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Aaron Pryor Boxing Trunks
Autograph
ITS HAWKTIME! A great pair of custom boxing
trunks a replica of the shorts he wore in the ring, signed
in black sharpie by boxing legend Aaron Pryor. Comes with
a photograph from the actual signing.
Aaron Pryor
£75.00
Witnessing the human hurricane that was Aaron
“The Hawk" Pryor was like seeing Henry Armstrong….and
the whirlwind has not been seen since. Pryor’s, frenetic,
punch-a-second style endeared him to fans around the globe.
To the chants of “Hawk Time, Hawk Time," Pryor
brought one thrilling moment after another to the crowds
who thronged to see his fights during the 1980s.
Pryor, born in Cincinnati in 1955, was a terror
in the amateur ranks (204-16) culminating as an alternate
on the 1976 Olympic team. He turned pro in 1976 after the
Olympics and quickly tore through the lightweight and junior
welterweight ranks, mowing down such seasoned contenders
as Johnny Summerhays, Johnny Copeland, Norman Goins, and
Alfonso “Peppermint" Frazier. His complete domination
of his competition earned him a shot at legendary Colombian
champion Antonio Cervantes in August of 1980. That night
in Cincinnati at Riverfront Coliseum, Pryor dismantled Cervantes
in four rounds, and a star was born.
Pryor easily moved through the Jr. Welterweight
Ranks and in 1982, Pryor and Alexis Arguello would face
off in what was later named the Fight of the Decade by The
Ring Magazine. Pryor and Arguello engaged in toe-to-toe
warfare for 14 rounds before the great Arguello finally
succumbed to the equally great Pryor. The rematch, a year
later, was much easier for Pryor, and he took out Alexis
in ten rounds.
The Hawk defended his title eleven times and
retired in 1991 with a 39-1 (35 KOs) record. As the WBA
Jr. Welterweight Champ from 1980-1983 and the IBF Jr. Welterweight
Champ from 1983-1985, Pryor firmly established his place
in boxing history. He was inducted into the International
Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996 and the World Boxing Hall of
Fame in 2001. In December 1999 the Associated Press voted
Aaron Pryor as the “Greatest Jr. Welterweight of the
Century."
