Aaron Pryor was a fighter that was constantly in perpetual motion swaying in from left and right attacking from all angles. Because of this however his general boxing abilities often got overlooked so that's what I wanted to showcase here. Pryor was a good amateur and achieved all time great status in the professional ranks, he even has a win over Thomas Hearns! The Hawk at his best. www.patreon.com/haNZAgod
@@JonP1245 Very difficult to say because I just don't know. The only one that I know of is the first Arguello fight and it definitely puts an asterisk next to that win for me. Either way though a fantastic fighter and I rate him highly.
@@JonP1245 I just think it's a little unfair to judge his whole career just on that 1 fight though. I can't think of too many of his fights where he even had to go a lot of rounds prior to the Arguello bout
Wow! He had a wonderful boxing flair, footwork and a strong punch. Aaron was one of the best super lightweights in boxing history. Thank you for your work, hanza
What Willie Pep did with the L/V step defensively and for counter punching, The Hawk did offensively and for pressure fighting. Phenomenal video showcasing how he uses traditionally defensive movements to position himself perfectly and become one of the most aggressive offensive boxers of all time. As they say, the best defense is a good offense!
The man was gone but never forgotten. He is one of the motivations that I have in life to keep training hard! A beast inside the boxing ring and one of the GOATs!
@@MrARodriguez1974 Pryor put all that to rest in the rematch. Im not dismissing that there was something in that bottle, just that he didnt actually need it to beat Alexis.
Dude this guy made movements and cut angles like he was a bird in the sky looking for prey or avoiding mountains every punch his opponent threw there was a movement or answer for it. All u can say is wow tbh
I've seen highlight reels of Pryor...but not like this 😁. I never noticed his right/rear foot feint or shift before. That closed the distance while setting up his right hand AND freezing his opponent...wow. Thank you for sharing this. ❤🥊
R.I.Power Aaron Pryor💐you were one of great Champion boxers with a awkward style but unstoppable. May your soul be granted heavenly paradise💐. 💯✊🏿🖤✊🏿⚔️
He was a master is just such a shame that he had his vices as he could have been THE best ever. He is one of Cincinnati's Finest along with Ezzard Charles. The Cobra and the Hawk! 🐍 🦅
I know now. When the fight is ongoing and your opponent isn't fresh and explosive. Having them throw is being in the eye of the tornado. Aaron is comfortable in the melee. He can choose when to time the opponent with his amazing counter punches.
A maestro in the ring. Floyd Mayweather put him and Pernell Whitaker on his Top 10 of all time list. His amateur record is ridiculous, including beating Tommy Hearns in Golden Gloves. A generational talent with skills that can’t be taught.
Good song selection for pryor i admit for a long time i didn't like him cause i saw him as a cheater from that first arguello fight but he was an aggressive fighter and gave an amateur tommy hearns the smoke.
@@dannyboy4140 yeah that arguello fight was kinda suspicious and it makes me question till this day whether he’d been using that “mixed drink” in previous fights
Pryor's perpetual motion style is similar to the style of Henry Armstrong. In my opinion, Pryor had better defense than Armstrong. Armstrong's defense was his offense.
Pryor was actually a short fighter but he whooped fighters way taller than him. He made Arguello look like a wimp when he ktfo lanky fighter. RIP Alexis
There was a reason Ray Learnard wanted know part of Pryor...He beg him for a fight...If Duran beat Ray the way he did Pryor would have steamrolled Ray...When they speak of the four kings they lift Pryor out...The four kings is Pryor and Hagler may they rest in peace Hearns and Pryor simply because they duck know one..
Aaron Pryor was a very well-rounded boxer. There was no attribute of boxing ability that he performed badly in. With that being said, Ray Leonard is at least one notch above Pryor, if we compare the two at their best. Leonard was very strong for a welterweight, had some of the fastest hands in boxing history as well as some of the best footwork in history. He was extremely intelligent and knew how to adapt to any style of boxing. He would simply be too much for Pryor at any point of their careers but that’s just my take
Actually the truth is that Pryor was saying he wanted to fight Leonard but when he was offered the fight he declined it saying he wouldn't get paid enough even thou it would've been the biggest pay of his career at the time. He was also offered Duran and declined it, so he can only blame himself for not creating a better legacy.
