lol video of sweet ray leonard shook of aaron pryor.....

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6:30 look at his eyes jajaaja

Lol. Leonard pwned Pryor there.

"It's my show. Any other questions?"

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Pryor should have accepted the $500,000 offer to fight Leonard.

I used to like Legendary Nights. Now people have almost made me hate the show.

I'm with you on that one.

If I never have to hear another "Chavez ruined Taylor" or "Leonard ducked Pryor" comment again, I'll be satisfied.

Leonard did not duck Pryor. Leonard was worthy of more money than what Pryor offered him, and Ray turned him down.

If they had fought, Ray Leonard would've put on a masterclass against Pryor. You're talking about a guy who was capable of making Hearns, Hagler, and Duran look like chumps at times.

And little 140lbs Aaron Pryor had him shook?

Yeah right.

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I'm with you on that one.

If I never have to hear another "Chavez ruined Taylor" or "Leonard ducked Pryor" comment again, I'll be satisfied.

Leonard did not duck Pryor. Leonard was worthy of more money than what Pryor offered him, and Ray turned him down.

If they had fought, Ray Leonard would've put on a masterclass against Pryor. You're talking about a guy who was capable of making Hearns, Hagler, and Duran look like chumps at times.

And little 140lbs Aaron Pryor had him shook?

Yeah right.

I find Trinidad-Vargas and Chavez-Taylor similar in terms of the declines of the losing fighters. Young champs who were decorated amateurs (though Vargas didn't do well in Atlanta in 96') and suffered brutal beatings in their first defeats to more experienced champs. People often say "ruined" in their defeats, but often that term is used as an exaggeration. Both guys took too much punishment in general. Taylor liked to get into exchanges too often and Vargas had some pretty grueling fights with Wright and Quartey before fighting Tito. I thought both guys were still pretty good after their losses, even if they weren't the same. I think Taylor beating Davis for a title @ 147 was better than anything Vargas did post-Trinidad, and he also didn't look as shaky in the 2nd Ramos fight as Vargas did in his 2 fights post-Tito. Maybe the Stanozol helped, but Vargas actually looked pretty good against DLH for most of the fight. Definitely better than his previous 2 bouts. But he ended up suffering another devastating TKO loss and had those back injuries.

Taylor was bound to have a short lifespan at the top level IMO, due to style, weight problems, and the talent pool at 147 during the time. Taylor moved up to 147 after Chavez I, citing weight issues. He did make 140 four years later but that might've just been a desperate effort for one last big payday. Taylor was a short, stocky, hittable guy and WW around the early to mid 90s had guys like Trinidad, Quartey, Espana, stablemate Whitaker.

Unless he's protected by management well, or is able to go back down to 140, I don't think he would've had much longevity anyway.