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Henry Armstrong

1912 - 1988

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Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is the only fighter to ever hold world championships in three divisions (featherweight, lightweight and welterweight) simultaneously. Armstrong was one of the few fighters to win titles in three or more different divisions: featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Armstrong is the 43rd most popular boxer (down from 38th in 2019), the 4,169th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,300th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Henry Armstrong ranks 43 out of 496. Before him are Manny Pacquiao, Jack Johnson, Trevor Berbick, Roy Jones Jr., Max Baer, and Oscar Bonavena. After him are José Torres, Oleksandr Usyk, Emile Griffith, Kim Duk-koo, Leon Spinks, and Gennady Golovkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Henry Armstrong ranks 159. Before him are Boun Oum, Michele Andreolo, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Jure Francetić, Hasan Salama, and Khalid Bakdash. After him are Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Kurt Sanderling, Günter Wand, Svetozar Vukmanović, Wilfrid Sellars, and Rudolf Vytlačil. Among people deceased in 1988, Henry Armstrong ranks 99. Before him are Christopher Connelly, Alec Issigonis, Giorgio Almirante, Wilhelm Batz, Raymond Williams, and Sewall Wright. After him are Henry Koster, Hal Ashby, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pál Titkos, and Solomon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 4,169 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Betzig (1960), Jeralean Talley (1899), Link Wray (1929), Jerry Siegel (1914), Juliette Lewis (1973), and Gloria Grahame (1923). After him are Samuel Jones (1880), Eric Carle (1929), Aaliyah (1979), Carl Bernstein (1944), Jennifer Doudna (1964), and Zach Galifianakis (1969).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 26. Before him are Jimmy Ellis (1940), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Riddick Bowe (1967), Jack Johnson (1878), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), and Max Baer (1909). After him are Leon Spinks (1953), Earnie Shavers (1944), Ezzard Charles (1921), John L. Sullivan (1858), Tommy Morrison (1969), and Rocky Graziano (1919).

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