THE SIDELINES : Pryor Cleared to Box in Canada
Aaron Pryor, who has been denied licenses to box in New York, California and several other states because of an eye problem, has received permission from the Manitoba Boxing and Wrestling Commission to fight in Winnipeg, Canada.
Pryor, 34, a former junior welterweight champion from Cincinnati, has also scheduled an eye examination in the hope of winning approval to be reinstated in New York state.
Buck Matiowski, Manitoba commissioner, said he has accepted Pryor’s latest medical report and will grant him a boxing license, provided Pryor passes a physical one week before a bout. The Manitoba commission granted approval after reviewing a report by Dr. Robert Osher, director of the Cincinnati Eye Institute. Osher examined Pryor on June 23 and concluded that he should be able to continue boxing.
Osher said cataracts in Pryor’s left eye have healed. But the ophthalmologist said, “You have to assume his uncorrected vision is 20/200 or less.”
Pryor underwent surgery last year to repair a detached retina. He has normal vision in his right eye.
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