How would Henry Armstrong have done in the middleweight division during his title run?

[GordonChen]

Let say if he didn’t get robbed in his 2nd bout against Ceferino Garcia to capture the MW Title how would his title run and his career would go?

[klompton]

He didnt get robbed. Garcia wasnt really a MW champion nor really a middleweight. Armstrong would have gotten beaten up by most top ten middleweights. He was really small as a welterweight (most of his welterweight defenses were against lightweights) so hes going to struggle against those big boys.

[Expug]

He didnt get robbed. Garcia wasnt really a MW champion nor really a middleweight. Armstrong would have gotten beaten up by most top ten middleweights. He was really small as a welterweight (most of his welterweight defenses were against lightweights) so hes going to struggle against those big boys.

Agree, Henry overwhelmed his opponents with volume and work rate. It’s difficult to do that against bigger harder punchers. He’d be taking heavy shots coming in.