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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 39 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 10 |
Title-Fight KOs | 9 |
KO Wins | 35 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years, Aaron Pryor fought 40 times with 39 wins and a single loss.
Pryor retired from professional boxing with a record of 39-1, which included one world-championship elevation, two world-title wins, and 10 successful title defense fights at the super-lightweight weight division. He had a 87.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 35 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights. The only loss in Pryor's career was a 7th round TKO loss to Bobby Joe Young, which was not in a title fight.
His last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Roger Choate on December 4, 1990.
Some of Pryor's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Alexis Argüello and Antonio Cervantes), Kim Sang-hyun, Akio Kameda, Dujuan Johnson, Lennox Blackmoore, and Gaétan Hart.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Dec 4, 1990 | 35 | Roger Choate | Win | TKO7 |
39 | May 16, 1990 | 34 | Darryl Jones | Win | KO3 |
38 | Dec 15, 1988 | 33 | Herminio Morales | Win | KO3 |
37 | Aug 8, 1987 | 31 | Bobby Joe Young | Loss | TKO7 |
36 | Mar 2, 1985 | 29 | Gary Hinton | Win * | SD |
35 | Jun 22, 1984 | 28 | Nick Furlano | Win * | UD |
34 | Sep 9, 1983 | 27 | Alexis Argüello | Win * | KO10 |
33 | Apr 2, 1983 | 27 | Kim Sang-hyun | Win * | TKO3 |
32 | Nov 12, 1982 | 27 | Alexis Argüello | Win * | TKO14 |
31 | Jul 4, 1982 | 26 | Akio Kameda | Win * | TKO6 |
30 | Mar 21, 1982 | 26 | Miguel Montilla | Win * | TKO12 |
29 | Nov 14, 1981 | 26 | Dujuan Johnson | Win * | TKO7 |
28 | Jun 27, 1981 | 25 | Lennox Blackmoore | Win * | TKO2 |
27 | Nov 22, 1980 | 25 | Gaétan Hart | Win * | TKO6 |
26 | Nov 1, 1980 | 25 | Danny Myers | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Aug 2, 1980 | 24 | Antonio Cervantes | Win * | KO4 |
24 | Jun 20, 1980 | 24 | Carl Crowley | Win | KO1 |
23 | Apr 13, 1980 | 24 | Leonidas Asprilla | Win | TKO10 |
22 | Mar 16, 1980 | 24 | Julio Valdez | Win | TKO4 |
21 | Feb 24, 1980 | 24 | Juan Garcia | Win | KO1 |
20 | Oct 20, 1979 | 24 | Alfonso Frazer | Win | TKO5 |
19 | Jun 23, 1979 | 23 | Jose Fernandez | Win | KO1 |
18 | May 11, 1979 | 23 | Al Ford | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Apr 27, 1979 | 23 | Freddie Harris | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Apr 13, 1979 | 23 | Norman Goins | Win | KO9 |
15 | Mar 16, 1979 | 23 | Johnny Copeland | Win | KO7 |
14 | Jul 18, 1978 | 22 | Marion Thomas | Win | KO8 |
13 | May 3, 1978 | 22 | Scotty Foreman | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Mar 10, 1978 | 22 | Al Franklin | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Mar 1, 1978 | 22 | Ron Pettigrew | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Jan 16, 1978 | 22 | Robert Tijernia | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Nov 11, 1977 | 22 | Angel Cintron | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Oct 7, 1977 | 21 | Johnny Summerhays | Win | UD |
7 | Sep 3, 1977 | 21 | Melvin Young | Win | KO4 |
6 | May 7, 1977 | 21 | Jose Resto | Win | UD |
5 | Mar 26, 1977 | 21 | Isaac Vega | Win | KO2 |
4 | Mar 12, 1977 | 21 | Nick Wills | Win | KO1 |
3 | Feb 1, 1977 | 21 | Harvey Wilson | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Feb 1, 1977 | 21 | Larry Moore | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Nov 12, 1976 | 21 | Larry Smith | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Aaron Pryor (The Hawk) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. on October 20, 1955. He was a super-lightweight world champion. He died on October 9, 2016 at the age of 60 years. Pryor was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1996. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1976 to 1990.
Pryor made his professional boxing debut against Larry Smith at the age of 21 on November 12, 1976, defeating Smith via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 31 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on August 2, 1980 after 24 professional fights, against Antonio Cervantes for the super-lightweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Cervantes via 4th round KO to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Pryor won two world titles at super-lightweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Pryor's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Pryor had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Roger Choate at 35 years of age, on December 4, 1990. Pryor won the fight via 7th round TKO.
Pryor had a total of 11 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and 10 successful title defenses. He won all 11 of these fights.
Aaron Pryor fought for super-lightweight world titles once, which he won via KO. In total, he won two super-lightweight belts. He was elevated as world champion once, by IBF.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Aug 2, 1980 | Antonio Cervantes | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Aaron Pryor had 10 super-lightweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 2, 1985 | Gary Hinton | Super-lightweight | IBF | SD |
Jun 22, 1984 | Nick Furlano | Super-lightweight | IBF | UD |
Sep 9, 1983 | Alexis Argüello | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Apr 2, 1983 | Kim Sang-hyun | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 12, 1982 | Alexis Argüello | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jul 4, 1982 | Akio Kameda | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Mar 21, 1982 | Miguel Montilla | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 14, 1981 | Dujuan Johnson | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jun 27, 1981 | Lennox Blackmoore | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 22, 1980 | Gaétan Hart | Super-lightweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Pryor fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 11 world-title fights at the super-lightweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
August 2, 1980: Pryor wins his first world titles by defeating Antonio Cervantes via 4th round KO. He is now the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight world champion.
November 22, 1980: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Gaétan Hart, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
June 27, 1981: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Lennox Blackmoore, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
November 14, 1981: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Dujuan Johnson, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
July 4, 1982: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Akio Kameda, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
November 12, 1982: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Alexis Argüello, winning the fight via 14th round TKO.
April 2, 1983: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Kim Sang-hyun, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
September 9, 1983: Pryor successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Alexis Argüello, winning the fight via 10th round KO.
Pryor knocked out 35 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 87.5%. Of his total 39 wins, 35 of them were via KO (89.7%).
Pryor's first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at super-lightweight. He defeated Antonio Cervantes via 4 round KO to win the titles.
Pryor won two world titles at super-lightweight.
Pryor had 10 successful title defense fights.