Henry Armstrong Catchweight Conspiracy Exposed!

Flomo Tard

When Henry Armstrong won the welterweight world title from Barney Ross, they both fought at a catchweight of 140 lbs.

And as mentioned earlier, Sugar Ray Leonard fought for and defended world titles at catchweights too.

baracuda

it's only wrong if its pacquiao doing it!

Sin City

umm.. what conspiracy? & you arent exposing ****... this is common knowledge lol

baracuda

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Originally Posted by NChristo

There was no Super Lightweight or Junior Welterweight weight classes back then, 140 was not catch weight.

like you said there wwre only 8 weightclasses back then and 140 was'nt one of them, therefore 140 was a catchweight...

Benny Leonard

How about Sam Langford, did he do it too?

I'm actually asking by the way.

Still all the reason why the Heavyweights are King.

NChristo

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Originally Posted by baracuda

like you said there wwre only 8 weightclasses back then and 140 was'nt one of them, therefore 140 was a catchweight...

I know, never mind I got confused, it's late here lol.
My bad, realized after I wrote it.

crold1

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Originally Posted by ***** Tard

When Henry Armstrong won the welterweight world title from Barney Ross, they both fought at a catchweight of 140 lbs.

No. They didn't. Armstrong was supposed to come in at a required higher weight but that got scrubbed...Ross weighed 142, come as he was. Armstrong gave up almost ten pounds.

The sheer number of dumb hank threads today is mind boggling.

NChristo

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Originally Posted by Benny Leonard

How about Sam Langford, did he do it too?

I'm actually asking by the way.

Still all the reason why the Heavyweights are King.

Sam fought Jack Blackburn for the Welterweight title at a catch weight of 142, all the reason Heavies are king ?, I'd say Langford's best weight was MW.

Benny Leonard · 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NChristo

Sam fought Jack Blackburn for the Welterweight title at a catch weight of 142, all the reason Heavies are king ?, I'd say Langford's best weight was MW.

was that Langford's doing or Blackburn?

Yes, HW = King

NChristo

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Originally Posted by Benny Leonard

was that Langford's doing or Blackburn?

Yes, HW = King

Blackburn's doing, it was made so that even if Langford beat Blackburn, he would still be seen the legitimate title holder and Langford wouldn't, it was still ruled as a title fight though.

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