Sport & Note

Aaron Pryor

Male

"Hawk"
Super-Lightweight, USA, Cincinnati, Ohio
Born: October 20, 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: October 9, 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Height: 5ft 6 1/2in, mt 1,69

as an amateur:
1973 National AAU lightweight champion
1974 National AAU lightweight 2nd place
1975 National Golden Gloves lightweight winner

Amateur fights courtesy of Bob Yalen

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1970
+ July 11	Errol Gibbs	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO 3
+ Nov. 17	Willie Snowden	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO 2
1971
+ Feb. 13	Joseph Hughes	Madisonville, Ohio	WTKO 2
- Feb. 20	Cecil Champman	Cincinnati, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ May 22	Skip Copley	Lexington, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- June 5	Paul Jackson	Cincinnati, Ohio	LPTS 3
1972
Cincinnati, Ohio, Midwest Championships winner, 125 lbs
+ Jan. 8	Gene Stevens	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Golden Gloves winner, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 4	Murphy Terrell	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
Minneapolis, Minnesota, National Golden Gloves preliminaries, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 17	Pierre Floore	Minneapolis, Minnesota	WPTS 3
- Mar. 17	Norman Goins	Minneapolis, Minnesota	LTKO 1
Cincinnati, Ohio, Eastern Regional Olympic Trials, 132 lbs
- June 15	Terry Silver	Cincinnati, Ohio	LPTS 3
- Aug. 3	Greg Whaley	Lima, Ohio	LPTS 3
Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Fair, 132 lbs
- Aug. 10	Earl Jewell	Columbus, Ohio	LPTS 3
Ohio, Ohio State AAU Championships, 132 lbs
- Sept. 9	James Gentry	Ohio, Ohio	LPTS 3
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dual Match Cincinnati vs Cleveland, 132 lbs
+ Oct. 28	Earl Jewell	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 16	Donald Zanders	Fort Campbell, Kentucky	WKO 1
1973
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Golden Gloves winner, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 3	Karl Green	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO 1
Muncie, Indiana, Dual Match USA vs Poland, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 10	Ryszard Tomczyk	Muncie, Indiana	WPTS 3
Lowell, Massachusetts, National Golden Gloves preliminaries, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 20	Willie Adams	Lowell, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
- Mar. 21	Rodney Green	Lowell, Massachusetts	LPTS 3
Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State AAU winner, 132 lbs
+ Apr. 21	George Burton	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 21	James Kenty (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
Boston, Massachusetts, National AAU winner, 132 lbs
+ May 9	Mel Miller	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 10	Bruce Thompson	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 11	Allen Webb	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 12	Robert Newton	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
Uniondale, New York, North American Championships winner, USA-Canada Dual Match, 132 lbs
+ May 28	Leo Sauve	Uniondale, New York	WPTS 3
Caracas, Venezuela, Dual Match Venezuela vs USA, 132 lbs
+ June 9	Luis Beltran Rodriguez	Caracas, Venezuela	WPTS 3
Hempstead, New York, Dual Match USA vs West Germany, 60 kg
+ Aug. 9	Wolfgang Schoth	Hempstead, New York	WKO 1
Chicago, Illinois, Dual Match USA vs Ireland, 132 lbs
+ Sept. 28	Damien McDermott	Chicago, Illinois	WTKO 1
1974
+ Mar. 8	Aaron Miller	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO
Denver, Colorado, National Golden Gloves 3rd place, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 25	Tony Teague	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 26	Hilmer Kenty	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 27	Rick Folstadt	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
- Mar. 28	Albert Armstrong	Denver, Colorado	LPTS 3
Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Fair winner, 132 lbs
+ Apr. 18	James Kenty (USA)	Columbus, Ohio	WPTS 3
Moscow, Kislovodsk and Alma-Ata, Soviet Union, Dual Match Soviet Union vs USA, 132 lbs
+ May 15	Valery Lvov	Moscow, Soviet Union	WPTS 3
+ May 17	Vasily Solomin	Kislovodsk, Soviet Union	WPTS 3
+ May 21	Valery Rachkov	Alma-Ata, Soviet Union	WPTS 3
Knoxville, Tennessee, National AAU 2nd place, 132 lbs
+ June 12	Vincent Amaya	Knoxville, Tennessee	WTKO 1
+ June 14	Robert Newton	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS 3
- June 15	James Kenty (USA)	Knoxville, Tennessee	LPTS 3
Warsaw, Konin and Katowice, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs USA, 132 lbs
+ Oct. 13	Ryszard Tomczyk	Warsaw, Poland	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 16	Zygmunt Zbyszewski	Konin, Poland	WTKO 1
- Oct. 20	Stanislaw Osetkowski	Katowice, Poland	LPTS 3
Cleveland, Ohio, Dual Match USA vs Hungary, 132 lbs
+ Nov. 30	Janos Kovacs	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati AAU Tournament winner, 132 lbs
