Henry Armstrong!

[Rocky Balboa]

Frankie Covelli
Varias Milling (x2)
Bobby Levyas
Juan Zurita (x2)
Mike Belloise (x3)
Rodolfo Casanova
Tony Chavez (x2)
Moon Mullins
Aldo Spoldi (x4)
Frankie Klick
Ritchie Fontaine (x2)
Lew Massey
Enrique Venturi
Pete DeGrasse
Petey Sarron
Billy Beauhuld
Frankie Castillo
Everett Rightmire
Lew Feldman (x2)
Ceferino Garcia (x2)
Al Manfredo (x2)
Bobby Pacho (x2)
Davey Day
Ernie Roderick
Jimmy Garrison (x4)
Paul Junior (x2)
Joe Ghnouly
Ralph Zannelli (x3)
Sheik Rangel
Leo Rodak
Jimmy McDaniels
Tippy Larkin
Maxie Shapiro
Willie Joyce (x2)
Frankie Wills
John Thomas
Saverio Turiello (x3)
Al Davis

Midget Wolgast
Baby Arizmendi (x3)
Benny Bass
Chalky Wright
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Lew Jenkins (x2)
Fritzie Zivic
Sammy Angott
Pedro Montanez

How's that for opponents to have on your record? Amrstrong was like a machine, a freak, even more so for that period in time. Imagine if he were around today. Pacquiao, given the way he has successfully gone through weight divisions, has been compared to Armstrong, but even Pacquiao would have been overwhelmed by Henry imo.

With modern training methods in place, what type of fighter would Amrstrong have been today?

What a superb boxer he was?

[Goodnight, Irene]

No question mark about it, he truly was a freak. It's one of those records I look at in Boxing (there are only a handful I can think of) & you think to yourself you'd doubt it could be done outside of a Hollywood script, but there it is.

Some time ago, we had a thread here with several options & a poll running for which was the greatest single accomplishment in Boxing history. If memory serves, the consensus pick was Armstrong's title monopoly, & why not?

[harrygreb]

ASTONISHING. HANK WAS THE BEST.

[elmersalsa]

The greatest fighter of all time, pound per pound in my book. Henry Armstrong!!!

[yiddle]

only replying to share a joke i read somewhere else this bloke was comparing pacman rather favourably henry armstrong

[Adamj1987]

only replying to share a joke i read somewhere else this bloke was comparing pacman rather favourably henry armstrong

the only similarity is that over the same period of time hank won the light/feather and welter titles pacman had won the fether/super feather and lightweight

i love the pacman but hank>pacquiao

[Martin Sosa Cameron]

The greatest fighter of all time, pound per pound in my book. Henry Armstrong!!!

I thinks absolutely the same thing!

[Martin Sosa Cameron]

And Henry was the king in the golden times of only eight divisions and one true World Champion in each...
He was Champion in three weights simultaneously: near of the half of world crowns in one man!

[The Great John L]

And Henry was the king in the golden times of only eight divisions and one true World Champion in each...
He was Champion in three weights simultaneously: near of the half of world crowns in one man!

And boxing was probably at it's pinnacle in both popularity and participation.

[Minotauro]

Armstrong resume is incredible.

[Grimm]

only replying to share a joke i read somewhere else this bloke was comparing pacman rather favourably henry armstrong

They probably heard it from Emanuel Steward. The casual fan sometimes will take whatever they hear from someone famous and repeat it.

While I don't think Steward believes this but I think he was hyping Hbo's fighter.