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Aaron Pryor

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Aaron Pryor

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Aaron Pryor is a former professional boxer, from Cincinnati Ohio. He held the WBA junior welterweight title from 1980 to 1983 and was the IBF junior welterweight champion from 1983 to 1985.

Pryor is perhaps best known for his two fights against Alexis Arguello. The first bout between the two, on Nov. 11, 1982 in Miami, is regarded as one of the best boxing matches of all time. Pryor beat Arguello both times. He was World Junior Welterweight Champion from 1980 to 1985 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Pryor was voted by the Associated Press as the #1 junior welterweight of the 20th century in 1999.
Aaron Pryor is a former professional boxer, from Cincinnati Ohio. He held the WBA junior welterweight title from 1980 to 1983 and was the IBF junior welterweight champion from 1983 to 1985.

Pryor is perhaps best known for his two fights against Alexis Arguello. The first bout between the two, on Nov. 11, 1982 in Miami, is regarded as one of the best boxing matches of all time. Pryor beat Arguello both times. He was World Junior Welterweight Champion from 1980 to 1985 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Pryor was voted by the Associated Press as the #1 junior welterweight of the 20th century in 1999.

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