+ Dec. 7	Ricky Whitt	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
1975
+ Jan. 3	Sammy Taylor	Cincinnati, Ohio	WTKO
Knoxville, Tennessee, National Golden Gloves winner, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 25	Lawrence Cole	Knoxville, Tennessee	WTKO 1
+ Mar. 26	Keith Johnson	Knoxville, Tennessee	WKO 1
+ Mar. 27	Ervin Davis	Knoxville, Tennessee	WTKO 2
+ Mar. 28	Steve Sample	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 29	Tyrone Harris	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS 3
Springfield, Illinois, Dual Match USA vs Poland, 132 lbs
+ Aug. 13	Ryszard Tomczyk	Springfield, Illinois	WPTS 3
Madison, Wisconsin, US Panamerican Games Trials winner, 132 lbs
+ Sept. 4	Juan Ruiz	Madison, Wisconsin	WPTS 3
+ Sept. 6	James Kenty (USA)	Madison, Wisconsin	WPTS 3
Mexico City, Mexico, Panamerican Games silver medal, 132 lbs
+ Oct. 15	Michael Reid	Mexico City, Mexico	WTKO 1
+ Oct. 19	Clive Ellis	Mexico City, Mexico	WTKO 2
+ Oct. 22	Luis Echaide	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 3
- Oct. 25	Chris Clarke	Mexico City, Mexico	LDQ 2
1976
Miami, Florida, US National Golden Gloves winner, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 24	Ken Twyne	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 25	Gary Hinton	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 26	James Kenty (USA)	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 27	Benjamin Stiff	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 27	Thomas Hearns	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
Cincinnati, Ohio, US Olympic Trials 2nd place, 132 lbs
+ June 2	John Rudy Young	Cincinnati, Ohio	WKO 1
+ June 4	James Kenty (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
- June 5	Howard Davis (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	LPTS 3
Burlington, Vermont, US Olympic Box-Offs 2nd place, 132 lbs
- June 26	Howard Davis (USA)	Burlington, Vermont	LPTS 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1976
+ Nov. 12	Larry Smith	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 2
1977
+ Feb. 1	Larry Moore	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 3
+ Feb. 24	Harvey Wilson	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 1
+ Mar. 12	Nick Wills	Lincoln Heights, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 26	Isaac Vega	Cincinnati, United States	KO 2
+ May 7	Jose Resto	Cincinnati, United States	W 8
+ Sept. 3	Melvin Young	Covington, United States	KO 4
+ Oct. 7	Johnny Summerhays	Cincinnati, United States	W 8
+ Nov. 11	Angel Cintron	Cincinnati, United States	KO 3
1978
+ Jan. 16	Robert Tijernia	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 2
+ Mar. 1	Ron Pettigrew	Dayton, United States	TKO 5
+ Mar. 10	Al Franklin	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 3
+ May 3	Scotty Foreman	Miami Beach, United States	TKO 6
+ July 18	Marion Thomas	Dayton, United States	KO 8
1979
+ Mar. 16	Johnny Copeland	Cincinnati, United States	KO 7
+ Apr. 13	Norman Goins	Cincinnati, United States	KO 9
+ Apr. 27	Freddie Harris	Dayton, United States	KO 3
+ May 11	Al Ford	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 4
+ June 23	Jose Fernandez	Cincinnati, United States	KO 1
+ Oct. 20	Alfonso Frazer	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 5
1980
+ Feb. 24	Juan Garcia	Las Vegas, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 16	Julio Valdez	Miami, United States	TKO 4
+ Apr. 13	Leonidas Asprilla	Kansas City, United States	TKO 10
+ June 20	Carl Crowley	Cincinnati, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 2	Antonio Cervantes	Cincinnati, United States	KO 4
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
+ Nov. 1	Danny Myers	Dayton, United States	TKO 3
+ Nov. 22	Gaetan Hart	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 6
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
1981
+ June 27	Lennox Blackmoore	Las Vegas, United States	TKO 2
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
+ Nov. 14	Dujuan Johnson	Cleveland, United States	TKO 7
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
1982
+ Mar. 21	Miguel Montilla	Atlantic City, United States	TKO 12
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
+ July 4	Akio Kameda	Cincinnati, United States	TKO 6
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
+ Nov. 12	Alexis Arguello	Miami, United States	TKO 14
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
1983
+ Apr. 2	Sang-Hyun Kim	Atlantic City, United States	TKO 3
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
+ Sept. 9	Alexis Arguello	Las Vegas, United States	KO 10
WBA Super-Lightweight Title
1984
+ June 22	Nick Furlano	Toronto, Canada	W 15
IBF Super-Lightweight Title
1985
+ Mar. 2	Gary Hinton	Atlantic City, United States	W 15
IBF Super-Lightweight Title
1986 Inactive
1987
- Aug. 8	Bobby Joe Young	Fort Lauderdale, United States	TKO by 7
1988
+ Dec. 15	Herminio Morales	Rochester, United States	KO 3
1989 Inactive
1990
+ May 16	Darryl Jones	Madison, United States	KO 3
+ Dec. 4	Roger Choate	Norman, United States	TKO 7

Summary

Total bouts: 40, Won: 39 (35 inside the limit), Lost: 1 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0