For me Henry Armstrong by a wide margin cleaned up multiple divisions in a very strong era of boxing and there was only 8 belts up for grabs, to compare fighters bouncing around divisions cherry picking belts is frankly laughable.
He was also a better fighter than anyone else on that list with the exception of Ray Robinson.
To put his achievements into perspective can you remember any other fighter being undisputed champion in 3 weight divisions at once.
From the fights I’ve watched SRR’s skill is undeniable. But the hard part I have with quantifying the historic fighters is due to my lack of practical knowledge of their opponents. Zivick only won 2/3rds of his fights on paper. He He did beat Sammy Angott. But then I couldn’t tell you who Angott beat. Most of the guys in this decade fought all the time and against guys with all sorts of records at any time. But I was surprised of how good the records of SRRs opponents were in the 40s. He had the toughest competition than anyone else from what I can tell and by a long shot. Even as good as he was, mathematically it’s surprising he didn’t have more loses. Testament to how good he was and in shape. In a hundred fights, cuts, broken hands, etc are likely. I just don’t want to pretend I know that era like the fighters since I’ve been around. Still like u said, it’s gotta be undeniable that it’s the best run in a decade. No fighter could imagine coming out of that many fights as clean as SRR did.
Comment