On This Day In Boxing History!

Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I

November 12th, 1982

WBA World Super Lightweight Title

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida     

The Truth Behind Aaron Pryor’s Black Bottle features former boxer Luis Resto discussing his trainer and manager, Panama Lewis, and the controversial bottle used during Aaron Pryor’s first fight against Alexis Argüello. Resto alleges that Lewis mixed crushed asthma medication into water to help fighters feel less tired and more energized. The interview then expands into a discussion of illegal tactics that Resto associates with Lewis’s training.

Resto’s relationship with Lewis is important to understanding his account: he was describing his own trainer’s methods, not merely repeating stories about another boxing figure. Their partnership became infamous following Resto’s June 1983 fight against Billy Collins Jr., when padding was found to have been removed from Resto’s gloves. Both men were subsequently convicted in connection with the glove-tampering case. That history provides significant context for the interview, although it does not prove the separate allegations about Pryor’s bottle.

“The controversy remained unresolved in part because no post-fight urine test was conducted. Pryor’s camp maintained that no one requested a sample, leaving no drug-test evidence to confirm or disprove the allegations surrounding the bottle.”

November 12th

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1972: Jesus Chavez born.

1973: Alfonso Hayman W10 Eddie Davis 

1976: Aaron Pryor – pro debut KO2 Larry Smith

1978: Ricardo Cardona W15 Soon Hyun Chung

1982: Aaron Pryor KO14 Alexis Arguello

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