Aaron Pryor - Complete Championship Profile
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- A brief chronology of all 11 championship boxing matches featuring Aaron 'The Hawk' Pryor.
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This episode of Rummy's Corner was written, narrated, and produced by Geoffrey Ciani (aka - Rummy).
Aaron Pryor - Complete Boxing Championship Profile
I sparred with Aaron often at the Emmanuel Community Center in Cincinnati just before he turned pro. Amazing athlete. As an amateur he ran 5 miles in the morning then at the gym after shadow boxing 10 rounds of sparring, 6 on the heavy bag, 6 on the speed bag, 6 jumping rope. Sit-ups all manner of exercises then would ask if anyone was up for a game of basketball downstairs. Nicest guy you could meet. His home was in a poverty violent area of the city. I could go on and on of my time with him. Loved the guy not a mean bone in his body outside the ring.
Wow great story. Thanks. Aaron Pryor was a beast RIP
What a story! My uncle was Commissioner of Boxing for New York over the Ali-Frazier fight. And was a famous pitcher from Puerto Rico, who played for the NY Giants, and pitched against Clemente. Cheers.
My favorite boxer of all time
seriously that's awesome one of my legend s
No wonder he could go so deep into the 14th! Was one of my truly favorites growing up. My Dad loved that Boxer. He was quite the showman with that pointing at the intro too! Good stuff. But was always congenial in victory. You must have some great memories!
Dude was terrifying. You knock him down and it just pissed him off and he came back twice as ferocious!
He didn't even wait for the referee to count he just starts fighting
@@claudiomonreal4822 he was terrifing no way i want a piece of this guy
Agreed. He would be a match up nightmare for today's fighters. No one would want to fight him. If there was anyone that was born to fight, it would be Aaron Pryor.
Possible used drugs in all his fights.
Think 🤔 he would've knocked suger ray out.
I am highly grateful you did a profile on this underrated, and underappreciated, blood and guts fighter from the 80s.
"1999 was voted by the Associated Press as the world's best light welterweight of the 20th century." Underrated? I don't think so.
@stephen schneider Panama was
@stephen schneider nobody said he wasn't
@stephen schneider that sugar ray
Panama was the cheater. I wonder if Pryor knew 🤔 what was in that drink?
This channel is underrated AF!
Brass Tacks Boxing - thankfully someone is still willing to add the ubiquitous "underrated" comment on any youtube channel
BIG FACTS
Aaron Pryor had virtually limitless stamina. He could keep throwing a huge volume of punches for 15 rounds. He also had a great chin. A very dangerous man to have to face. What a fighter.
Thanks to his magic bottle
Lost respect for him after what he pulled in the Arguello fight, clear cheater and it explains his stamina
@@matador6604
I'm a yougin,
(2000s baby)
What he do?
The other bottle kept him going.
@@isaacdiakite3264 in his championship fight against Alexis Argeullo his trainer Panama Lewis told Pryor to drink from his bottle "The one that I mixed." After drinking from it Pryor came out in the later rounds like it was round one and won the fight. Further confounding this is the fact that the boxing commission neglected to taken Pryor's urine samples after the fight.
One of the most underrated fighters of all time.
These profiles are extremely well done. It’s cool to see all the different styles of various boxers over the years, especially for boxers I never got to see or knew much about beforehand. Keep up the great work, Rummy!
Aaron Pryor was a hell of a fighter one of my favorites boy did he know how to use angles. Rummy's corner thank you so much for the Memories we appreciate you taking a trip down memory lane😃
I love this channel you should do one of RAY ROBINSON the boxing fans need to know his great career
It will be about 3 hours long, haha
It'll be hard because you cant show his ascent since his early fights aren't in film.
@@bio-plasmictoad5311 3 parts maybe 😂👍🏼
Who's that?
His name is always in the conversation of "whose the greatest, to ever place them up." Its a crime there's not more film of the man.
Now this was a beast! Two great exports from Cincinnati; Ezzard Charles the Cincinnatti Cobra, and Aaron the Hawk Pryor!
Hopefully he does Alexis Argüello championship profile
Definitely
A gentle beast one of my favorite boxers
Alexis was one of the best counter punchers in the business.
Martin Medina AA was one of my favorites. I really enjoyed watching him work. And hopefully we will see that profile on him. RIP Champ🥊
The greatest super feather weight in history simple
This is great. We don't hear about Pryor enough.
Side note: It's amazing to see how referee stoppages have changed since then!!!
