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Birth Name: Henry Jackson Jr.
Born: 12 December 1912 Died: 22 October 1988
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The 101 Greatest Boxers of All Time
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Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912, Columbus, Mississippi – October 22, 1988, Los Angeles, California) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.
He is regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time by many boxing critics and fellow professionals.
Henry Jr. was a boxer who not only was a member of the exclusive group of fighters that have won boxing championships in three or more different divisions (at a time when there were only 8 universally recognized World Titles), but also has the distinction of being the only boxer to hold three world champio
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1. Keep Punching (1939)
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2. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
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3. The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
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The 101 Greatest Boxers of All Time (101 person items)"PRO RECORD: 150-21-10 (101 KO) WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1937 – 1938 WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1938 – 1940 WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION 1938 – 1939 THE RING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1937 INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 1990 BORN NAME: Henry Jackson NICKNAME: Homicide Hank CAREER LENGTH: 1931 – 1945 HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA, USA DEFINING FIGHT: W 15 Barney Ross (5/31/1938) GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Only man to hold the championships of three weight divisions simultaneously. N"