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Aaron Pryor vs Bobby Joe Young — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Aaron Pryor

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Bobby Joe Young

Aaron Pryor (39-1) and Bobby Joe Young (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Pryor

39

Wins35 KO · 90%

1

Loss

0

Draws40 tracked bouts

Young

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Young leads 1–0

Aaron Pryor and Bobby Joe Young have met 1 time; Young leads 1–0.

Aaron Pryor and Bobby Joe Young have met 1 time; Young leads 1–0.
Met1987Aug 8Series
Aaron PryorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Bobby Joe YoungFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Pryor 5 · Young 1 of 6 measurable rows
PryorYoung
Record†
39-1 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
97.5% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 35
35 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
89.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
90%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
2

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Aaron Pryor: 5′6″
Bobby Joe Young: No height on file
Reachnot held
Aaron Pryor: 69″
Bobby Joe Young: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Aaron Pryor: Died aged 60
Bobby Joe Young: 67
Stance
Aaron Pryor: Orthodox
Bobby Joe Young: Not recorded

Aaron Pryor left, Bobby Joe Young right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Aaron Pryor39 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Aaron Pryor: 39 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (90%) and 4 on the cards (10%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 90%4 on the cards 10%

Bobby Joe Young1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bobby Joe Young: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Aaron Pryor 40, Bobby Joe Young 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Aaron Pryor has won three straight since losing by stoppage to Bobby Joe Young. Pryor last boxed on Dec 4, 1990.WLWWW

Hinton Mar 1985Young Aug 1987Morales Dec 1988Jones May 1990Choate Dec 19902.8 tracked bouts per year

Bobby Joe Young last boxed on Sep 20, 1989 — 13,545 days ago. Young had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Simon Brown.WL

Pryor Aug 1987Brown Sep 19890.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Aaron Pryor and Bobby Joe Young ever fought each other?
Yes. Aaron Pryor and Bobby Joe Young met once on August 8, 1987, and Bobby Joe Young won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

LAug 8, 1987 · Young · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pryor or Young?
Aaron Pryor is 39-1 and Bobby Joe Young is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Aaron Pryor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Pryor39–197.5%

Young1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Pryor or Young?
Aaron Pryor has 35 knockout wins and Bobby Joe Young has 1. Aaron Pryor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Pryor3589.7%

Young1

The Numbers ↓
Do Pryor and Young have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Aaron Pryor and Bobby Joe Young have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pryor and Young?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Aaron Pryor and 2 bouts tracked for Bobby Joe Young. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pryor40bouts

Young2bouts

How They Win ↓

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