Aaron Pryor Tommy Hearns

Here is an old video of Pryor winning against the taller Hearns in the amatuers.

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I never knew they fought. Thanks!

Aaron Pryor is one of the best ever.

A little known fact...Thomas Hearns lost his first 14 amateur boxing matches...

great fight

funny thing I was just watching Tommy Hearns destroy Roberto Duran

Pryor, before drugs took over, could throw punches from any angle.

Can anyone reaffirm Hearns losing his first 14 Ammy's?

If so, that is one determined dude!

Pryor was truly "great", he's in the boxing hall of fame right??? I'd also like to verify if Hearns really did lose his first 14 fights...cool piece of random trivia there.

I heard that from Tom Mustin who coached the 2000 US Olympic boxing team...

Well, Hearns' strengths would come out better in the pro game where power matters more. Amateur bouts are scored completely differently and do not necessarily predict how well a boxer will do in the pros.

Some amateurs basically play a game of tag and can't handle being tested with the headgear off and different scoring criteria. Hearns had sick power and bailed himself out of trouble many times with it.

good post pupa

TTT for Aaron Pryor. One bad mofo and one of my fav boxers.

"the bottle... no, the one I mixed"

am hoping mayweather becomes another classic example of moving up too far the same way arguello did...

I would go down to the virick gym in cocunut grove Miami everyday to see Aaron pryor get ready for the Arguello fight.Alexis was training at the time at tropical park.This was 81 I believe(boy am I old),it's hawk time,it's hawk time pryors trainers use to scream with very little fanfare,while arguello had a packed house full of the media blitz over at tropical park.

It's To bad that Aaron ended up partying heavy in liberty city after that fight.A Great fighter that just never got the respect he wanted from the media.He was always in search of the big megafight with hearns or leonard,similar to the one pretty boy floyd is Getting this saturday night.

Most underated fighter of all time.

Got these from http://www.hawktime.com, Pryors official website. Lots of information, I didnt realize his amatuer backgroud was so extensive.

From the 2006 premiere of Rocky Balboa:

Pryor and Pazienza

 

Pryor and Tarver

 

Iran "The Blade" Barkley, PBF Paul Malignaggi, Lou DiBella & Aaron Pryor

Pryor Vs Arguello is one of my all time favorite fights. Those guys threw down from the opening bell.

The HBO doc on Pryor vs Arguello was by far the best in the series.

"That was Aaron Pryor. He would take your best punch, spit in your eye and then kick your ass."

how copuld Hearns have lost his first 14 when they say he only has 6 losses

"Aaron Pryor is one of the best ever".

He cheated against Arguello. He will never be forgiven for that.

He was good at 140 lbs. Above that, very average.

They said he lost his first 14 AMATEUR fights.

As a pro at welterweight Pryor would have been lucky to last more than a few rounds with Hearns.