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

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Aaron Pryor

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Melvin Young

Aaron Pryor (39-1) and Melvin Young (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Pryor leads 1–0

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

Aaron Pryor and Melvin Young have met 1 time; Pryor leads 1–0.
Met1977Sep 3Series
Aaron PryorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Melvin YoungFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Pryor 4 · Young 0 of 4 measurable rows
PryorYoung
Record†
39-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
97.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 35
35 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
89.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
90%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
1

† 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″
Melvin Young: No height on file
Reachnot held
Aaron Pryor: 69″
Melvin Young: No reach on file
Agenot held
Aaron Pryor: Died aged 60
Melvin Young: No date of birth
Stance
Aaron Pryor: Orthodox
Melvin Young: Not recorded

Aaron Pryor left, Melvin 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%

Melvin Young0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Melvin Young: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Young yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Aaron Pryor 40, Melvin Young 1 — 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

Melvin Young last boxed on Sep 3, 1977 — 17,946 days ago. Young had lost the most recent, to Aaron Pryor.L

Pryor Sep 1977

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Aaron Pryor and Melvin Young ever fought each other?
Yes. Aaron Pryor and Melvin Young met once on September 3, 1977, and Aaron Pryor won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WSep 3, 1977 · Pryor · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pryor or Young?
Aaron Pryor is 39-1 and Melvin Young is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Young0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Pryor or Young?
Aaron Pryor has 35 knockout wins and Melvin Young has 0. Aaron Pryor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Pryor3589.7%

Young0

The Numbers ↓
Do Pryor and Young have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Aaron Pryor and Melvin 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 1 bout tracked for Melvin Young. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pryor40bouts

Young1bout

How They Win ↓

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