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In 1938 Henry Armstrong was the undisputed Featherweight, undisputed Lightweight, and undisputed Welterweight champion all at the same time.
Since each weight division now has two counter parts and 4 different recognized titles—Armstrong’s accomplishment is equal to a current fighter holding 24 belts in 6 divisions all at the same time.
An impressive feat for a largly forgotten fighter
Oh yeah Homicide Hank was a great fighter, one of the best P4P ever! His engine never stopped running, he just kept throwing punches for 3 minutes straight
Largely forgotten? - all true boxing fans know of Homocide Hank. Anyone who has heard of that achievement never forgets him - so it's probably that he is not well publicised now (rather than forgotten).
Any Johnny-come-lately to boxing who has not heard of him just doesn't know enough about the sport!!
Armstrong was one of the greatest fighers to ever step into a ring in the history of the sport...... at any weight.
Sorry, I should have clarified, I was talking more about the mainstream: compared to old fighters who still get occasionally mentioned :Louis, Robinson and LaMattaQuote:
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An all time great in the top 5
I think he is overrated personally... the fights I've seen of his weren't largely impressive.
Great fighter, I’ve never forgotten him, he’s in the list of my all-time favourite fighters.
2nd of all time behind SRR IMO ;)
He ain't forgetton down at Syntax towers: He is the greatest fighter of all time IMO. O0