"If Duran beat Ray the way he did Pryor would have steamrolled Ray" No. Comparing Pryor's skillset (that of an elite swarmer) to Durán's (an elite boxer-puncher) is ridiculous. Pryor often left himself *too* wide open in his attempt to land a high volume of punches. The shots Argüello hit him with in their first fight would have been many times worst versus Leonard / Durán.
It never takes long for someone like this to surface any time Aaron Pryor is discussed. Leonard beats Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, and Duran. Pryor beats an aging moving up in weight Arguello. But then they wanna make it like it comes down to who Leonard didn't fight. Astounding reasoning. Like how many great fighters does Leonard need to fight between 1979-1981 to appease you haters? And how many weight divisions he is responsible for conquering? Can you name any other fighter who is required to take on every relevant opponent from junior welter all the way up to middleweight? Because that's all you're doing. You're calling out Ray Leonard for not taking on every opponent from three divisions. Meanwhile, Pryor gets a pass for staying at 140 where there was no one. He coulda dropped pounds and gotten some big fights at lightweight. He never moved up. So why is this all on Ray?
Pryor was a Volume puncher with power and was more than willing to get reckless to steamroll opponents where as Mayweather was a cautious counter puncher who picks his spots. Two skilled fighters but with very different mind sets and attributes.
ARGUELLO CONNECTED HIM WITH SOME GOOD RIGHT HANDS BUT VERY FEW TIMES AARON GOT HIT WITH A COMBINATION., HE GET RID OFF OF MOST COMBINATIONS WITH HEAD MOVEMENT AND LATERAL MOVEMENT.
That's an interesting request I've not seen that name mentioned in a while! I'll check to see what's available of his fights at some point and see what I can do.
I recall Quincy being well-underrated, but exceedingly dull. And kind of forgettable. He was probably the best of that middleweight dark period before B-Hop took over, when guys like Keith Holmes were on top. But he was darned-good, there's no denying that.
"Pryor was offered $750,000 to fight Roberto Durán in April 1981, but Pryor turned it down because his new attorney told him not to sign anything until he worked out a new contract with manager Buddy LaRosa." This was also AFTER the "No Mas" fight - when Durán was at a low - and much more beatable than before he moved up to 147 from 135. But Pryor still didn't go for it.
Aaron Pryor was a fighter that was constantly in perpetual motion swaying in from left and right attacking from all angles. Because of this however his general boxing abilities often got overlooked so that's what I wanted to showcase here. Pryor was a good amateur and achieved all time great status in the professional ranks, he even has a win over Thomas Hearns! The Hawk at his best. www.patreon.com/haNZAgod
What’s your opinion on the “mixed drink” controversy? Do you think he’d been using that to boost his stamina in previous other fights?
@@JonP1245 Very difficult to say because I just don't know. The only one that I know of is the first Arguello fight and it definitely puts an asterisk next to that win for me. Either way though a fantastic fighter and I rate him highly.
@@hanzagod oh skill wise for sure but I still question if his stamina really was that natural
@@JonP1245 I just think it's a little unfair to judge his whole career just on that 1 fight though. I can't think of too many of his fights where he even had to go a lot of rounds prior to the Arguello bout
@@hanzagod agreed
Wow! He had a wonderful boxing flair, footwork and a strong punch. Aaron was one of the best super lightweights in boxing history. Thank you for your work, hanza
Aaron Pryor Vs Kostya Tzyu, prime for prime. Who wins?
@@brandonlamb9067 Pryor in a tough fight
You always got what you paid for in an Aaron Pryor fight. Pugilistic entertainment.
Thanks for the upload, as always!
Pryor was truly free in that ring. People said Pryor would try out new moves on the fly
Looks like it
What Willie Pep did with the L/V step defensively and for counter punching, The Hawk did offensively and for pressure fighting. Phenomenal video showcasing how he uses traditionally defensive movements to position himself perfectly and become one of the most aggressive offensive boxers of all time. As they say, the best defense is a good offense!
Sandy owned Willie Pep
The man was gone but never forgotten. He is one of the motivations that I have in life to keep training hard! A beast inside the boxing ring and one of the GOATs!
