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Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. Armstrong was one of the few fighters to win in three or more different divisions: featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight.
Henry Armstrong, a 5-foot-5½ buzzsaw, accomplished what no fighter before or since has ever been able to do -- he simultaneously held three world titles.
Armstrong defended the World Welterweight Championship a division record 19 times. Armstrong was 27-0 with 26 knockouts in 1937, 14-0 with 10 knockouts in 1938, and 59-1-1 with 51 knockouts from December 1936 to October 1940. Armstrong defeated sixteen world champions.
29 de mar. de 2024 · The prior year, The Ring dubbed him the cleverest fighter in the sport and put him on the cover of their March 1937 issue, and while Armstrong had beaten him by decision five months earlier, the decision had been unpopular.
30 de dic. de 2023 · Set in an America beset by racism, corruption, the Great Depression, and World War II, Homicide Hank: The Life of Boxing Legend Henry Armstrong chronicles the story of a true ring great, from his humble beginnings to the heights of stardom and on to his post-boxing years as a man of God.
Several are multi-division champions. But the man known as Henry Armstrong, whose real name was Henry Jackson, is still the only fighter to ever hold world championships in three divisions (featherweight, lightweight and welterweight) simultaneously.
25 de jun. de 2014 · First, Armstrong jumped up to welterweight to take on pound-for-pound great Barney Ross and win his second world title by unanimous decision. And then a mere ten weeks later he climbed into the ring to take on another legendary champion, Lou Ambers, for the lightweight crown.
