Aaron Pryor

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Aaron Pryor (born October 20, 1955) is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and was voted by the Associated Press as the #1 junior welterweight of the 20th century in 1999.

Amateur career

Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of 204 wins and 16 losses as an amateur. He won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games, and participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as an alternate. In 1972 he was the National AAU Champion at 132 lb, having outpointed Robert Newton of Boston. He beat future great Thomas Hearns in the finals of the 1976 National Golden Gloves.

Professional career

Pryor turned professional on November 11, 1976, with a win over Larry Smith. In 1977, Pryor fought eight fights, winning all but two by knockout. The only two fighters who heard the final bell versus Pryor that year were Johnny Summerhayes and Jose Resto. After the fight with Summerhayes, Pryor won 26 fights in a row by knockout, in one of the longest knockout streaks in the history of boxing.

In 1978, Pryor won five fights, and in 1979 he won six. However, during 1979, Pryor experienced a rise in competition level, and in his last fight that year, he was pitted for the first time ever against a former or future world champion, when he faced former Junior Welterweight champion of the world Alfonso Fraser, Peppermint, of Panama, who lasted five rounds with The Hawk. After that fight, Pryor entered the WBA rankings.

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Aaron Pryor

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Aaron Pryor
Statistics
Real name	Aaron Pryor
Nickname(s)	The Hawk
Rated at	Light Welterweight
Height	5 ft 6.50 in (1.69 m)
Nationality	American
Born	October 20, 1955 (1955-10-20) (age 56) Cincinnati, Ohio
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	39
Wins by KO	35
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Aaron Pryor (born October 20, 1955) is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and was voted by the Associated Press as the #1 junior welterweight of the 20th century in 1999.