Footwork is unbelievable
I saw freedom visualised. Thank you. I needed this ..especially now..amazing skills!
No wonder Floyd always gives him high praise. The sequences at 1:26 and 3:33 are brilliant
Floyd must has PTSD watching those again after facing Emanuel Augustus
OMG! WHAT A GREAT FIGHTER!
Thanks for the video!
One of my favourite boxers! His fights against Alexis Arguello and Kid Pambelé are legendary
He lost to Arguello. Ask Panama Luis what was in the bottle
@@MrARodriguez1974 Pryor put all that to rest in the rematch. Im not dismissing that there was something in that bottle, just that he didnt actually need it to beat Alexis.
@@oldschoolboxing6048 i can't agree. I'm not saying that Pryor was not good. Just when it came to Arguello he lost
@@oldschoolboxing6048 in the second match arguello was already past prime.
Pryor was a cheater 😡
Very nice highlight reel of Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor 💯.
The swarmer's swarmer.
Another great video to kick off the new year!
Dude this guy made movements and cut angles like he was a bird in the sky looking for prey or avoiding mountains every punch his opponent threw there was a movement or answer for it. All u can say is wow tbh
I've seen highlight reels of Pryor...but not like this 😁. I never noticed his right/rear foot feint or shift before. That closed the distance while setting up his right hand AND freezing his opponent...wow. Thank you for sharing this. ❤🥊
R.I.Power Aaron Pryor💐you were one of great Champion boxers with a awkward style but unstoppable. May your soul be granted heavenly paradise💐. 💯✊🏿🖤✊🏿⚔️
Once again this channel never disappoints lol
He was a master is just such a shame that he had his vices as he could have been THE best ever. He is one of Cincinnati's Finest along with Ezzard Charles. The Cobra and the Hawk! 🐍 🦅
Floyd
@@mutualinduction139 ?
Ricardo Williams Jr had so much potential. Broke his hand then Idk what happened. Dude had IT.
He was one of the best ever.
@@mutualinduction139 Pernell sweet pea Whitaker
Best boxing content period. You have a knack for finding good audio that fits the presence and style the fighters give. Good choice man 👌
1:15 that right slip and weave
He had excellent movement.
He can brawl,but most importantly had massive footwork and boxing ability, terrible guard magnificent skills
Wow his Angles and weaving motion,,,makes him hard to hit!! Extremely dangerous man.
I remember this song being used for your top most intimidating fighters list. This song came up when Aaron Pryor came on the list. Great choice
Excellent movement, speed and pressure. Jaron Ennis fight similar to him today
Very good shout. Never thought of that comparison but absolutely can see it.
@@oliveraherne5547 look at the movement. I see little Aaron in Shawn Porter too
Really,you're comparing the Hawk to booTS.You do know the Hawk only lost ONCE...!
@@mr.masses3202 what are you talking about
Nah Gary Antuanne Russell fights more like Aaron
Beautiful highlights 👌
I know now. When the fight is ongoing and your opponent isn't fresh and explosive. Having them throw is being in the eye of the tornado. Aaron is comfortable in the melee. He can choose when to time the opponent with his amazing counter punches.
Pryor's quick style really allow him to create angles, although it did leave him off balance
My word, it just gets better with time... Astonishing
Absolutely Beautiful Boxing 🥊🥊🥊👍👍👍
The Hawk Pryor.gimme the other bottle the one i mixed..classic at The Orange Bowl...305
what happend that 2nd fight with emmanuel steward in his corner classic
Turns out that bottle had some mercy in it because he had none in the second fight.
Relentless
My favorite of all time
Hell of a boxer 🥊 First Time seeing his highlights today , definitely one of the best overall boxers I've seen yet , elite elite
the year is 2023 my current location is Sydney Australia... I have just discovered Aaron Pryor... WOW
Just cant see anyone in any era beating a prime Pryor.
Specifically at 140 lbs? He's definitely a head to head nightmare for sure. Pryor is the greatest Super Lightweight of all time imo!
@@hanzagod yes at jr welter. I dont know if one has ever walked earth that could handle him from 1980-84.
