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Aaron Pryor and Alexis Arguello Boxing Glove Autographs
Boxing Hall of famers Aaron 'The Hawk' Pryor
and Alexis Arguello signed Boxing Glove. This wonderful
item comes complete with our Certificate of Authenticity
and photographs of the signing, plus all the attached security
holograms, so you can be rest assured you are buying a genuine
autograph.
Pryor &
Arguello
£99.00
The Battle of the Champions, a term used by
promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12 1982 boxing
match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Arguello.
Arguello had previously won three boxing titles
and hoped to become the first boxer ever to win world titles
in all four divisions. The broadcaster, HBO, had televised
two of Arguello's previous fights. Pryor had no previous
telecasts on that network, despite a record of 31 wins and
no losses, with 29 knockouts.
Before the fight, a man with a weapon tried
to gain access to Arguello's dressing room, but he was stopped
by members of the public. Arguello was rushed by his handlers
into a shower and shielded. The man later was arrested.
The fight began without further incidents.
Pryor took on the attack to Arguello in the first four rounds,
setting the stage for the rounds that followed, in which
it was unclear which boxer would win.
Pryor, however, had taken a slight advantage
on the judge's cards. By round eleven it looked as if Arguello
would go out soon. In the twelfth, however, he reacted vigorously,
and had Pryor shaking from various right hands and lefts
to the head.
At the end of the round, at Pryor's corner,
Panama Lewis (who was later convicted for removing padding
from another one of his boxer's gloves in a fight and ultimately
leading to the death of that boxer's rival) introduced a
mysterious bottle which seemed to re-invigorate Pryor when
he came back for round 13. When somebody noticed that the
bottle had been brought from outside the ring into Pryor's
corner in between rounds, a controversy broke out and lasted
for months, after which the WBA issued an order for a rematch,
which was fought September 15th, 1983.
Whatever that bottle contained will always
remain a mystery, but in the thirteenth round Pryor punished
Arguello with rights and lefts from all angles. Arguello
wasn't going to give up, however, and came out for the 14th
trying to overcome the odds. Pryor buckled his knees in
the ring center and Arguello backpedaled, with Pryor in
hot pursuit. When Pryor caught Arguello against the ropes,
he launched a frightening 19 punch combination that left
Arguello helpless and almost falling out of the ring. Referee
Stanley Christodoulou of South Africa had no choice but
to stop the fight. The fight became known as the "fight
of the decade" by Ring Magazine and one of the greatest
battles of all time.
Pryor and Arguello fought 10 months later
in another match in Las Vegas, Pryor winning again by a
knockout in ten rounds. Both men retired after the second
match.
