Aaron"The Hawk" Pryor, born October 20, 1955 is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion. The Hawk, had a record of 204 wins and 16 losses as an amateur. He won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games, and participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as an alternate. In 1972 he was the National AAU Champion at 132 lbs. He beat future great Thomas Hearns in the finals of the 1976 National Golden Gloves.

Pryor turned professional on November 11, 1976, with a win over Larry Smith. In 1977, Pryor fought eight fights, winning all but two by knockout. Among the fighters he defeated was Johnny Summerhayes. The only two fighters who heard the final bell versus Pryor that year were Summerhayes and Jose Resto. After the fight with Summerhayes. Pryor won 26 fights in a row by knockout, in one of the longest knockout streaks in the history of boxing.

In what was nicknamed The Battle of The Champions, Pryor defeated Alexis Arguello by a technical knockout in 14. The fight was named Fight Of The Year and later the Fight Of The Decade by Ring Magazine. In 1983, after defending his crown against former WBC world champion Sang Hyun Kim (KO 3), Pryor defended against Arguello again, this time winning by a knockout in 10 rounds in Las Vegas on September 9, 1983.