Give me the other bottle. The one I mixed
Love the Hawk.
One of the Greatest super light weights of all time he would give anyone a hard night!!
Damn good tribute!
one of my fav fighters
I love ❤ watching Aaron box! Looks good with a mustache, too!
What time is it?
Hawk time!
Gonna miss not hearing that at the Boxing Hall of Fame week (if they ever have it again). He was one of the few that came every year.
He could really bring the fight to his opponent . It was like he could amp it up as the fight went along .
lol, the stare at the beginning...you already know he's gonna fk you up
Wow just wow
Wow IMPRESSIONANT
One of my favorite fighter. The beast.
Super underrated.
A maestro in the ring. Floyd Mayweather put him and Pernell Whitaker on his Top 10 of all time list. His amateur record is ridiculous, including beating Tommy Hearns in Golden Gloves. A generational talent with skills that can’t be taught.
Floyd's P4P list is awful lol
Floyd Jr. always seems to leave out Sugar Ray Leonard lol. I guess he felt Leonard disrespected his dad in their fight.@@hanzagod
Pryor was marvelous!!!
Not like Pryor
Good song selection for pryor i admit for a long time i didn't like him cause i saw him as a cheater from that first arguello fight but he was an aggressive fighter and gave an amateur tommy hearns the smoke.
Great instincts and creativity
If Pernell Whitaker was ultra instinct this guy has to be Jiren the Grey he damn near had limitless stamina and fight endurance 🌹🥊
@@dannyboy4140 yeah that arguello fight was kinda suspicious and it makes me question till this day whether he’d been using that “mixed drink” in previous fights
@@JonP1245 it was asthma pills and he didnt
@@zach-iq9xy I’m just saying, nothing against his incredible skill and career
Es un maestro, sus movimientos los hace a la perfección.
Pryor's perpetual motion style is similar to the style of Henry Armstrong. In my opinion, Pryor had better defense than Armstrong. Armstrong's defense was his offense.
You see why Ray Leonard wanted no parts of him.
I don't.
Would've been a fantastic match with a prime Duran!!
Panama Lewis wouldnt let it happen, they were once close to fighting each other.
The most skilled boxer ever!
Pryor was actually a short fighter but he whooped fighters way taller than him. He made Arguello look like a wimp when he ktfo lanky fighter. RIP Alexis
No
Great video, great eminem instrumental
Hawk time
One of the best USA amateurs aswel!!
Aaron Pryor hit with both hands with the same resourcefulness. I'd like to see you fight Salvador Sanchez.
What time is it !!!!
Hawk time!!!
goat
There was a reason Ray Learnard wanted know part of Pryor...He beg him for a fight...If Duran beat Ray the way he did Pryor would have steamrolled Ray...When they speak of the four kings they lift Pryor out...The four kings is Pryor and Hagler may they rest in peace Hearns and Pryor simply because they duck know one..
Aaron Pryor was a very well-rounded boxer. There was no attribute of boxing ability that he performed badly in. With that being said, Ray Leonard is at least one notch above Pryor, if we compare the two at their best. Leonard was very strong for a welterweight, had some of the fastest hands in boxing history as well as some of the best footwork in history. He was extremely intelligent and knew how to adapt to any style of boxing. He would simply be too much for Pryor at any point of their careers but that’s just my take
Actually the truth is that Pryor was saying he wanted to fight Leonard but when he was offered the fight he declined it saying he wouldn't get paid enough even thou it would've been the biggest pay of his career at the time. He was also offered Duran and declined it, so he can only blame himself for not creating a better legacy.
"If Duran beat Ray the way he did Pryor would have steamrolled Ray"
No. Comparing Pryor's skillset (that of an elite swarmer) to Durán's (an elite boxer-puncher) is ridiculous. Pryor often left himself *too* wide open in his attempt to land a high volume of punches. The shots Argüello hit him with in their first fight would have been many times worst versus Leonard / Durán.
Duran and Pryor are different fighters.
