Aaron Pryor (The Hawk) was an American professional boxer. He was a super-lightweight world champion with 2 world-title wins and a world-championship elevation. In a career spanning 14 years and 22 days, Pryor amassed a record of 39-1, which includes 35 wins via KO, 9 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1996.
Aaron Pryor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. on October 20, 1955. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on November 12, 1976 against Larry Smith. Pryor defeated Smith via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Pryor became a world champion fight at the age of 24 after 24 professional fights. He challenged Antonio Cervantes for the WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles and stopped the champion in the 4th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles.
He then went on to successfully win the IBF super-lightweight world title as well.
Pryor's last fight was a 7th-round TKO victory over Roger Choate at age 35, on December 4, 1990.
Some of Aaron Pryor's best fights were against Alexis Argüello (HOFer) and Antonio Cervantes (HOFer). For a complete list of Pryor's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Aaron Pryor".
Pryor has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "Aaron Pryor Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Dec 04, 1990 | 35 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
39 | May 16, 1990 | 34 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
38 | Dec 15, 1988 | 33 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
37 | Aug 08, 1987 | 31 | ![]() | loss | TKO 7 |
36 | Mar 02, 1985 | 29 | ![]() | win | SD 15 |
35 | Jun 22, 1984 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
34 | Sep 09, 1983 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 10 |
33 | Apr 02, 1983 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
32 | Nov 12, 1982 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 14 |
31 | Jul 04, 1982 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
30 | Mar 21, 1982 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 12 |
29 | Nov 14, 1981 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
28 | Jun 27, 1981 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
27 | Nov 22, 1980 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
26 | Nov 01, 1980 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
25 | Aug 02, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
24 | Jun 20, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
23 | Apr 13, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
22 | Mar 16, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
21 | Feb 24, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
20 | Oct 20, 1979 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
19 | Jun 23, 1979 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
18 | May 11, 1979 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
17 | Apr 27, 1979 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
16 | Apr 13, 1979 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 9 |
15 | Mar 16, 1979 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
14 | Jul 18, 1978 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
13 | May 03, 1978 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
12 | Mar 10, 1978 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Mar 01, 1978 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
10 | Jan 16, 1978 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Nov 11, 1977 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
8 | Oct 07, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
7 | Sep 03, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
6 | May 07, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
5 | Mar 26, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
4 | Mar 12, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
3 | Feb 01, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
2 | Feb 01, 1977 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Nov 12, 1976 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |