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Aaron Pryor
(the "Hawk")

BORN   October 20 1955; Cincinnati, Ohio
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 136 3/4-154 lbs

Pryor was a non-stop fighting machine who seemingly never tired; He threw punches - lefts and rights - from all angles; He possessed great stamina and was relentless in his attack; He could dish it out and take it too; Aaron scored a knockout in 87.5 percent of his bouts

During his career, he won the WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World and the IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World

The "Hawk" defeated such men as Alexis Arguello, Antonio Cervantes, Gary Hinton, Sang Hyun Kim, Nick Furlano, Dujuan Johnson, Akio Kameda, Miguel Montilla, Johnny Summerhays, Alfonso "Peppermint" Frazer, Al Ford, Leonidas Asprilla, Danny Myers, Gaetan Hart and Lennox Blackmoore

Herb Goldman ranked Pryor as the #5 All-Time Lightweight; Aaron was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996 and the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001

*** AMATEUR BOUTS (204-16) ***
 
1973
          -Pryor won the National AAU Lightweight Championship

1975
          -Pryor won the National AAU Lightweight Championship

1976
          -Pryor was an Lightweight alternate for the Olympic Games

          -Pryor won the National Golden Gloves Lightweight Championship


*** PROFESSIONAL  BOUTS ***

1976
Nov 12 Larry Smith                Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  2

1977
Feb  1 Larry Moore                Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  3
          -Some sources report "KO 4"
Feb 24 Harvey Wilson              Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  1
Mar 12 Nicky Wills                Lincoln Heights, Oh                KO  1
Mar 26 Isaac Vega                 Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  2
May  7 Jose Resto                 Cincinnati, Oh                      W  8
Sep  3 Melvin Young               Covington, Oh                      KO  4
Oct  7 Johnny Summerhays          Cincinnati, Oh                      W  8
Nov  4 Angel Cintron              Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  3

1978
Jan 16 Robert Tijernia            Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  2
Mar  1 Ron Pettigrew              Dayton, Oh                         TK  5
Mar 10 Alfred Franklin            Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  3
May  3 Scotty Foreman             Miami Beach, Fl                    TK  6
Jul 18 Marion Thomas              Dayton, Oh                         KO  8

1979
Mar 16 Johnny Copeland            Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  7
Apr 13 Norman Goins               Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  9
Apr 27 Freddie Harris             Dayton, Oh                         KO  3
May 11 Al Ford                    Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  4
Jun 23 Jose Fernandez             Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  1
Oct 20 Alfonso "Peppermint" Frazer Cincinnati, Oh                    KO  5

1980
Feb 24 Juan Garcia                Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  1
Mar 16 Julio Valdez               Miami, Fl                          KO  4
Apr 13 Leonidas Asprilla          Kansas City, Mo                    TK 10
Jun 20 Carl Crowley               Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  1
Aug  2 Antonio Cervantes          Cincinnati, Oh                     KO  4
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov  1 Danny Myers                Dayton, Oh                         TK  3
Nov 22 Gaetan Hart                Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  6
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1981
Jun 27 Lennox Blackmore           Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  2
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 14 Dujuan Johnson             Cleveland, Oh                      TK  7
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1982
Mar 21 Miguel Montilla            Atlantic City, NJ                  TK 12
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul  4 Akio Kameda                Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  6
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 12 Alexis Arguello            Miami, Fl                          TK 14
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1983
Apr  2 Sang-Hyun Kim              Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  3
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

Sep  9 Alexis Arguello            Las Vegas, Nv                      KO 10
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

Dec    -Pryor relinquished the WBA Light Welterweight Championship;
          The IBF declared Pryor the Light Welterweight Champion

1984 
Jun 22 Nicky Furlano              Toronto, Ont, Can                   W 15
          -IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1985
Mar  2 Gary Hinton                Atlantic City, NJ                   W 15
          -IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World

Dec    -Pryor relinquished the IBF Light Welterweight Championship

1987
Aug  8 Bobby Joe Young            Fort Lauderdale, Fl                LT  7

1988
Dec 15 Hermino Morales            Rochester, NY                      KO  3

1990
May 16 Darryl Jones               Madison, Wi                        KO  3
Dec  4 Roger Choate               Norman, Ok                         TK  7


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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