It never takes long for someone like this to surface any time Aaron Pryor is discussed. Leonard beats Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, and Duran. Pryor beats an aging moving up in weight Arguello. But then they wanna make it like it comes down to who Leonard didn't fight. Astounding reasoning. Like how many great fighters does Leonard need to fight between 1979-1981 to appease you haters? And how many weight divisions he is responsible for conquering? Can you name any other fighter who is required to take on every relevant opponent from junior welter all the way up to middleweight? Because that's all you're doing. You're calling out Ray Leonard for not taking on every opponent from three divisions. Meanwhile, Pryor gets a pass for staying at 140 where there was no one. He coulda dropped pounds and gotten some big fights at lightweight. He never moved up. So why is this all on Ray?
Pacquiao before Pacquiao
Aaron Pryor was like the before version of Floyd Mayweather JR and Sweetpea imho.
The cincinati hawk was a sharp man in that ring rip to him
Зачёт !
Say what you want about the whole “mixed bottle” controversy, but one thing is undeniable:
Aaron Pryor was a mean son of a gun.
TBE doesn't constantly mention this master all the time for no reason. The similarities are uncanny! Mayweather is Pryor.
Pryor was a Volume puncher with power and was more than willing to get reckless to steamroll opponents where as Mayweather was a cautious counter puncher who picks his spots. Two skilled fighters but with very different mind sets and attributes.
Dope
i see flyod have some arron style
ARGUELLO CONNECTED HIM WITH SOME GOOD RIGHT HANDS BUT VERY FEW TIMES AARON GOT HIT WITH A COMBINATION., HE GET RID OFF OF MOST COMBINATIONS WITH HEAD MOVEMENT AND LATERAL MOVEMENT.
Can you do one on Quincy Taylor?
That's an interesting request I've not seen that name mentioned in a while! I'll check to see what's available of his fights at some point and see what I can do.
I recall Quincy being well-underrated, but exceedingly dull. And kind of forgettable. He was probably the best of that middleweight dark period before B-Hop took over, when guys like Keith Holmes were on top. But he was darned-good, there's no denying that.
@@hanzagod how about mark breland?
@@legendofawwsheet5883 Got one here already: th-cam.com/video/W8VnuexP4c0/w-d-xo.html
I wish he moved up to welterweight to face tougher competition like Leonard. Did he fight Duran 🤔
He was going to fight Leonard, but Sugar Ray got that eye injury.
"Pryor was offered $750,000 to fight Roberto Durán in April 1981, but Pryor turned it down because his new attorney told him not to sign anything until he worked out a new contract with manager Buddy LaRosa."
This was also AFTER the "No Mas" fight - when Durán was at a low - and much more beatable than before he moved up to 147 from 135. But Pryor still didn't go for it.
Who is that at 0:48?
A past prime Alexis Arguello .
@@Xmj6919 oh, i see why he looks like he had good technique.
The fantasy fight to see would have been Aaron Pryor vs. Manny Pacquiao.
Everything combinations
The one man Sugar Ray Leonard stayed away from, and I don't blame him.
HAWK TIME
I can se a little Emanuel Augustus on there
Augustus + Pacquiao = Pryor
A shame that Pryor doesn't get the same love as the 4 Kings
Probably because of that bottle controversy and plus he never fought any of the 4 kings
Scariest super lightweight of all time, he was a skilled demon in the ring
Defensive juggernaut
In my sense only he had the ability to beat Mayweather
미국 🇺🇸 프로복싱 세계챔피언
신시내티 폭풍💞아론 프라이어
훌륭한 프로복서 이였죠 💫
Reckless at times
But could Box
Aaron Pryor - Defensive Skills & Boxing Ability and a bottle of that shit I mixed. 🤣
Haters gonna hate!
@@hanzagod😂😂
What is that beat tho?
Eminem - Soldier (Instrumental)
Tanks boxing twin
El peleador más sucio de la historia
Pryor doesn't get the value he deserves.
I loved Sugar Ray but Arron would have gave him fits.
This is not a man u wanna fight trust me
Sugar Ray Leonard ducked Aaron Pryor.
豆花妹終於大方談阿璞...關鍵原因曝光 情牽5年甜放閃❤️：小氣鬼
God given talent leaves you sad regrets how he passed away nothing be accountable for only for those greedy humans that used him financially 😂😂😂😂😂
Gervonta brought me here
What did he say about Pryor?