Ikr. Most of these fights would've been a few rounds before if they were today.
Probably because he was cheating and taking drugs during fights.
@@cf2228you nailed it
As soon as I see it’s rummy’s corner I click
He's one of my TOP 3 FAV of ALL-TIME!!!! THX RC!!!!!
Just watched all of The Hawk’s title fights this past weekend. Excellent timing 🔥
Love your videos! I would love to see one for Roy jones Jr too. Keep up the great work
Roy and James tony would be great vids..
And see him batter a bunch tomato cans at LHW , no thanks lol.
I love RJJ but I can't take that run at LHW seriously lol.
@@mrdfk9410 He fought scrubs post-Toney. Embarrassing.
My fighter of all times because of is unstoppable pressure on is opponents and he never afraid of anyone
The rapper named Ransom just released a song called "The Hawk" which uses Asaron "The Hawk" Pryor as a metaphor for his own career. Interesting stuff.
Thnx for making this one. I had caught wind of Pryor due to Arguello’s name recognition and wanted to see some of his bouts. I worked backwards and had watched Pryor and Arguello 2 and was thoroughly entertained.
The first one was the best!
Aaron Pryor was a great fighter, he was a true buzz saw, he always fought at full throttle, never a dull fight.
Cocaine make anyone full throttle
@@marvinwashington2600 if it were as simple as that , there'd be a lot more boxers accomplishing the things AP did. People like you should should not pretend to know anything about professional boxing
Rummy does it again! Can't get enough of your content my man!
I’ve been waiting on this rummy. So many boxing historians are completely ignoring the history of this man. Him and Alexis arguello need more respect and shine. There is so much we can learn from Pryor in the ring.
and more importantly.....outside the ring....
I love the way Pryor holds out his glove to his opponent before the fight, as if saying: 'You are mine!' Which they usually were, lol
He was making a line on the gloves 😂
You got the name and the sound Champ "RUMMY'S CORNER" sounds like the movie newsreels beautiful !!
Thank you for this Pryor is one of my all time favorites. Make a video on why Pryor and Leonard never fought some say Leonard was scared.
Pryor pummeled Hearns early in Hearns' career. It was always said both Leonard and Hearns moved up a weight class to avoid fighting Pryor.
You guys are joking Tommy Hearts and Sugar Ray Leonard would had killed Pryor.
He was on drugs just asked Panama Lewis
God, I love watching Aaron Pryor fights. Just relentless.
Love these! Can’t wait for RJJ, y’all must have forgot! 🙏🏽
I forgot all but three of his opponents. Toney, Hopkins, McCallum. The rest are fireman.
Happy to see this pop into my feed. Great work as always Rummy
At last a new upload.....👏👏👏
Excellent content as always, Aaron Pryor was a nightmare!
New subscriber & love it. I appreciate the hard work to put this stuff together. Born & raised in Detroit, not far from Kronk Gym, home of Tommy Hearns. Anything 70', 80's boxing is, in my opinion, the absolute best.
That and the late 20's early 30's era.
Know what I'm binge watching tonight.
This channel's quality.
Thank u 4 making this available 2 the real boxing fans. Pryor was a beast in that ring & my #1 underrated boxer of all time!
Hey Rummy, I had a video suggestion. Could you possibly make a chronology of the 1970's Heavyweight Division like you did with the 90's? that would be an awesome video and it'd be interesting to relive that again
thanks for the video Rummy, LOVED IT
"Pryor was throwing more and landing more." Yep. Thank you, Rummy!
7:40 "...some controversy..."
Yeah, cheating is usually somewhat controversial.
What happend there? What did he ?
@@heindattel3919 Something was added to his water to give him more energy. Disgusting cheat
His trainer, Panama Lewis, was eventually banned from boxing for taking stuffing out of one of his fighters gloves! He was a cheat and basically a criminal. Pryor had a career ending battle with drugs. Take away the drugs, he doesn't win the fights he does.
@@ReservoirPunk panama lewis - yes! but Pryor isn't at fault.
@@ReservoirPunk Nothing you can drink works that fast
superb work as always rummy , your my favourite youtube channel keep it up man
Rummy, I just discovered your channel and have been enjoying your work. The editing and analysis is OUTSTANDING!
I’m a huge fan of the period from the late 70’s to early 90’s. The Marvelous one is my favorite and I agree with you. He deserved the nod against Leonard.
I know there is no shortage of material but would you consider a feature on the late, great Bobby Chacon? I don’t know of many small men with that big of heart!
