Aaron Pryor’s Lone Defeat Showed How Quickly Retirement Can Undo Greatness
Aaron Pryor learned the hard way that greatness does not protect a fighter once he steps back into the ring after walking away, and Floyd Mayweather’s refusal to return to real competition shows he understood that danger long ago. Pryor entered June 1987 unbeaten after 36 fights, with 32 knockouts, returning following more than two years out of the ring. His previous appearance had been a split…














