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While a great fighter, Aaron Pryor would not match up well with Thomas Hearns or Sugar Ray Leonard. Besides being truly great fighters, both Hearns and Leonard were too big for Pryor.

- Chuck Johnston

elmersalsa wrote: ↑28 May 2019, 12:06 The people from his hometown of Cincinnati, OH believed that, too. Are you from Cincinnati?

No. Hartlepool, England.

Chuck1052 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 15:28 While a great fighter, Aaron Pryor would not match up well with Thomas Hearns or Sugar Ray Leonard. Besides being truly great fighters, both Hearns and Leonard were too big for Pryor.

- Chuck Johnston

When you say “not match up well” I assume you’re choosing to ignore the win in the amateurs against a certain Thomas Hearns?

That happened. That wasn’t a mythical match up. No ‘What If here...

TheGoods wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 05:28 When you say “not match up well” I assume you’re choosing to ignore the win in the amateurs against a certain Thomas Hearns?

That happened. That wasn’t a mythical match up. No ‘What If here...

Pinto beat cotto too

TheGoods wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 05:28 When you say “not match up well” I assume you’re choosing to ignore the win in the amateurs against a certain Thomas Hearns?

That happened. That wasn’t a mythical match up. No ‘What If here...

Thomas Hearns was not scoring that many knockouts in the amateurs. It certainly was a far different story in the pros. A lightweight or a junior welterweight did not belong in the ring with an extremely tall welterweight like Hearns in the pros, especially when you consider the fact that Hearns was one of the most devastating punchers during his era.

- Chuck Johnston

He was the most devastating puncher of his era.