The same night as Thomas Hearns’ coronation in Detroit, Cincinnati’s undefeated Aaron Pryor battered his way to the WBA light-welterweight title with a thrilling fourth-round stoppage of classy Colombian veteran Antonio Cervantes in his hometown #OnThisDay in 1980. 25-year-old Pryor moved up from lightweight because he said he was being avoided. “I never worked as hard in my life as I did for this fight and winning makes up for all my disappointments but I’d like to fight Jim Watt just to prove I’m the best lightweight.” The whirlwind Pryor scored his 25th win in a row with 23 stopped or kayoed. #boxing #BoxingNews #BoxingHistory #AaronPryor #HawkTime #CervantesPryor (at US Bank Arena) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl-qhdqAMAM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h26yvkyagvku
