In This Corner - Henry Armstrong

Henry Armstrong
(Henry Melody Jackson)
("Homicide Hank")
Record 149-21-9 (100 KO)

Armstrong was dynamite in a small package; He was a high pressure, non-stop fighter who threw punches from the beginning to the end of every round; His goal was to knock his man out - if he didn't manage that, he certainly battered him thoroughly

Henry held three world titles - Welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight - in a period when only eight weight divisions existed; At the beginning, his performance was rather good but not sensational; However, when he hit stride in the mid 1930s, Armstrong was as good as anyone has ever been; During 1937, he was 27-0 with 26 knockouts; In 1938, he was 14-0 with 10 knockouts; From December, 1936 until September, 1940, Henry compiled a 59-1-1 record (51 KOs) competing against the best in the world

Charley Rose ranked Armstrong as the #6 All-Time Welterweight; Nat Fleischer ranked him as the #8 All-Time Welterweight; Herb Goldman ranked Armstrong as the #4 All-Time Lightweight; He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990

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[amensupremera]

Perpetual Motion and Homocide Hank are two of the best boxing nick names ever

[cazz3000]

@newyorkhxc agreed, there is Ray Robinson #1, Henry Armstrong #2, followed by a HUGE gap, then i suppose the rest are just subjective to opinion more than anything else

[TheFUTUREZHizTORY]

OK GOT IT... 4.BENNY LEONARD IN THE 4th SPOT HAHAHAHA

[uncjim]

Henry reminds me of a combination of Aaron Pryor (constant punching) and Joe Frazier (straight forward bobbing and weaving). What a great fighter he was and some would argue, due to his accomplishment of 3 championships (no junior titles), the greatest ever. That image of him in his final days in the hospital is very sad. I hate the way these great fighters, all of them with a very rare exception, end up broken. It's a brutal game.

[TheFUTUREZHizTORY]

Hahaha perception is the failing of every mans misconception!!!!!

1. Sugar ray robinson

2.SALVADOR "CHAVA" SANCHEZ

3.willie pep

4. Than the rest of the boxing world.... THATS IT.... Boxing is BULLSHIT NOW!!!!

[MrLukedanger]

@cazz3000 willie pep isnt so far behind SRR had 25pounds and 6 inches on him and he took it to a descision

[newyorkhxc]

@cazz3000 yea, every one list is different after henry armstrong

[newyorkhxc]

one of the greatest, i have him as my number 2 pound for pound

[kapirock1]

Henry Melody Jackson Homicide Hank Armstrong and later in the clip Billy Conn – we sure need more of these guys in our boxing today .