Aaron Pryor
"The Hawk"
- Born
- 1955
- Died
- 2016
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1976–1990
A relentless, high-output fighter best known for two wars with Alexis Argüello.
Titles & Honours
- WBA / IBF Light Welterweight Champion
Career Timeline
1976–1990- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Larry Smith · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Antonio Cervantes · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Antonio Cervantes
W KO · Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs Alexis Argüello
W TKO · Orange Bowl , Miami, Florida, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Roger Choate · W TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-11-12 | W | Larry Smith | TKO | 2 | Convention-Exposition Center , Cincinnati, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1977-02-01 | W | Larry Moore | TKO | 3 | Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1977-02-24 | W | Harvey Wilson | TKO | 1 | Riverfront Coliseum , Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1977-03-12 | W | Nick Wills | KO | 1 | Lincoln Heights, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1977-03-26 | W | Isaac Vega | KO | 2 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1977-05-07 | W | Jose Resto | UD | 8 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1977-09-03 | W | Melvin Young | KO | 4 | Drawbridge Inn, Covington, Kentucky , U.S. |
| 1977-10-07 | W | Johnny Summerhays | UD | 8 | Convention-Exposition Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1977-11-11 | W | Angel Cintron | TKO | 3 | Convention-Exposition Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1978-01-16 | W | Robert Tijernia | TKO | 2 | Convention-Exposition Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1978-03-01 | W | Ron Pettigrew | TKO | 2 | Hara Arena , Dayton, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1978-03-10 | W | Al Franklin | TKO | 3 | Cincinnati Gardens , Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1978-05-03 | W | Scotty Foreman | TKO | 6 | Convention Center , Miami Beach, Florida , U.S. |
| 1978-07-18 | W | Marion Thomas | KO | 8 | Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-03-16 | W | Johnny Copeland | KO | 7 | Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-04-13 | W | Norman Goins | KO | 9 | Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-04-27 | W | Freddie Harris | TKO | 3 | Convention Center , Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-05-11 | W | Al Ford | TKO | 4 | Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-06-23 | W | Jose Fernandez | KO | 1 | Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1979-10-20 | W | Alfonso Frazer | TKO | 5 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-02-24 | W | Juan Garcia | KO | 1 | Tropicana Las Vegas , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1980-03-16 | W | Julio Valdez | TKO | 4 | Jai-Alai Fronton , Miami, Florida , U.S. |
| 1980-04-13 | W | Leonidas Asprilla | TKO | 10 | Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri , U.S. |
| 1980-06-20 | W | Carl Crowley | KO | 1 | Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-08-02 | W | Antonio Cervantes | KO | 4 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-11-01 | W | Danny Myers | TKO | 3 | Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-11-22 | W | Gaétan Hart | TKO | 6 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1981-06-27 | W | Lennox Blackmoore | TKO | 2 | Hacienda , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-11-14 | W | Dujuan Johnson | TKO | 7 | Public Hall , Cleveland , Ohio, U.S. |
| 1982-03-21 | W | Miguel Montilla | TKO | 12 | Playboy Hotel and Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1982-07-04 | W | Akio Kameda | TKO | 6 | Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1982-11-12 | W | Alexis Argüello | TKO | 14 | Orange Bowl , Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| 1983-04-02 | W | Kim Sang-hyun | TKO | 3 | Sands , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1983-09-09 | W | Alexis Argüello | KO | 10 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1984-06-22 | W | Nick Furlano | UD | 15 | Varsity Stadium , Toronto, Ontario , Canada |
| 1985-03-02 | W | Gary Hinton | SD | 15 | Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1987-08-08 | L | Bobby Joe Young | TKO | 7 | Sunrise Musical Theater , Fort Lauderdale, Florida , U.S. |
| 1988-12-15 | W | Herminio Morales | KO | 3 | Community War Memorial , Rochester, New York , U.S. |
| 1990-05-16 | W | Darryl Jones | KO | 3 | Masonic Temple , Madison, Wisconsin , U.S. |
| 1990-12-04 | W | Roger Choate | TKO | 7 | Sheraton Hotel, Norman, Oklahoma , U.S. |
Showing 40 of 40 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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