Henry Armstrong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHenry Armstrong
American boxer
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1912
Place of Birth: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 22-Oct-1988
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Henry Armstrong
- Henry Jackson Jr.
- (December 12, 1912 – October 24, 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 nineteen times. The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1937.
- The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him Fighter of the Year in 1940.
- In 2007, The Ring ranked Armstrong as the second-greatest fighter of the last 80 years.
- Historian Bert Sugar also ranked Armstrong as the second-greatest fighter of all time.
- ESPN ranked Armstrong as number 3 on their list of the 50 greatest boxers of all time.
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