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controversy surrounding the first

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fight led to a rematch. The rematch

proved to be another exciting fight,
Pryor was entering this fight with

but more one-sided and Pryor stopped
a huge chip on his shoulder. It
him even sooner, knocking him down
was his chance to show the boxing

twice before finally stopping him in
establishment it had not given him the tenth round. Pryor would go on
his due, and his plan was to take out
to make a few more title defences
his frustrations on Arguello. For

before suffering his first loss, against
Arguello, it was business as usual
an unassuming opponent. It was
and he seemed relatively unfazed by
later revealed that Pryor was battling
Pryor’s antics and demeanour.
cocaine addiction which would
When fans reminisce of the best shorten his career and not allow him
first round in boxing, Hagler-Hearns to reach the heights his talent called

comes to the minds of many. But if for. He finished with a 39-1, 35 KO’s

any other first round could give it a ledger. Today, he is a minister.
However, unlike previous Arguello to overthrow the Nicaraguan
run for its money, or even surpass fights, Pryor was not wilting from government at the time. Three Arguello would fight again, but

it, it was the first round of Arguello-

the fists of the great Arguello. He years earlier, Arguello was given a also had his battle with cocaine
Pryor. Pryor was the hunter, looking
was soaking up the punishment and Sandinista fl ag, after his victory over addiction (hey it was the 80’s). After
to make his point that this was his
smiling, asking for more. Then fans Bazooka Limon, and he draped it a couple ill -advised comebacks, he
turf and make Arguello realize
saw Pryor begin to box and move, over his shoulders while celebrating fi nally retired in 1995 with a 77-8,
it’s a different punch in this new
a style no one had seen from him his victory. However, as time passed, 62 KO’s record. He entered politics
division and was throwing heat-
yet. His footwork and boxing ability Arguello began to disapprove of the in his native Nicaragua. In 2008, he
seeking missiles, going for an early
started to dictate the pace and bring strong-arm tactics of the Sandinista was elected Mayor in Managua, the
knockout. Arguello, though typically

him back into the fight and allow Army, leading him to refuse to help nation’s capital.
methodical in the early going, was
him to find the chin of Arguello all them in their campaign. This resulted

caught off-guard yet still all the more too regularly. Though Arguello was in his own mother being evicted from On July 1, 2009, Arguello was
content with accommodating Pryor’s still landing hellacious shots of his her home, and him having to take his found dead. The autopsy concluded

bum rushes with his own well timed it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound

own, this fight was becoming a case family and fl ee to Miami, Florida to
bombs. The result was mayhem, to the heart. However, some reports
of not who can dish it out better, start a new life.
which had fans on their feet all have leaked that foul play was
but who can take it better. Pryor’s If that weren’t enough, more odd
night. One thing Pryor and Arguello involved and he was killed by the
chin was holding up to some vicious happenings occurred during the fight.

can say, that Hagler and Hearns highest echelons of the government.
punishment, with his legs no worse Throughout the fight, TV cameras

cannot…is that these guys didn’t just

for wear. Whereas, Arguello was caught Pryor’s trainer Panama Lewis Luis Resto, another fighter trained
keep up this pace for 3 rounds. They
starting to wilt, heading into the asking for a second water bottle by Panama Lewis, revealed in a 2009
repeated Round 1- 13.
championship rounds. and TV catching him say “the one documentary, that Panama would
What ensued was Pryor sweeping I mixed”. One could use that as an break apart antihistamine pills, a
It all culminated to a brutal
the early rounds with his blistering end in round 14. The punches of explanation to Pryor’s unrelenting pharmaceutical drug, and pour the
high output attack, forcing Arguello vigour and energy and tremendous medicine into his water. Resto

Pryor finally began to catch up to

to constantly fight in retreat mode. ability to recover from the punches claimed it gave him greater lung
Arguello, leaving him helpless on

Arguello was gallantly fighting back of Arguello. No one will ever know capacity in his fights. One year after
the ropes and the referee having to
and having his moments, he was what was in that bottle as the Miami Pryor-Arguello 1, Panama Lewis was
save him from further punishment.
being overwhelmed by Pryor’s speed Like many great boxing stories, this commission was a new commission banned from boxing for life, after
and pace. at the time, and mistakenly never being convicted of removing padding
one does not go without controversy.
However, by the 7th round, Pryor Before the fi ght, a man with a weapon, conducted a urine sample for both from the gloves of Luis Resto in his

finally began to slow down, and the attempted to enter Arguello’s dressing fighters after the fight. Other boxing fight with Billy Collins, which led
punches Arguello was landing in room. He was escorted away by insiders will say it wouldn’t have to the end of Collins’ boxing career.
Collins later suffered from depression
between many of Pryor’s combos, security, and Arguello’s team had mattered what was in that mysterious and would allegedly commit suicide.
were finally starting to take their toll. Arguello shielded in the shower. bottle, and that Pryor’s mindset that

The middle rounds began looking The man was later arrested. Playing night was in a special place and his Ring magazine named Pryor-

like a typical Arguello fight, breaking conspiracy theorist, one must wonder desire to prove his worth was not Arguello 1 the fight of the decade.

his opponent down with vicious if any of this was linked to Arguello’s going to be denied on that night. Aaron Pryor and Alexis Arguello are

body punches and well-timed right refusal to work with the Rebel Army Neither fighter was the same after both in the International Boxing Hall
hands upstairs. Sandinista, which was attempting the night of November 12, 1982. The of Fame.