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When you talk about freak's of nature in boxing and phenomenos, Henry Armstrong always come to my mind. Truley one of the greatest pound for pound fighters prizefighting has ever seen.
Homicide Hank broke new ground with his swarming close quarters attack. Armstrong had immense stamina, energy, and strength, aswell as a fine set of whiskers. Most fighters tried to move and run from Henry, but he never let them get away. He stuck to his opponent’s like glue.
He would overwhelm opponents with his constant relentless pressure. He scored 100 stopages in his career. Henry threw constant punchers from all angles at a high pace in the first round until the last round.
From April 1937 to March 1938 Amstrong stopped 26 knockouts out of 27 wins. A pretty incredible stat to say the least. From December, 1936 until September, 1940, Henry compiled a 59-1-1 record (51 KOs) competing against the best in the world.
Armstrong was also one of the most popular fighters in boxing history. Due to his non stop attacking style.
“I’d pack the house,” said Henry ''People came to see me just come down the aisle. I’d come down the aisle like a bull out of a stall. I wasn’t doing this to show off. I did it to keep warm.”
Weighing 124lb Armstrong won the Featherweight Title, then skipped to Welterweight weighing no more than the Lightweight limt, beat up Champion Barney Ross over 15 rounds. He defended the Welterweight Title 20 times.
And Armstrong was even a natural Welterweight even do it's his most accomplished weight. Armstrong said in an interview, “I weighed 124 pounds…I drank beer every day to gain weight, ate steak, potatoes, I ate candies. I drank so much water the day of the weigh-in every time I walked you could here glug, glug, glug. I weighed in at 139 ½. The fight was postponed for 10 days due to weather (the fight was outside) and I didn’t have to weigh in again.”
He dropped back down to take the Lightweight Crown from Lou Ambers. He then held 3 Titles simultaneously when there was only 8 divisions in boxing. Just incredible.........
And then went up to Middlweight to face Ceferino Garcia for the Middleweight Title recognized only by California. It was a close fight, but Armstrong had done enough to win in my opinion. But the fight was deemed a draw.
I also always thought he was unlucky to lose his Lightweight Title against Ambers, he was deducted numerous points for low blows....
Barney Ross said after his fight with Armstrong “On the night Henry won the welterweight title from me,” Ross recalled later, “he was as great a fighter at his weight as ever lived. I was in the hospital a week. I never fought in the ring again.”
After he had died, it was discovered that Armstrong’s heart was a third larger than that of the average person. This allowed Hank to fight at a ferocious pace for 15 rounds without loss of breath.
Joe Woodman, who managed fellow ATG Sam Langford, said that, “Armstrong is the greatest fighter in many years. Henry doesn’t knock these guys out he paralyzes them. He beats them into submission. He would have beaten Johnny Dundee without any trouble. Kid Kaplan would have been trouble for Henry but I give him a good chance against Ross or any (current) welterweight.”
Armstrong's resume of victories is one of best in history.
Henry Amstrong Resume Of Wins
-Baby Arizmendi
-Frankie Covelli
-Juan Zurita
-Mike Belloise
-Rodolfo Casanova
-Frankie Klick
-Benny Bass
-Petey Sarron
-Billy Beauhuld
-Enrico Venturi
-Chalky Wright
-Lew Feldman
-Barney Ross
-Lou Ambers
-Ceferino Garcia
-Al Manfredo
-Davey Day
-Ernie Roderick
-Ritchie Fontaine
-Joe Ghnouly
-Pedro Montanez
-Paul Junior
-Lew Jenkins
-Fritzie Zivic
-Tippy Larkin
-Sammy Angott
-Willie Joyce
-Ralph Zannelli
Titles Held
World Featherweight
World Lightweight
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he was really really gewdComment
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bump......Comment
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he was the manny pac of his generation.....
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he was a warrior..true multiple division champion...he'd fight anyoneComment
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Pound for pound #2 greatest fighter of all time. Should of been champion in 4 different weightclasses. But, got robbed in his try to win the MW title.Comment
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He on roids.. and HGH...
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keep the comments going one argubaly the greatest fighter ever!Comment
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Did he have Olympic style blood tests? If not, his whole legacy is tarnished and deserving of asterisks.Comment
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