Dan Morley continues to continue his goats from the boxing series with the “murder of Hank”, a man who at the same time dominated half of the weight divisions in sport.

Henry Armstrong

Record: 151-21-9 (101 KO)

Energetic years: 1931–1945

Before he potentially began his biggest boxing career, Henry Armstrong worked on the railway. After reading about the Cuban chocolate of great kids earning $ 70,000 for one night, Armstrong decided to continue his professional career. Looking back at the great from the 1930s and 1940s, it is worth noting how many inspired very influential chocolate for children. Many of the biggest boxing put on gloves after seeing his silky skills.

Armstrong simply fought for food as a teenager, developing one of the worst start in the career of every great warrior. He was knocked out in three rounds of his debut and lost three in turn, holding the record like 1-4 after the first five fights. In fact, his early form of career is at most trembling. By learning at the beginning of trade, a fifth feet fifth feet won only 42 of the first 60 duels. But in 1936 something clicked.

I believe that Hanka’s murder race between March 1936 and September 1940 is the largest in history. Armstrong’s perseverance through turbulent early years served as a harsh but influential learning curve. Festernego learned to close the gap and strangle the opposition with such an elite level of intensity and pressure that no one was able to repeat since then.

The style he fought was purely relentless. While he usually had a low guard, he was re -bothering, intertwined and planted his opponent on his chest. When he was within reach, he got stuck like glue and hit the endless dams in 15 rounds. Although the opponents did not last distances.

Armstrong lost once in 61 fights for less than four years. Ko Petey Sarron would become a world featherweight champion in 1937 in six rounds. The overthrow of his first opponent in the world title among the brutal subsequent series of 27-coat KO.

Colleagues Hall of Famers Benny Bass, Frankie Klick and Chalky Wright fell victim to their shocking fists during these fights, as long as the Mexican wonderful child of Arismeni did not take his full 10 rounds in losing effort.

Seven months and 14 wins after they fought with Sarron as a result of a 126 pounds supremacy, Armstrong moved to two divisions to face the greatest warriors in history in history, Barney Ross, at the Highsee Field Championships. Ross himself achieved a stunning feat of winning three artists, fighting with the legendary Tony Canzoneri, Jimmy Mclarnin and Izzy Janzzo, among many other Hall of Famers from the talent of the 1930s.

On this subject it is an era forgotten in time. The 1980s became synonymous with the brilliant competition of four kings. 70. For the iconic heavyweight trio Ali, Foreman and Frazier, in a wild competitive ward. 30. It is known as a “golden era” for airy prams, in which many of the greatest lighter men of men got involved in the most epic wars in history.

Ross appeared as the best of Bunc, because H suffered only three defeats in 80 fights. But for 11 rounds Armstrong inexorably the master in his song Swan. Deeply admiring Ross, the pretender withstood him to the last four rounds – allowing him to see the last bell for the last time; Ross’s act later thanked Armstrong for. After winning the fight, Armstrong jumped 21 pounds, equivalent to five divisions and stuck the master. At that moment he maintained both titles at the same time.

In the next fight he achieved history, gaining an achievement that no one else suited throughout the history of boxing. Three months after defeating Ross Armstrong, he moved to a slight importance to challenge Master Lou Amber by the title of 135 pounds.

This fight with other all time would prove to be the most challenging. He was dropped twice in both the fifth and sixth round. The judge even said: “If you spit more blood to the floor, I will stop fighting.” Damage would cause 37 seams, but Armstrong won the divided victory of the decision, now becoming the only simultaneous champion of three boxing divisions, and did it within 10 months.

Immediately afterwards, subsequent records will be set when Armstrong defended the Crowns of the welterweight. Despite the huge adverse situation, he made 19 successful defense of the welterweight title within 22 months, which remains the most successful sequence of defense of titles in the history of the division, over 80 years later.

The 15th defense of Felix Trinidad takes second place during almost seven years of reign, and Puncher Pipino Cuevas lamps in the third time in the rankings of 11 for four years. Armstrong defeated Hall of Famers Pedro Montañez, Bobby Pacho, Ernie Roderick, Baby Arismendi and Ceferino Garcia throughout his reign. Ambers would take revenge in a rematch from the glow of a razor-turning Armstrong the only defeat of his excellent loss in a divided decision-making loss in the fight of the year, in which he was punished five times for low blows.

As if the absurd numbers in such a huge period of weight were not impressive enough, the Philippine, Ceferino Garcia, who already lost to Armstrong in the fight for a welterweight title, he became the champion of the medium weight world.

The rematch was set up, and “Hammering Hank” seemed to be a four -time champion. Armstrong decided a typical way by hitting the master during the fight. When the results cards were announced, all of them in Ringside were convinced that Armstrong won, and additionally immortalizing his strangely brilliant heritage. Despite this, the fight won a draw, and Garcia kept his title in one of the worst seizures in sport.

The best days of Armstrong are over, and one of the most challenging, greatest fighters of all time, Fritzi Zivic, defeated him twice in a row of belts. Armstrong will never have a title again. Nevertheless, he would take revenge on Zivica, while overcoming the best names such as Leo Rodak, Lew Jenkins, Sammy Angott, Willie Joyce and Tippy Larkin. He would even face teenage sugar Ray Robinson.

Armstrong, at the best issue, conquered half of the sport at once. In the era with only eight weight divisions he blurred four, keeping the titles in three officially, all of which he cleaned in less than a year. In newfangled time it is the equivalent of seven weight divisions.

He still gave everything in this truck, losing controversy only with a man he has already defeated in 61 fights. His record in this three and a half years was 59-1-1 (51 KO). The draw was a robbery. In this he won 27 uncomplicated fights in 1937, 26 by KO, during a separate series of 27-coat KO. Then, after all, he successfully defended the titles through a record margin in history in just 22 months.

Looking at a larger picture, he defeated stern adversities early to dominate sport in an unusual way. His last number of careers is 151 wins, 21 defeats and nine draws, many of which he suffered early, developing 101 KO. His heritage considered him judged by some as the greatest boxer he had ever lived.

He entered through the ring earnings after the early 1930s and defeated alcoholism after boxing and became the ordained Minister of the Baptist in 1951. He died at the age of 75 in 1988. It was discovered that his heart was one -third larger than the average person and had an abnormally low heart rate, a huge factor contributing to the intensity with which he was able to survive. Durability that dominated boxing.

Armstrong defeated 11 Hall of Famers, a common third of all time. He made 14 wins in 18 fights with them – his victories against Hall of Famers are as follows:

Midget Wolgast, Barney Ross, Sammy Angott, Lou Amber, Lew Jenkins, Fritzi Zivic, Pedro Montañez, Benny Bass, Chalky Wright, Baby Arismeni and Petey Sarron.