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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. He defended his welterweight title a total of ...
Henry Armstrong (def. Petey Sarron) 29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 1938 0 Armstrong vacated his titles stay at the higher weight divisions. [71] 6 Joey Archibald (def. Leo Rodak) 29 Oct 1939 – 29 Mar 1940 1 Archibald's undisputed status ended when he was stripped of the NBA title for not fighting Petey Scalzo. [72] 7 Willie Pep (def. Sal Bartolo)
Three world champions won world titles in three different divisions, a feat no single fighter had accomplished since 1903; Tony Canzoneri, Barney Ross and Henry Armstrong cemented their place in boxing history by achieving this feat. Armstrong was the first and only world champion to reign in three divisions at the same time; modern boxing ...
Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio (November 9, 1913 – April 25, 1995), lalso known as Lou Ambers, was an American World Lightweight boxing champion who fought from 1932 to 1941. Ambers fought many other boxing greats, such as Henry Armstrong and Tony Canzoneri. [2] [3]
Henry Armstrong; Mike Arnaoutis; Chris Arreola; ... (boxer born 1853) George Godfrey (boxer born 1897) ... Henry Maske; Carlos Maussa; Joey Maxim;
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Henry Armstrong was the first man to hold three titles in three divisions simultaneously. He won the featherweight world title from Petey Sarron on October 29, 1937, the welterweight world title from Barney Ross on May 31, 1938, and the lightweight world title in his next fight, on August 17 against Lou Ambers.
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