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Henry Armstrong : boxing's super champ

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Henry Armstrong: Boxing's Super Champ is the story of arguably the most incredible fighter in the history of boxing - told by one of the few surviving writers to have been around during Armstrong's unique world championship reign.

When Henry had his arm raised on 17 August 1938, after winning a blood-spattered 15-round decision over Lou Ambers, he became the first boxer to simultaneously hold world titles at three different weights - and somehow he managed the feat in an era of just eight weight classes, with no 'junior' or 'super' divisions.

He had entered Madison Square Garden as the reigning world feather and welterweight champion, and left with the world lightweight belt strapped around his waist.

Now in his 90s, veteran boxing journalist and author John Jarrett looks back on the life and career of this ring hero of his youth: a 5ft 51/2in buzzsaw they nicknamed 'Homicide Hank'.

In the 85 years that have passed since then, nobody has matched Armstrong's amazing triple-championship feat.

It's likely no one ever will.

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Pitch Publishing Ltd
1801504563 / 9781801504560
Hardback
17/07/2023
United Kingdom
English
352 pages
24 cm
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