I'll give him a shot. Pryor loved to overwhelm guys with his herky-jerky style & high activity level. He's going to be relegated to trying to wade through Taylor's electric storm of combinations & try to land clean through the Taylor guard. That isn't as easy as it sometimes looked when Taylor was switched on. Also, this doesn't get mentioned much, but I felt Taylor's chances against Chavez in that first bout were hurt a little by his knee injury. I thought he'd lost a little pace of foot ever after, & it probably made him a little more available to Chavez than the pre-injury Taylor would've been. I think he has a chance to break up Pryor's rhythm early & keep him guessing long enough to stay a step ahead on the cards --- something like 7-5, or 7-4-1. He has a chance, but it's probably a slim chance. The likely reality for mine is that Pryor's assault --- less methodical than that of Chavez --- is seriously problematic for Taylor, & when he starts to trade after a few rounds, he isn't going to catch the best of it down the stretch.
This is what I'm thinking. Taylor was too brawl happy for The Hawk. Plus with Pryor's quick footwork and angles he'd pretty much force Taylor into a war. Taylor gets tagged up more and more as the fight goes on, and I think by the 9th or 10th he's overwhelmed and stopped.
Blisters for the CompuBox guys at ring side, but it comes down to Pryor having a major advantage in power and stamina... he stops Meldrick late
