henry armstrong

[brownpimp88]

dude with whitikars style he would have got caught...

you had to have offense to at least keep armstrong off you enough so you could breath ...whitikar had zero offense ....cause thats what made him so great! but on the night he fights armstrong he gets took

Isnt it funny that pernell fought just a few years ago and he is completely forgotten. I mean people talk about roy, oscar, tito, b-hop, **** them. Pernell is far more skilled than all of those media boys. I say he is 43-3, straight up man.

[joeytrimble]

pernel was damn fine man he was damn fine he could do defense like no other but im telling you man the guy belonged in cuba fighting for the amatures winning world amature titles and keeping chummy with castro !

he'd been the perfect lightweight amature legend ...but for him to take his skill to the pro ranks and do so damn good is what makes him a top lb 4 lb of all time!

if you put him in there with a guy who just had power ....like say a garcia he'd beat his ass and make him look ****** ...but a guy with pressure like armstrong i just dont think he could stay on his toes that long

[realheavyhands]

aloy of black fighters during that time robbed

[ferocity]

I don't know much about him but damn, he lost alot during his career. It wasn't like he lost when he got old, he lost alot during every stage of his career. Why does he get compared with sugar ray, thoughts?

Looking into Armstong reccord he did have a lot of loses early on, very surpriseing and he lost his first fight.

.........also noticed by looking at his opponets that he fought in Ventura, Ca thats baddass, thats about 10 minutes or less from where i live.

[ferocity]

I have done research and i think sweet pea pernell is better than him. Whitaker's only true loss was against a much bigger fighter like trinidad. Imagine if the judges actually gave whitaker the wins against chavez and ramirez, he would have been top 5 pound for pound easily.

Whitikers scare that people forget is, Wilfredo Rivera -twice Rivera won, twice robbed.

[Oasis_Lad]

i have armstrong 2nd on my all time list behind robinson. the guy was something else and was robbed of the middleweight title too.

[Hydro]

Henry Armstrong is quite possibly the greatest fighter of all-time.

Ray Robinson is probably greater, but you can make a decent argument for Hank.

[Hydro]

dude with whitikars style he would have got caught...

you had to have offense to at least keep armstrong off you enough so you could breath ...whitikar had zero offense ....cause thats what made him so great! but on the night he fights armstrong he gets took

Not true.

whitaker had an offense. He had a terrific right jab, a good straight left hand, and was a terrific bodypuncher. He could stay at range, slip shots, and throw hooks to the body. just because he wasn't a big puncher, it doesn't mean he didn't have any offense.

[joeytrimble]

the punches he did land wouldnt have been **** without his defense

[Hydro]

the punches he did land wouldnt have been **** without his defense

u can say that for lots of guys with good defense and a lack of a big punch. Hell, u can say that for some guys with power as well.

the point is he had a decent offense and a good assortment of punches.

he wasn't like a cory stinks.