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joe armstrong- British heavyweight?
Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 09:55
by dalcumly
Folks
in 1958 it was reported that British boxer, Joe Armstrong, was brought in along with Bert Whitehurst as sparring partners for ingemar johansson before his fight with Eddie machen
I can't find any trace, tried john and jack, but nothing?
Any ideas?
Re: joe armstrong- British heavyweight?
Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 13:33
by evrenb
It may be Joey Armstrong??
Re: joe armstrong- British heavyweight?
Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 15:31
by Controversial
dalcumly wrote: ↑26 Feb 2023, 09:55
Folks
in 1958 it was reported that British boxer, Joe Armstrong, was brought in along with Bert Whitehurst as sparring partners for ingemar johansson before his fight with Eddie machen
I can't find any trace, tried john and jack, but nothing?
Any ideas?
From Ghana but boxed in the U.K. at HW in that period
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/36773
Re: joe armstrong- British heavyweight?
Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 17:57
by dalcumly
thats the one!
absolutely brilliant great help, thanks
Re: joe armstrong- British heavyweight?
Posted: 24 Apr 2023, 15:38
by Caractacus
who was the sparring partner from England mention in Ingemar Johansson's 1960 autiobiography,
that tried to knock Johansson out in some training sessions because supposedly he was bitter at
not getting a title shot ?
was it Jack Gardner ?