{"id":60866,"date":"2015-03-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60866"},"modified":"2015-03-14T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T16:13:36","slug":"aaron-the-hawk-pryor-confirmed-for-hall-of-fame-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60866","title":{"rendered":"Aaron \u2018The Hawk\u2019 Pryor Confirmed for Hall of Fame Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pryor-Aaron.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60867\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pryor-Aaron.jpg?resize=211%2C250\" alt=\"Pryor Aaron\" width=\"211\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pryor-Aaron.jpg?w=211&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pryor-Aaron.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(Canastota, NY \u2013 March 2015) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced junior welterweight world champion and Hall of Famer\u00a0Aaron \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Pryor\u00a0is confirmed to participate in festivities planned for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 11 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a doubt, Aaron Pryor was one of boxing\u2019s most exciting and thrilling fighters to watch,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cHis aggressive, take no prisoners style made him a favorite to so many fans the world over. We can\u2019t wait for \u2018Hawk Time\u2019 in Canastota!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 2, 1980 Pryor brought his undefeated record (24-0, 22 KOs) into the ring against WBA junior welterweight king Antonio \u201cKid Pambele\u201d Cervantes. \u201cThe Hawk\u201d scored a 4th round knockout over the future Hall of Famer to begin an impressive title reign that saw him defend the strap eight times before adding the IBF title to his collection in 1984. The fighting pride of Cincinnati, OH, during his career Pryor compiled a 39-1 (35 KOs) record with wins over Gaetan Hart, Alfonso Frazer and Lennox Blackmoore. In 1982 and 1983, he engaged in two legendary wars with fellow Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello (TKO 14, KO 10). In 1996 he was elected into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, call the Hall of Fame at\u00a0(315) 697-7095 or visit online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=25226745&amp;msgid=319918&amp;act=6CI3&amp;c=776393&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibhof.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibhof.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(Canastota, NY \u2013 March 2015) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced junior welterweight world champion and Hall of Famer\u00a0Aaron \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Pryor\u00a0is confirmed to participate in festivities planned for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 11 to 14. \u201cWithout a doubt, Aaron Pryor was one of boxing\u2019s most exciting and thrilling fighters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pryor-Aaron.jpg?fit=211%2C250&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-fPI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}