Loved it. Thank you Rummy. I would love to see one of these championship profiles from the great Julio Cesar Chavez
Hey Alberto, I'm a black man, and I loved Julio!! couldn't. NOBODY walk you down like Julio and a black fighter named. Simon Brown. when you get a chance check him out,. young man
“....the bottle I mixed!” Unfortunately these words from Panama will always cloud Pryor’s career.
There was nothing available at that time that you could take orally to get that late round boost. that was all ❤️
bad for arron cause he didnt need anything illegal anyone who folowed his carreer would know this
Nope
Nah
Yea Panama is known as a cheating trainer but Pryor is still a great boxer without the juice 😉👍.
Well done, as always. Thank you for providing this content. It’s deep, thoughtful, well researched and entertaining.
Great video I am always happy when I see a new video from you, thank you!!
Sound on: Amazing in-depth overview of the career of a champion
Sound off: Legendary highlight reel
Thanks Rummy
Wow, the hawk is ferocious. It is a15 round fight, and he steps on the gas from the bell!
His output is absolutely outstanding
Cocaine make it that way
Dude you need your own show. I really enjoyed that video. Your video makes me not want to put my phone down.
Again, a wealth of good boxing knowledge and great narration. Nice one Rummy.
This narrator is amazing! So much so, that he almost matches pryors relentless pursuit of his opponent"
Finally a new video can you do heavyweight tournement part 2 plz
Wow. Aaron seemed to have only one speed and that was full throttle from the opening bell. Phew!
Determination, ❤️ that was his gift.
Drugs
Pryor Vs Duran would've been wicked.
A pick 'em fight. Duran drew or beat Hagler the first fight but got robbed because Hagler was American. Duran beat Leonard the first fight. Pryor pummeled Hearns early in Hearns' career. It was always said both Leonard and Hearns moved up a weight class to avoid fighting Pryor.
Hey Rummy, what's your view on the Arguello-Pryor water bottle controversy given the aftermath of Billy Collins Jr v. Luis Resto? Love these profiles, looking forward to the next one.
That was VOODOO. Big Jim
"Ah, it's Aaron Pryor. We must dig out our lowest quality film to record him". Seriously, great video and all respect to a great champ.
Hey man ! This is some great work of docudrama
May be my favorite jr welter of all time!
Money's Nightmare!!
It was not a way to figure him out. You had to have Mopar!!
One of my favorite all time, thanks rummy
Its a shame Pryor vs Duran didnt happen
Roberto had bigger fish to fry. I'm an old dog 😂 and I Tell you young man,back in the day a lot of people didn't even know who Pryor even was before the Aguello fight.
Nice video.
He was one of my favorites, growing up.
Floyd Mayweather would've spent his whole junior welterweight career avoiding Aaron Pryor, until sneaking up to welterweight.
This guy in his prime was unbeatable.
If he just could've said "no to drugs".
It's no telling how long he could've reigned. 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
He would have been a Nightmare for Floyd at any weight.
Agreed.
But Pryor was preferably, more comfortable at junior welterweight.
Even when he was chasing down Sugar Ray Leonard for a fight.
He was trying to fight him at a catch-weight.
@@treysolo925 no the problem was the money. The Hawk got greedy, and paid for it.
Those Arguello bouts were just amazing.
Fantastico rummy! Another great boxing history class!
Antonio Cervantes is a great fighter ✌
Kid Pambele!
One of the best EVER. His style was so difficult to defend.
Favorite boxing channel keep up the great work
Now, this is the one I've been waiting for
I once met Pryor outside Joe Frazier's gym in Philadelphia in 79 or 80 and didn't even know I had been talking to him until he left. I did the same thing with Kieth Thurman in St Pete Florida in 2019. My fighter (Anthony Big Daddy Overby) broke his hand in a fight he was winning and I stopped it in the 3rd. I was so upset over that I didn't realize Thurman was one of the guys I was talking to. I saw Kieth kind of regularly at other fights after that. Kieth is a super nice guy.
Magnificent video! The Hawk definitely one of favorite boxer.
Underrated, this word never applied better for somebody...
'Give me the one I mixed.' Taints it for me big time.
Panama was into that voodoo shit!!
Ciara Hall He got the special PEDs from the evil spirits
He had to be on steroids 😂 just look at him fight
Nahhh, he beat Alexis worse 10 mos later and was well evaluated for everything. The guy was flat out awesome. Sugar Ray moved to Welter because of him.
