Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I - Nov 12, 1982 - Entire fight - Rounds 1 - 14

Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I
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Aaron Pryor defends his WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World against Alexis Arguello. The fight had been given alot of media attention and was considered a sure Fight of the Year winner. The fight didn't disappoint, but it didn't get Fight of the Year, however it got ranked #8 in the 100 Greatest Fights of all time by Ring Magazine in 1996. The fight also had some controversy, as 'Panama' Lewis, the trainer of Pryor requested a specific bottle of which Pryor was to drink from; 'The one that I mixed'. The fight ended in the next round, and no urin test was administered by the Miami Boxing Commision after the bout. Because of this, they had a rematch 10 months later.
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Their records at the time
Aaron Pryor: 31-0
Alexis Arguello: 77-5

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[chifuli1974]

I know that bottle had something, you don't mix water with water. Afterwards Luis Resto confessed that Panama use to put stimulants in their water, among the dirty tricks that Lewis employed for his fighters. Glad that scumbag is out of boxing, at least out of corners, cause he does still train fighters...

[nightcbs]

Aaron Pryor would have destroyed Ray Leonard, to bad Leonard did everything to aviod the fight. it would have been a great match. what a pussy Leonard was.

[farrell360]

@nicablackmamba Well he won the second fight and was pretty dominant, I don't think Pryor is to blame.

[isidro28nd]

EN LOS AMBITOS DE LA VIDA, NUNCA ES AGRADABLE PERDER, PERO DE LA FORMA QUE PERDIO ALEXIS ME SIENTO ORGULLOSO DE MI COMPATRIOTA NUNCA REHUYO EL COMBATE, ESO ES LO QUE TIENE QUE HACER UN RETADOR, A ALEXIS LE SOBRABAN HUEVOS...GRANDE ALEXIS ORGULLO NICA...

[isidro28nd]

ALEXIS HASTA EN LAS DERROTAS SIEMPRE FUISTES GRANDE, EN ESE PRIMER ROUND NO HUBO NADA DE ESTUDIO ESOS GANCHOS DE IZQUIERDA DE ARGUELLO AL MENOS UNO DE ESO SI HUBIERA IMPACTADO A PRYOR HUBIERA SIDO OTRA COSA....

[jzw1953]

This was a lighter weight version of the thrilla in manilla. Fought a a fierce pace. one of my top 5 all time great fights I seen

[MrSmoothandjazzy]

Great fight it was. What makes this win legitimate is that Pryor went on to beat Arguello again, in the same fashion, by putting him down on the canvas.That black bottle made no difference in this fight. Suck it up with and face reality nay sayers. Simply put Pryor was a stronger fighter.

[DuUbermensh]

I have to say: If Aaron Pryor wasn't cheating, then someone is crazy. The whole time all you heard the commentators say was to the effect of, "wow I can't believe that this guy is still standing after taking those kinds of punches." I have seen the fight before and I asked myself the same thing, because IT HURT ME JUST WATCHING PRYOR GET PUNCHED ON THE CHIN SO HARD. That is also part of it: Pryor was getting his head snapped back all night long. I just couldn't believe my eyes.

[Zerrick80]

43:20 Thumbs up if u see the fan with no shirt on...WTF???

[bertelliish]

Pryor the best of the lot i give arguello props for his courage but pryor was just too good and he COULD TAKE A PUNCH!! pryor is king period

[marcus1961]

Whoever put this fight up.....THANK YOU. My father and sister saw this fight on HBO what a great fight

[camflint72]

@torr59622 I totally agree and it lessens the chance for a draw