or took bigger and tougher fights than i would agree

@@ctdesign1503 I had forgotten that Cervantes was 35 when he faced Pryor. He certainly held the title for quite a while when he was younger (8 or 9 wins before losing the title to Wifred Benitez).

Camacho could also have been a much greater champion if it wasn't for all the partying & drugs.

pryor lost one bout. his last fight. he achieved a great deal. more than most!

manos3790 because he was coked up usually

True that. Saul Mamby was a bum. Alexis would have beat him easily.

Alexis, as great as he was, was not beating Saoul Mamby. No way in hell.

@@joeygonzo Alexis Aguila still had it when he fought Aaron Pryor but he was old he wasn't Young and it's a higher weight never thought that way and now it is older age is going to take on the best

@@coryburns1905 If Alexis was old that time, he sure didn't show it. He KO'd Ganigan and almost sent Rooney to the morgue. He was the betting FAVORITE against Pryor in the first match. Years later, Arguello still KO'd Billy Costello.

In the first fight arguello.would knock out to drug pryor he drunk drug un the bottle but un.2nd fight pryor won clearly

Pryor threw more in one flurry than Broker did for each round against Pac.

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The only thing Broner have in common with Hawk is Cincinnati

Absolutely:-)! Cincinnati in da house:-)!

All y’all talking but won’t show up

Leonard brilliantly used the ring against Duran in the 2nd fight. I don't remember Duran's weight being a factor. Leonard decisively decisioned Hagler fair and square.

wheelinthesky300 Duran's weight absolutely was a factor. Leonard admits to that in fact practically brags about how he rushed Duran into the rematch knowing how Roberto loved to live the high life between fights. Leonard vs pre-Mugabe Hagler would have been a completely different story. I had Hagler winning anyway, he landed the best punches.

wheelinthesky300 No leonard admitted in an interview that he rushed the rematch when he saw that Duran was not managing his weight.

@Berkeclor92..You just admitted to everyone that you are an excuse maker. Leonard was a great fighter period! He fought Duran's fight the first time and went 15 rounds with him. He embarrassed him the 2nd time. He stopped Tommy when everyone else was getting KO'd (which you failed to mention). While I loved the the Marvelous one, Ray had fought 1x in 5 years and gave Hagler a great fight..Nothing overrated about his career hater.

@@wheelinthesky300 yur outta yur mnd..24' ring..Y not box on a basket ball court?Leornard was a chump. He got his.. Macho Man made him look like the softie he was

Absolutely correct

Was it legit though? You know,he had that special juice and all.

APryor was a bad man.

I’m a huge Pryor fan but he never beats a prime Duran.Lightweight Duran was a different animal.

Pryor never met Leonard in the amateurs. No way Pryor beats Tommy in the pros. Tommy was a different beast when he turned pro. He was knocking out welters and middleweights at the pro level. Even KO'd light heavyweight champs.

Agree!

Duran did, Leonard did, I lived in Cincinnati, Ohio my entire life, worked out at both of Aaron's gyms there, it was big news Duran's offer was never replied to, and the time limit on it ended for $500,000 and Duran moved on up to WW, Leonard offered $500,000 and it was turned down, then he upped it to $750,000 turned down again, so Leonard signed a deal to fight Duran at WW, accept the $750,00 if you think your so great, then beat him, then from that point on you set the price for fights, same with the $500,000 from Duran, but he did not, also Mamby owned the other half of the JWW title through much of Pryor's reign there and made many offers and attempts to unify the title that was ignored and turned down by Pryor's people, yes I'm sure he beats Mamby, but they did not want him fighting anyone that had any shot to beat him, Mamby had no power, but was an excellent boxer. Arguello was 2 weight classes over his best and nearing the end of his career, and a slow robotic fighter who had lost power and speed moving up even to LW, they were not as scared of that, but still, Arguello beats him without the stimulants, watch the straight right hand that bent Pryor's head all the way back and he laughed at him, because he was higher than a Kite on Stimulants, that Punch KO"s anyone, Pryor was downed by 7 bums in his career, that punch at least puts him down. So your at least wrong about no one wanting to fight him, also Ray Mancini was going to fight him but then lost the fight Pryor to making that deal, Pryor I'm sure wins that one, but at least Mancini had Power, speed, and quickness and would have had a shot. but again, no fight. and Pryor's people rushed away from the LW division when he was ranked as high as #3 in a loaded division at that time. to the worst division in boxing to fight an old Cervantes that also put him down in that fight a young Cervantes keeps him down. Imagine Pryor staying at LW, fighting Jim Watt, Hilmer Kenty, Arguello at LW where he was better, Mancini, Howard Davis Jr., even Andy Ganigan, he had a super hard punch, also Edwin Rosario, Gato Gonzalez, Esteban Dejesus, Rockin Robin blake, Jimmy Paul, with his awesome 1 punch KO power, Hector Camacho, Sean O'Grady, soon Julio Cesar Chavez, Jose Luis Ramirez, all and more were all around in Pryor's time, but he never fought a single one of them but Arguello. so yes your right, what fights could have been, just watch the Bobby Young fight, that was a Clean Pryor, exactly what happens to him in his prime with no drugs and stimulants, good whirlwind exciting fighter, that gets Koed by the greater fighters and only beats the lesser ones.

he beat Arguello... that says plenty about Pryor.

brad fiser Word.....Facts ....LMMFAO

🤣🤣 Panama jack

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Asthma pills according to Luis Resto..to open up the lungs for increased oxygen capacity.

Pryor had the blueprint to defeat hearns dude was a mad man.

He also didn’t have power until early professional, I watch a interview with Hearns and Emmanuel Stewart. They said them selves, they had to work on twisting his hips.

NOBODY stopped Pryor . and I don't think anyone could have

Machine Head have you ever seen Thomas Hearns go into kill mode? He would’ve mopped the floor with Pryor - and no disrespect to Pryor but Tommy would’ve flattened him. Many here would agree to that

@@mH8675309 I've seen nearly all Hearns fights. Pryor was relentless , I don't think Tommy could have knocked him out or outlasted him. But nobody really knows I guess. I'd have watched it they'd Fought , no doubt about it. I never really saw anyone come close to beating Pryor . He was hard to figure out. Tommy would have had to KO him to win .

Machine Head oh yeah! The world will always wonder. Peace

Pryor was a nightmare to fight... Always pressing, throws punches in bunches, tireless, unreal chin...

naw, better than smokin' joe.

itsahsah smoking Joe wasn't coked up though

itsahsah Yep..Identical to Frazier

He was smoking on cocaine. Arquello would had kill him without Drugs

Pryor and Leonard never met in the amateurs. That's just factually wrong.

Pryor pummeled Ray Leonard in sparring but never fought him as an amateur