@@justonyambi8711 stimulants more likely
I didn't know Emanuel Steward trained Pryor after Panama
What an amazing fighter. Aaron Pryor threw an unbelievable amount of punches per round from so many different angles. He would straight up overwhelm his opponents through sheer will and tenacity. Here's a fun fact I'd like to share. I was actually scheduled to fight on the March 2nd, 1985 card at the Sands in the bout directly preceding Pryor - Hinton. Unfortunately, our bout got scrapped due to TV time for the main event. But, it was still an honor to be scheduled on the same card with such a great Champion. RIP Champ.
Pryor's trainer manager always used something to get I to Pryor's head. The magic bottle? Was just water with honey in it. But to Pryor, it was a magical elixir. Mind over matter. In this case exhaustion. Fatigue. If your mind thinks it a special bottle mix. Then brilliant to get his fighter to believe. There's no way if it were really a illegal bottle would the trainer say it that loud or draw attention to it. Brilliant by his corner.
It's called VOODOO !!!!!!!!
That's a crock of shit
And everybody wonders where I get putting that relentless either hand pressure from THE HAWK ITS HAWKTIME one of my top favorite 5 fighters of all time
These are superb! If I could make some requests? Championship profiles of Hearns,Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya. Also an ATG middleweight tournament, and a followup heavyweight tournament consisting of the best heavies who never won a world title.
It's great to see the hawk getting his profile highlighted ! That's a great champion 🏆 who thoroughly deserve it!👌💯👑❣️🔝
Aaron was a great fighter and if u don't know that stop watching boxing. We were good friends a very nice person miss him very much. All time great
Aaron was the best, exciting boxers I've ever seen, it was a pleasure to see him fight and I'm a huge Marvelous Marvin fan, Sugar ray , Tommy Yearns, all great fighters, but I had the most enjoyment watching him box. Truly amazing technical boxer and big heart, steel chin.
Was telling my son about this champion. Great video
What a FIGHTER Pryor was!!!
The way he leaps in throwing those fast but powerful combinations at awkward angles reminds me a lot of young pacquiao
Lot of AAron Pryor in Mike Tyson and vice-versa. This guy was an animal.
Tom Nekuda absolutely and Ray Leonard wanted no part of him ! ⚡️
Tyson was more polished. Don't forget the FOOT Work!!!
@@depaola63 what did RAY have to gain? He won another world title from Donny!!! In his place, what would you have done NICK?
My big brother introduced me to Aaron's fights, he said look little brother he comes out fighting fast from the ring of the bell 🔔 Aaron is one of the greatest Jr. Welterweights of all time
Aaron does not get the notoriety that he deserves like a Leonard, Duran, Hearns, or Hagler. Dude was awesome.
Yeah because of Panama Lewis not because of Pryor when a known cheater is in your corner takes all the shine off the fighter
This guy is so relentless and so bold, what a rare boxer in history
Welcome back sir!!
The best champion profile yet rummy
Great video. Any chance of one about Herol ' Bomber ' Graham??
NEVER. Heard of him.......great FIGHTER....
Aaron Pryor was the most underrated fighter ever! He never stopped fighting. To me, he was the best
On drugs!!
This man had the most tenacity & relentlessness I ever saw from a fighter. Unbelievable conditioning.
Small Rocky Marciano with more skills
Never heard of him glad you made this video
Check out Ike Williams
Thanks rummy - loved prior all action style - brilliant memories
Great upload
Would love to see one of these on Simon Brown. I think people would be surprised on how many top notch fighter Brown beat.
Brown basically put an end to the career of Shawn O'Sullivan up in Toronto.
Rummy are you still moderator on the Boxing forum? I’ve been trying to retrieve my old account but am having problems.
Thank you so much for this
Pernell Whitaker vs Aaron Pryor would’ve been a great fight or Aaron Pryor vs Manny Pacquio
Thank you sir from the 513
Pryor unique style; punches are multi angled with excellent footwork underrated power with a warrior's hear.
The controversy about the "special" water bottle was solved by Luis Resto who was also trained by Panama. Asthma medicine in tablet form was crushed into powder and put into Pryor's special water bottle. It turned the water blue. In the interview Resto goes on to describe the effects of drinking the juiced up water. Arguello hit Pryor with knock out shots in both fights that Pryor was able to overcome because of this special juice.
Agreed 💯
What Time is it... Hawk TIME!!! What time is it... Hawk Time !!!